Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation water level

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

River gauge, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

56.03m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST (8 hours ago)

History

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Surface elevation

What this means

The latest river level reported for Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation is 56.03 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 55.97 m and 56.06 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.05 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 55.97 m – 56.06 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 55.97 m – 56.03 m

On the river at Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation

There is no published typical range for this gauge yet, so anglers and canoeists are best guided by the trend.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 5.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 13° 10° 2.9 mm, 100% Wind 11 km/h

20 Tue 13° 10° 5.2 mm, 89% Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 12° 8° 5.9 mm, 45% Wind 35 km/h

22 Thu 12° 5° 1.6 mm, 78% Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 12° 6° 21 mm, 84% Wind 46 km/h

24 Sat 11° 6° 7.1 mm, 63% Wind 30 km/h

25 Sun 17° 10° 3.4 mm, 62% Wind 36 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:36 AM Sunset 05:59 PM Daylight 10 hr, 23 min Waxing gibbous 72%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BedfordRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	0.28 m	Normal	+0.01 m	0.2 km
CardingtonRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	1.25 m	Normal	+0.01 m	2.4 km
Castle MillRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	0.15 m	Very low	+0.03 m	4.1 km
BromhamRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	29.00 m	Normal	+0.01 m	4.3 km
BlunhamRiver gauge, River Ivel	0.21 m	Low	−0.01 m	10 km
SharnbrookRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	0.19 m	Normal	+0.01 m	10 km
RoxtonRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	0.32 m	Low	+0.02 m	11 km
TurveyRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	0.28 m	Normal	±0	12 km

Questions and answers

Is Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation really 56.03 m deep?

No. 56.03 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST, the surface elevation was 56.03 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

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:E1048
Coordinates: 52.13421, -0.46238 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: ODN
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
Surface elevation	56.03 m	2026-10-20 15:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation (ea:E1048). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/bedfordshire/bedford-road-sluice-northampton-automation

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