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Beeding Bridge

Adur 🌊 Tidal
Adur catchment • Upper Beeding • West Sussex • ID: E9140 • Level
This gauge is tidally influenced — levels rise and fall with each tide, so rapid changes here are normal and don't necessarily indicate flooding.
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Current Level
2.427 mASD
Trend unavailable
24h Max
2.430 mASD
24h Min
0.764 mASD
Typical Range
0.35 - 2.84
mASD
Highest Recorded
3.35 mASD
EA official record
3.35 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 72% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Flood predictions aren't generated for tidal gauges — their levels are driven by the tide, not by catchment rainfall, so the forecast models would have no skill here.

Recent Readings

Rising · +165 cm over 5h
10 Oct 11:45 ▲▲ +12 cm 2.427 mASD
10 Oct 11:30 ▲▲ +22 cm 2.306 mASD
10 Oct 11:15 ▲▲ +30 cm 2.082 mASD
10 Oct 11:00 ▲▲ +37 cm 1.782 mASD
10 Oct 10:45 ▲▲ +42 cm 1.408 mASD
10 Oct 10:30 ▲▲ +22 cm 0.991 mASD
10 Oct 10:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.776 mASD
10 Oct 10:00 ▬ steady 0.775 mASD
10 Oct 09:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.775 mASD
10 Oct 09:30 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.776 mASD
10 Oct 09:15 ▬ steady 0.775 mASD
10 Oct 09:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.775 mASD
10 Oct 08:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.776 mASD
10 Oct 08:30 ▬ steady 0.775 mASD
10 Oct 08:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.775 mASD
10 Oct 07:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.776 mASD
10 Oct 07:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.775 mASD
10 Oct 07:15 ▬ steady 0.776 mASD
10 Oct 07:00 ▬ steady 0.776 mASD
10 Oct 06:45 0.776 mASD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Beeding Bridge
  • Watercourse: River Adur
  • Nearest Town: Upper Beeding
  • County: West Sussex
  • Nearest reservoir: Ardingly (23.6 km) · 20.2% full (as of 4 Oct 2026)
  • Coordinates: 50°52'58"N 0°18'25"W (50.882836, -0.306828)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Jan 1998
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E9140
  • RLOI id: 1001 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E9140-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 144 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Adur
  • Datum: 0.660m AOD
  • Typical Range: 0.353 – 2.840 mASD
  • EA Cross-check: 2.43 mASD (EA at 10 Oct 11:45)

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

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.

10 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 1.7 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 10 report not discharging.

💧
Southern Water · into Black Sewer Trib Of River Adur · 1.7 km upstream along the river
17 spills · 130 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate.
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Southern Water · into Cowfold Stream Trib River Adur · 15.7 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Southern Water · into Cowfold Stream Trib River Adur · 15.7 km upstream along the river
45 spills · 500 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Southern Water · into Freshwater River · 18.1 km upstream along the river
6 spills · 47 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.
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Southern Water · into Freshwater River · 20.3 km upstream along the river
27 spills · 139 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.
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Southern Water · into River Adur East · 20.5 km upstream along the river
72 spills · 818 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.
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Southern Water · into Freshwater River · 21.0 km upstream along the river
10 spills · 3 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.
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Southern Water · into Pook Bourne · 21.3 km upstream along the river
30 spills · 83 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

2 more further upstream, up to 29.4 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.

💧
Southern Water · into Freshwater River · 1.2 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
1 spill · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Southern Water · into Tributary Of River Adur · 1.4 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
14 spills · 19 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Southern Water · into Unnamed Trib Of River Adur · 3.2 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Southern Water · into Unnamed Trib Tidal River Adur · 3.9 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
37 spills · 368 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Southern Water · into River Adur · 5.3 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
40 spills · 206 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Southern Water · into River Adur · 5.8 km away in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways
5 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Southern Water · into The River Adur (Tidal) · 5.9 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
2 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

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 2.84 m on about 5 days. This year so far: 1 day.

2026 1 day so far
2025 5 days
2024 5 days
2023 7 days
2022 0 days
2021 2 days
2020 9 days
2019 9 days
2018 3 days
2017 1 day

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 2011 for the 9 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.3 km away).

26flood warnings 77flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 27 Jan 2026 — Mock Bridge, near Shermanbury on the River Adur

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 1 4
2025 2 0
2024 6 4
2023 5 2
2022 5 1
2021 1 2
2020 1 18
2019 0 4
2018 0 3
2017 0 2
2016 0 2
2015 0 7
2014 2 14
2013 3 6
2012 0 7
2011 0 1

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 Upper Beeding flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 9 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the River Adur at Beeding Bridge flooding today?

The current level is 2.43m, which is within the typical range of 0.35 to 2.84m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

What is a normal level for the River Adur at Beeding Bridge?

The typical range at this station is 0.35m to 2.84m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 2.84m 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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