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River Arun at Houghton Bridge

Current River Level

1.260m

At 6:45am, Saturday 12th October BST
(5:45am, Saturday 12th October GMT)

Below normal for this location

Rising, 0.070 from previous measurement at 6:30am, Saturday 12th October BST


Important! The levels for this location are measured relative to sea level, not relative to the riverbed. The levels shown here do not, therefore, necessarily represent the actual depth of the water.

Flood Warning Areas Covering Here

Amberley on the River Arun

No current or recent warnings.

Lower Arun

No current or recent warnings.

Other Nearby Flood Warning Areas

Arundel on the River Arun

No current or recent warnings.

Pulborough on the River Arun

No current or recent warnings.

Fittleworth on the Western River Rother

No current or recent warnings.

Seven Day Level Chart

Long Term Level Chart

Darker blue shaded areas on long term data indicate maximum and minimum levels for the date (you may need to zoom in closer to see them).

Long term data may have gaps where the API data was not available.

Download long term data as csv

Note: CSV data will include any outlying values that have been ignored by our graphing system as probably erroneous (eg, because they are ridiculously high compared to the values either side of them). It is your responsibility to filter these out if necessary.

Important! If you are planning to retrieve the csv data automatically, you must read and understand the limitations on the data and its availability.

Location and Technical Data

  • Monitoring Station: Houghton Bridge
  • Watercourse: River Arun
  • Nearest Town/Village: Houghton
  • Local Authority: Arun
  • Ceremonial County: West Sussex
  • Coordinates: 50°53'48"N 0°32'39"W (50.896759,-0.544372)
  • OS Grid: TQ024118 (502464,111818)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR GJZ.M64
  • Mapcode (Global): FRA 96RQ.V1G
  • Open Location Code: 9C2XVFW4+P7
  • Maidenhead Locator System: IO90rv45
  • Environment Agency Location ID: E9930
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: E9930-level-stage-i-15_min-mAOD
  • River Levels Online ID: 1011
  • Water Information System ID: 254150011
  • Operational Area: Lower Arun
  • Catchment Area: Arun and Western Streams
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Sussex Rivers Group
  • Environment Agency Region: Southern
  • Level Datum: Above Ordnance Datum (AOD)

Please note: Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

The usual range of the River Arun at Houghton Bridge is between 1.40m and 2.50m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The typical recent level of the River Arun at Houghton Bridge over the past 12 months has been between 0.32m and 3.31m. It has been between these levels for at least 150 days in the past year.

The highest level ever recorded at the River Arun at Houghton Bridge is 3.69m, reached on Wednesday 25th December 2013 at 4:45pm.

Note that this data may not take account of recent measurements, as we wait until a level has been verified by the Environment Agency before adding it to our records.

Nearby Monitoring Locations

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