Reading Calcot Bridge water level

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

River gauge, River Kennet, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

1.81m Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST (28 min ago)

Flow: 3.07 m³/s

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Kennet at Reading Calcot Bridge is running below normal at 1.81 m.

The usual range here runs from 1.93 m to 2.67 m.

It has dropped 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 1.80 m and 1.84 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: 1.93 m – 2.67 m
Highest on record: 2.97 mFebruary 16, 2020
Lowest on record: 1.66 mAugust 28, 2020

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 Kennet

The Kennet is a chalk river and a tributary of the River Thames in Southern England. Most of the river is straddled by the North Wessex Downs National Landscape. The lower reaches have been made navigable as the Kennet Navigation, which – together with the Avon Navigation, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Thames – links the cities of Bristol and London.

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.

18 Sun 13° 6° 1.9 mm, 74% Wind 22 km/h

19 Mon 15° 8° 0.5 mm, 90% Wind 17 km/h

20 Tue 12° 9° 11 mm, 67% Wind 9 km/h

21 Wed 14° 6° 4.2 mm, 44% Wind 27 km/h

22 Thu 14° 5° 1.5 mm, 61% Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 10° 6° 36 mm, 77% Wind 35 km/h

24 Sat 11° 3° – Wind 24 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:33 AM Sunset 06:07 PM Daylight 10 hr, 34 min First quarter 49%

Map

Other gauges on the River Kennet

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Blakes LockRiver gauge, River Kennet	0.07 m	Low	−0.01 m	7.0 km
NewburyRiver gauge, River Kennet	0.99 m	Normal	−0.01 m	19 km
Knighton SideRiver gauge, River Kennet	−0.16 m	Lowest on record	−0.01 m	37 km
MarlboroughRiver gauge, River Kennet	0.04 m	Low	±0	47 km
Winterborne MonktonRiver gauge, River Kennet	−0.12 m	Normal	±0	56 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
SulhamRiver gauge, Sulham Brook	0.03 m	Very low	±0	3.7 km
TidmarshRiver gauge, River Pang	1.24 m	High	+0.03 m	4.6 km
Mapledurham LockRiver gauge, River Thames	0.06 m	Normal	±0	5.8 km
PangbourneRiver gauge, River Pang	0.13 m	Normal	±0	6.2 km
Beech HillRiver gauge, Foudry Brook	0.73 m	Normal	−0.01 m	6.3 km
ReadingRiver gauge, River Thames	6.69 m	Normal	+0.01 m	6.4 km
Whitchurch LockRiver gauge, River Thames	0.01 m	Very low	−0.01 m	6.5 km
Caversham LockRiver gauge, River Thames	0.15 m	Normal	+0.01 m	6.6 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Kennet at Reading Calcot Bridge?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 1.93 m to 2.67 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 1.81 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Reading Calcot Bridge today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST, the water level was 1.81 m. Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Reading Calcot Bridge rising or falling?

Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Reading Calcot Bridge 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 Reading Calcot Bridge?

The highest level on record is 2.97 m on February 16, 2020. The lowest is 1.66 m on August 28, 2020.

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:2292BTH (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.43412, -1.04884 (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	1.81 m	2026-10-18 11:30	Provisional
Flow	3.07 m³/s	2026-10-18 11:30	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Reading Calcot Bridge (ea:2292BTH). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/berkshire/reading-calcot-bridge

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