Hodcott water level

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

Groundwater well, Berkshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

105.70m Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 06:00 BST (3 hours ago)

History

7 days

Surface elevation

What this means

The latest groundwater level reported for Hodcott is 105.70 m. There is no published reference for this well yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

The level is falling, down 0.06 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 105.70 m and 105.82 m.

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

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 4° – Wind 22 km/h

18 Sun 12° 5° 1.9 mm, 44% Wind 22 km/h

19 Mon 13° 7° 1.0 mm, 84% Wind 15 km/h

20 Tue 12° 8° 2.0 mm, 48% Wind 11 km/h

21 Wed 12° 7° 1.5 mm, 55% Wind 19 km/h

22 Thu 14° 5° 1.8 mm, 51% Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 13° 7° 21 mm, 76% Wind 37 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:34 AM Sunset 06:08 PM Daylight 10 hr, 33 min First quarter 47%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BlewburyRiver gauge, Mill Brook	0.10 m	Low	±0	6.5 km
Chapel WoodGroundwater well	104.53 m	Normal	−0.04 m	7.0 km
SteventonRiver gauge, Ginge Brook	0.47 m	Lowest on record	+0.02 m	9.6 km
WantageRiver gauge, Letcombe Brook	0.48 m	Normal	±0	10 km
FrilshamRiver gauge, River Pang	0.06 m	Very low	±0	11 km
Letcombe RegisRiver gauge, Letcombe Brook	−0.17 m	Lowest on record	±0	11 km
Letcombe BassettRiver gauge, Letcombe Brook	0.10 m	Low	±0	11 km
Goring LockRiver gauge, River Thames	0.00 m	Very low	±0	11 km

Questions and answers

Is Hodcott really 105.70 m deep?

No. 105.70 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 Hodcott today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 06:00 BST, the surface elevation was 105.70 m. Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Hodcott rising or falling?

Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Hodcott 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:SU48_72B (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.53583, -1.30560 (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	105.70 m	2026-10-18 05:00	Provisional
Water level	–	–	–

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Hodcott (ea:SU48_72B). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/berkshire/hodcott

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