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Up 0.02 m since 17:15, rising slightly
1.02

Weybridge

Wey
Wey catchment • Weybridge • Surrey • ID: 3090TH • Level
(34m ago) • 3 readings/hr • 200 views

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Current Level
1.022 mASD
▲ Rising slightly
24h Max
1.044 mASD
24h Min
0.999 mASD
Typical Range
0.96 - 1.40
mASD
Highest Recorded
1.93 mASD
EA official record
A 2.27 reading (23 Dec 2013) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 53% of this
Current Flow
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Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Rising · +1 cm over 6h
08 Oct 02:45 ▼ -0.2 cm 1.022 mASD
08 Oct 02:30 ▲ +0.2 cm 1.024 mASD
08 Oct 02:15 ▲ +0.2 cm 1.022 mASD
08 Oct 01:30 ▬ steady 1.020 mASD
08 Oct 01:15 ▬ steady 1.020 mASD
08 Oct 01:00 ▬ steady 1.021 mASD
08 Oct 00:45 ▬ steady 1.021 mASD
08 Oct 00:30 ▲ +0.2 cm 1.021 mASD
08 Oct 00:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 1.019 mASD
08 Oct 00:00 ▲ +0.2 cm 1.020 mASD
07 Oct 23:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 1.018 mASD
07 Oct 23:30 ▲ +0.3 cm 1.017 mASD
07 Oct 22:30 ▬ steady 1.014 mASD
07 Oct 22:15 ▲ +0.2 cm 1.015 mASD
07 Oct 22:00 ▲ +0.2 cm 1.013 mASD
07 Oct 21:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 1.011 mASD
07 Oct 21:30 ▲ +0.3 cm 1.012 mASD
07 Oct 21:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 1.009 mASD
07 Oct 21:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 1.010 mASD
07 Oct 20:45 1.009 mASD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Weybridge
  • Watercourse: River Wey
  • Nearest Town: Weybridge
  • County: Surrey
  • Coordinates: 51°22'21"N 0°27'59"W (51.372480, -0.466322)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Jan 1979
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 3090TH
  • RLOI id: 7243 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 3090TH-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 2 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Wey
  • Typical Range: 0.960 – 1.400 mASD
  • Drainage Area: 1,008 km² upstream of this gauge
  • Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 6 Oct (2 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional) via EA Hydrology
  • EA Cross-check: 1.02 mASD (EA at 8 Oct 02:45)
  • Flow Archive: National River Flow Archive ↗

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

Nearby Stations

Gauges connected to this river, and others nearby. A distance “by river” follows the river on the map; any other is in a straight line.

Connected upstream

Connected downstream

Same river system, separate branch

Nearby

Distances by river: OS Open Rivers. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

Storm overflows whose water reaches this gauge on the mapped river network, nearest first by distance along the river. The status is each water company's monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, not how much or what it contains.

16 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 2.4 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 15 report not discharging, and for 1 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.

💧
Thames Water · into River Wey · 2.4 km upstream along the river
28 spills · 426 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Thames Water · into River Wey/Ockham Mill Stream · 11.2 km upstream along the river
37 spills · 428 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Thames Water · into River Wey · 12.9 km upstream along the river
10 spills · 125 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Thames Water · into Wey · 22.9 km upstream along the river
9 spills · 133 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Thames Water · into Stanford Brook · 24.9 km upstream along the river
24 spills · 175 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Thames Water · into River Wey · 26.0 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Thames Water · into River Wey · 31.8 km upstream along the river
10 spills · 143 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Churt SPS🏊 Bathing water
Thames Water · into Whitmoor Vale Stream · 63.1 km upstream along the river
4 spills · 8 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.

8 more further upstream, up to 79.8 km away along the river.

Nearby, connection not known

Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.

💧
Thames Water · into Rive Ditch · 3.0 km away in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map
1 spill · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

1 other overflow within 6 km is downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so it is not listed.

These are the water companies' monitor statuses; a spill does not by itself explain a change in the gauge level. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels. Explore the sewage map →

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Rainfall & Weather

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How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 1.40 m on about 1 day. This year so far: 2 days.

2026 2 days so far
2025 4 days
2024 4 days
2023 0 days
2022 0 days
2021 0 days
2020 2 days
2019 0 days
2018 0 days
2017 0 days

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2013 for the 11 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.7 km away).

20flood warnings 25flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 2 Mar 2024 — River Wey at Weybridge

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 3
2025 0 3
2024 3 6
2023 0 4
2022 0 1
2020 4 1
2019 1 1
2014 8 3
2013 4 3

Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record. See also the Weybridge flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 11 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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Catchment Character

🌊 Groundwater-fed Slow and steady — fed largely by groundwater, so levels change gradually, not in sudden spikes.

Your catchment is all the land that drains rainfall into the river above this gauge. Its character — how steep, wet, wooded, urban or chalky that land is — decides how fast rain here turns into a rising river. A steep, bare or clay catchment is “flashy” (rises and falls quickly, floods easily); a flat, chalk or well-wooded one is slow and steady. The tiles below put numbers to that; the flow-duration curve reads left-to-right from the river’s typical high flows (Q5) down to its low flows (Q95) — a steep curve means a flashy river.

The physical character of the land that drains to this gauge, and how it shapes its flood response — from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).

Baseflow Index
0.72
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
851 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +6% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
6.8%
partly urbanised
Highest Daily Mean Flow
78.30 m³/s
17 Feb 2020 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 7.6321.705.352.525% (high)% of days exceeded95% (low)
Daily flow (m³/s) exceeded each % of the time — a steep curve is flashy, a flat one is steady. Q5 high · Q50 median · Q95 low.
Land Cover (2023)
Woodland 25%Grassland 42%Arable 16%Heath/scrub 3%Urban 14%Other 1%
Urban 10% → 14% since 1990

Flow affected by: public water supply, groundwater abstraction.

Photos

Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).

Photos © NRFA / UKCEH & the measuring authority — shown at web resolution. Full gallery on the NRFA ↗

About this gauge

The ultrasonic gauging station monitors the complete River Wey system.

More detail

The catchment

Diverse geology and land use. Largely permeable upper catchment (Chalk and Upper Greensand of the North Downs); impermeable Tertiary formations dominate the lower catchment. Land use: rural tracts with mixed woodland; considerable suburban development below the headwaters.

The station

A multi-path cross-configuration ultrasonic replaced a single-path US (Harwell design) in 2003.

How it measures flow

Gaugings were used to develop adjustment factors. Weed-growth, low velocities and velocity distribution caused problems.

Flow regime

U/s storage produces some flood attenuation. Responsive regime. The confluence with canal is just u/s.

The flow record

No data between January 2019 and July 2020 due to gauge failure.

Descriptions from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH). NRFA station record ↗

Gauge Details

How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).

Gauge type
Ultrasonic
Operating since
1979
Station datum
9.2 mAOD
Flow record
1979–2024 · 45 yrs · 95% complete
Hydrometric area
39
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Wey at Weybridge flooding today?

The current level is 1.02m, which is within the typical range of 0.96 to 1.40m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Weybridge?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently rising slightly. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.

What is a normal level for the River Wey at Weybridge?

The typical range at this station is 0.96m to 1.40m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.40m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.

How often is this river level data updated?

Readings are supplied by the Environment Agency gauge. FloodRadar checks for updates roughly every 15 minutes; the timestamp above shows how recent the latest available reading is.

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