Environment Agency monitoring station
Ower
River Blackwater · Ower · New Forest catchment
EA station reference
E13291
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 Blackwater
- Catchment
- New Forest
- Nearest named place
- Ower
- EA opening date
- 1 October 1976
- Coordinates
- 50.95503, -1.53413
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.
- Tadburn Lake stream through RomseyDesignated alert area · EA ref 065WAF112
- A3057 Greatbridge Road, Romsey, Broadlands, Testwood and Totton Bypass on the River TestDesignated warning area · EA ref 065FWF3008
- River Test and tributaries from Romsey to TottonDesignated alert area · EA ref 065WAF111
- Lord's Hill, Lordswood, Coxford, Shirley Park, Shirley Warren and Millbrook on the Tanners BrookDesignated warning area · EA ref 065FWF3301
- Tanners Brook from Lords Hill to the Test estuary including Holly BrookDesignated alert area · EA ref 065WAF115
- Halterworth, Harefield, The Hundred, Romsey Rapids, and Romsey Town Centre on the Tadburn LakeDesignated warning area · EA ref 065FWF3010
- Landford to East Wellow and Wade Bridge on the River Blackwater, and Cadnam to Ower on the Cadnam RiverDesignated alert area · EA ref 065WAF113
- Landford, Wellow Mill, and Wade Bridge, on the River BlackwaterDesignated warning area · EA ref 065FWF3101
- Bartley Water from Fletchwood Copse and Bartley to ElingDesignated alert area · EA ref 065WAF114
- Ashurst Bridge, Rushington, Brokenford, and Eling on the Bartley WaterDesignated warning area · EA ref 065FWF3201
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.