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River Medway at Gravesend

Latest Tidal Level

-5.724m

At 12:15am, Wednesday 3rd October GMT

Below normal for this location

Falling, -5.724 from previous measurement

Warning: This data is stale! For some reason, we have not been able to obtain updated levels for over 24 hours. The current displayed level is probably incorrect and you should not rely on it.


This is a tidal level, measured from mean sea level rather than from the river bed. It can, therefore, be negative, and does not give any indication of water depth. Tidal levels are not necessarily updated frequently, and may not reflect tidal movements throughout the day.

Nearby Flood Warning Areas

Gravesend and Northfleet

No current or recent warnings.

The Essex coast from Fobbing to Purfleet-on-Thames

No current or recent warnings.

Properties seaward side of tidal defences from Greenhithe to Gravesend

No current or recent warnings.

The Mardyke from North Stifford to Purfleet-on-Thames

No current or recent warnings.

Dartford, Crayford and Greenhithe

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: Gravesend
  • Watercourse: Medway
  • Nearest Town/Village: Northfleet
  • Local Authority: Gravesham
  • Ceremonial County: Kent
  • Coordinates: 51°26'49"N 0°20'28"E (51.446984,0.341367)
  • OS Grid: TQ628746 (562800,174600)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR NMJ.93G
  • Mapcode (Global): VHHNW.VWTM
  • Open Location Code: 9F32C8WR+QG
  • Maidenhead Locator System: JO01ek07
  • Environment Agency Location ID: E210
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: E210-level-stage-i-15_min-mAOD
  • River Levels Online ID: 1023
  • Water Information System ID: 451414101
  • Operational Area: Lower Medway
  • Catchment Area: Medway
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Kent 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 Medway at Gravesend is between -2.34m and 3.40m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The highest level ever recorded at the River Medway at Gravesend is 4.59m, reached on Tuesday 14th December 1993 at 12:30am.

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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