Environment Agency monitoring station
Banbury
River Cherwell · Banbury · Cherwell Thame and Wye catchment
EA station reference
1420TH
Live measurement feed
Water level over the last seven days
Readings show measured change at this instrument. A station reading is not a flood warning and, without an official threshold, does not prove that the river is safe or dangerous.
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Station location
Blue point = monitoring instrument, not a reported flood.
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About this station
- Monitors
- River Cherwell
- Catchment
- Cherwell Thame and Wye
- Nearest named place
- Banbury
- EA opening date
- 1 January 1986
- Coordinates
- 52.06638, -1.33329
Nearby designated monitoring areas
Directory areas whose reference point is within approximately 10 km. Proximity does not mean this station controls that area or that a warning is active.
- Sor Brook and The Bloxham Brook and their tributaries from Horley and Bloxham to and including AdderburyDesignated alert area · EA ref 061WAF14SorBlox
- River Cherwell from below Banbury to just above Upper Heyford including Kings SuttonDesignated warning area · EA ref 061FWF14KSutton
- River Cherwell and its tributaries from Charwelton to just above Upper Heyford including Woodford Halse, Edgcote, Cropredy, Marston St Lawrence, Banbury, Kings Sutton, Hook Norton and CroughtonDesignated alert area · EA ref 061WAF14UChrwell
- Grimsbury area of Banbury benefiting from the Moorfield Brook pumping station, including Fergusson Road, Gibbs Road and parts of the Old Grimsbury Road, West Street and Waterloo DriveDesignated warning area · EA ref 061FWF14GrimFAS
- Sor Brook at Bodicote and Adderbury and The Bloxham Brook at BloxhamDesignated warning area · EA ref 061FWF14SorBlox
- River Cherwell from Charwelton to above Banbury including Woodford Halse, Edgcote and CropredyDesignated warning area · EA ref 061FWF14WfrdHlse
- The properties in the area of Banbury and the River Cherwell which are protected by the Banbury Flood Alleviation SchemeDesignated warning area · EA ref 061FWF14BanFAS
Nearby monitoring stations
Use nearby instruments for context, but do not compare absolute station-datum values as if they shared the same baseline.
Source and limits: station directory and readings from the Environment Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. API readings can be delayed or unavailable. For warnings and emergency advice, use the official GOV.UK flood service.