Ousden water level

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

River gauge, River Kennett, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.23m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 14:15 BST (29 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.23 m, the River Kennett at Ousden is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.40 m to 1.70 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.23 m and 0.27 m.

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

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.40 m – 1.70 m
Highest on record: 2.24 mFebruary 7, 2014
Lowest on record: 0.00 mOctober 24, 2001

On the river at Ousden

Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Kennett

The River Kennett is a river that runs through Suffolk and Cambridgeshire in eastern England.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.0 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 6° 0.1 mm, 33% Wind 22 km/h

18 Sun 13° 6° 4.5 mm, 63% Wind 22 km/h

19 Mon 12° 10° 2.7 mm, 51% Wind 16 km/h

20 Tue 14° 11° 3.6 mm, 31% Wind 16 km/h

21 Wed 14° 8° 3.8 mm, 39% Wind 31 km/h

22 Thu 12° 6° 2.7 mm, 26% Wind 40 km/h

23 Fri 12° 6° 4.2 mm, 54% Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:27 AM Sunset 06:01 PM Daylight 10 hr, 35 min First quarter 40%

Map

Other gauges on the River Kennett

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Beck BridgeRiver gauge, River Kennett	−0.11 m	Lowest on record	±0	15 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
TempleRiver gauge, River Lark	0.20 m	Low	+0.01 m	14 km
Barton Mills SluiceRiver gauge, River Lark	0.09 m	Very low	±0	14 km
KedingtonRiver gauge, River Stour	0.21 m	Normal	±0	15 km
Fornham St MartinRiver gauge, River Lark	0.03 m	Low	−0.01 m	15 km
SicklesmereRiver gauge, River Lark	0.22 m	Low	±0	15 km
SturmerRiver gauge, Stour Brook	0.12 m	Normal	+0.01 m	16 km
FordhamRiver gauge, River Snail	0.08 m	Very low	−0.02 m	16 km
WestmillRiver gauge, River Stour	0.23 m	Normal	±0	17 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Kennett at Ousden?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.40 m to 1.70 m for this gauge.

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 0.23 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Ousden today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 14:15 BST, the water level was 0.23 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Ousden rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Ousden normal?

Below the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Ousden?

The highest level on record is 2.24 m on February 7, 2014. The lowest is 0.00 m on October 24, 2001.

How often is this data updated?

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

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:E23956 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.20631, 0.52087 (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	0.23 m	2026-10-17 13:15	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Ousden (ea:E23956). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/suffolk/ousden

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