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Bourne Ditch at Spitalfields water level

River gauge, Berkshire, United Kingdom

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Right now

Latest reading

Surface elevation

23.33m Steady over the last 24 hours

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History

History
23.3223.33mOct 12Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 1923.3223.33mOct 12Oct 15Oct 19
23.3023.3223.3423.36mSep 19Sep 26Oct 4Oct 11Oct 1923.3023.3223.3423.36mSep 19Oct 4Oct 19
Surface elevation

What this means

Bourne Ditch at Spitalfields reads 23.33 m as of 19 Oct 2026, 05:15 BST. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 23.30 m and 23.36 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to 0.00 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
23.30 m – 23.36 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
23.30 m – 23.33 m

Fishing and paddling

Watch the direction of travel. A rising river after rain behaves very differently from one that is dropping and clearing.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.0 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 14° 7° 2.2 mm, 80% Wind 20 km/h
19 Mon 14° 8° 0.7 mm, 70% Wind 15 km/h
20 Tue 13° 11° 16 mm, 77% Wind 11 km/h
21 Wed 13° 7° 9.5 mm, 47% Wind 25 km/h
22 Thu 12° 6° 0.9 mm, 69% Wind 14 km/h
23 Fri 13° 8° 21 mm, 87% Wind 36 km/h
24 Sat 13° 6° 0.6 mm, 44% Wind 23 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:33 AM Sunset 06:03 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 56%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Romney LockRiver gauge, River Thames 0.26 m Very high +0.01 m 2.8 km
Boveney LockRiver gauge, River Thames 0.20 m Normal +0.01 m 2.8 km
Windsor ParkRiver gauge, River Thames 3.31 m Normal +0.01 m 2.9 km
Old Windsor LockRiver gauge, River Thames 0.25 m Very high +0.01 m 3.6 km
BrayGroundwater well 17.26 m Low +0.02 m 5.7 km
Horton MillRiver gauge, Colne Brook 0.12 m Low ±0 6.2 km
Bray LockRiver gauge, River Thames 0.17 m Very low +0.01 m 6.6 km
Bell WeirRiver gauge, River Thames 0.27 m Very high +0.02 m 6.7 km

Questions and answers

Is Bourne Ditch at Spitalfields really 23.33 m deep?

No. 23.33 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 Bourne Ditch at Spitalfields today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 05:15 BST, the surface elevation was 23.33 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Bourne Ditch at Spitalfields rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Bourne Ditch at Spitalfields 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:2645TH
Coordinates
51.46877, -0.62039 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Surface elevation 23.33 m 2026-10-19 04:15 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Bourne Ditch at Spitalfields (ea:2645TH). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/berkshire/bourne-ditch-at-spitalfields

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.