Environment Agency monitoring directory

River Medway between Yalding and Maidstone, including Wateringbury, West Farleigh, Teston and East Farleigh

Designated Flood Warning AreaEA reference 064FWF8LowerMed
This label is not a current warning. It means the EA has predefined this location as an area where it may issue a flood warning. The live panel below checks what is active now.

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Official area details

Watercourse or coast
River Medway
Directory county
Kent
EA operational area
Kent
Coverage category
Designated Flood Warning Area
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Use this information safely

  • For conditions now: use the live panel and verify on the official flood service.
  • For a property: use the official long-term risk checker; this directory is not address-level evidence.
  • For river levels: open a nearby monitoring station and check the reading time.
  • For immediate danger: follow emergency-service instructions and call 999.

Nearby river-level stations

These are measuring instruments, not reported flood locations. A station reading must be interpreted with its timestamp, station datum and any official threshold context.

Nearby designated monitoring areas

River Medway from Forest Row to Penshurst, including Ashurst

River Medway · designated alert area

River Medway from Penshurst to Hampstead Lock at Yalding, including the Leigh Flood Storage area, the Ensfield Road, Tonbridge, Paddock Wood, the Hop Farm, East Peckham, Branbridges and Hale Street

River Medway · designated alert area

River Medway from Hampstead Lock at Yalding to Allington Lock, including East Farleigh, Wateringbury, Teston and Teston Park, Tovil and Maidstone including Millennium Park

River Medway · designated alert area

River Medway between Penshurst and the Leigh Flood Storage area

River Medway · designated warning area

River Medway at Maidstone, including Tovil, Allington, Allington Marina and Aylesford

River Medway · designated warning area

Areas at risk of tidal flooding on the Tidal Medway, Medway estuary and Isle of Grain, including Aylesford, Medway Towns, Lower Halstow, Middle Stoke and Lower Stoke

River Medway · designated alert area

Tidal River Medway between Allington and Cuxton

River Medway · designated warning area

River Medway between Forest Row and Penshurst, including Ashurst and Hartwell

River Medway · designated warning area

Areas at risk of flooding from the tidal River Medway and the Medway Estuary, including Aylesford, Larkfield, Wouldham, Medway Towns, Upnor, Hoo and Lower Halstow

River Medway · designated warning area

River Medway at Tonbridge and Hildenborough including Tudeley, Golden Green, Whetsted and Hartlake

River Medway · designated warning area

Property and insurance decisions

Inclusion in an EA monitoring area does not by itself establish a property's flood probability, insurance eligibility or premium. Check the address-level official service and ask the insurer or a qualified surveyor about the property.

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