Environment Agency monitoring station
Fordwich River Level
Great Stour · Fordwich, Canterbury · Stour catchment
EA station reference
E3826
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
- Great Stour
- Catchment
- Stour
- Nearest named place
- Fordwich, Canterbury
- EA opening date
- 1 January 2000
- Coordinates
- 51.29646, 1.12952
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.
- West Brook, from Frogs Island Farm to HamptonDesignated warning area · EA ref 064FWF9A2
- Plenty Brook from Eddington to the sea, including Herne Bay, the Swalecliffe Brook from near Court Lees to the sea, including Chestfield and Swalecliffe and the West Brook from the railway line to the sea including Studd Hill and HamptonDesignated alert area · EA ref 064WAF332
- Areas at risk of coastal flooding around Chislet Marshes and Wade Marsh, including Marshside, Sarre and Saint Nicholas at WadeDesignated warning area · EA ref 064FWC1Marshside
- Areas at risk of coastal flooding from Whitstable to Margate, including Herne Bay, Reculver, Marshside, Saint Nicholas at Wade, Birchington and Westgate-on-SeaDesignated alert area · EA ref 064WAC1WhitMar
- Swalecliffe Brook, between Honey Hill and SwalecliffeDesignated warning area · EA ref 064FWF9A3
- Areas at risk of coastal flooding from Whitstable to Herne Bay, including Tankerton, Swalecliffe, Studd Hill and HamptonDesignated warning area · EA ref 064FWC1HerneBay
- Great Stour at Fordwich and SturryDesignated warning area · EA ref 064FWF6Fordwich
- Tidal River Stour area from Fordwich to Stonar Cut including Stodmarsh, Grove Ferry, Plucks Gutter, Ash Level and Minster MarshDesignated alert area · EA ref 064WAB6TidalStour
- Great Stour from Shalmsford Street to Thanington including CharthamDesignated warning area · EA ref 064FWF6Chartham
- Great Stour at CanterburyDesignated warning area · EA ref 064FWF6Canterbury
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.