Chudleigh Bridge water level

Name: Chudleigh Bridge water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, River Teign, Devon, United Kingdom

Directions

Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.39m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST (39 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Teign at Chudleigh Bridge is running at a record low at 0.39 m.

No reading on record has been lower: the old record low was 0.54 m, from September 21, 2006. The usual range here runs from 0.60 m to 1.82 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.38 m and 0.39 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.60 m – 1.82 m
Highest on record: 3.57 mNovember 24, 2024
Lowest on record: 0.54 mSeptember 21, 2006
Lowest on record: 0.15 m below the lowest level on record

Fishing and paddling

At low levels, many rivers become a walk-and-paddle trip. Fish hold in deeper pools and spook easily.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Teign

The River Teign is a river in the county of Devon, England. It is 31 mi (50 km) long and rises on Dartmoor, becomes an estuary just below Newton Abbot and reaches the English Channel at Teignmouth.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 9° – Wind 20 km/h

18 Sun 13° 7° – Wind 16 km/h

19 Mon 12° 8° 4.1 mm, 75% Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 13° 4° 3.6 mm, 62% Wind 12 km/h

21 Wed 12° 4° 4.2 mm, 49% Wind 44 km/h

22 Thu 14° 8° 0.3 mm, 53% Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 13° 8° 18 mm, 75% Wind 37 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:20 PM Daylight 10 hr, 40 min First quarter 39%

Map

Other gauges on the River Teign

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Coombe CellarsTidal gauge, River Teign	1.11 m	No reference yet	+0.20 m	7.6 km
Clifford BridgeRiver gauge, River Teign	0.25 m	Normal	+0.02 m	14 km
Chagford Drogo Iron BridgeRiver gauge, River Teign	1.17 m	Lowest on record	−0.01 m	17 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Bovey Tracey Wifford FootbridgeRiver gauge, River Bovey Tributary	0.39 m	Normal	±0	4.0 km
Bovey ParkeRiver gauge, River Bovey	0.35 m	Lowest on record	±0	4.7 km
Union BridgeRiver gauge, River Lemon	0.02 m	Very low	±0	7.2 km
Holbeam Dam DownstreamRiver gauge, River Lemon	0.00 m	Lowest on record	±0	7.5 km
Holbeam DamRiver gauge, River Lemon	0.10 m	Very low	−0.01 m	7.5 km
BickingtonRiver gauge, River Lemon	0.36 m	Normal	±0	8.7 km
KennfordRiver gauge, River Kenn Tributary	0.01 m	Lowest on record	±0	9.7 km
DawlishRiver gauge, Dawlish Water	0.13 m	Very low	±0	10 km

Questions and answers

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.39 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Chudleigh Bridge today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST, the water level was 0.39 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Chudleigh Bridge rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Chudleigh Bridge normal?

Lower than ever recorded here. Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Chudleigh Bridge?

The highest level on record is 3.57 m on November 24, 2024. The lowest is 0.54 m on September 21, 2006.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from the Environment Agency, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:46135 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.59512, -3.61593 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Environment Agency data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.39 m	2026-10-17 10:15	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Chudleigh Bridge (ea:46135). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/devon/chudleigh-bridge

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer