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Sindlesham Mill water level

River gauge, River Loddon, Berkshire, United Kingdom

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Water level

0.10m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 Highest onrecord 1.45 m Lowest on record 0.05 m

History

0.080.090.100.11mOct 11Oct 13Oct 14Oct 16Oct 180.080.090.100.11mOct 11Oct 14Oct 18
0.080.100.13mSep 18Sep 25Oct 3Oct 10Oct 180.080.100.13mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18
Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Loddon at Sindlesham Mill reads 0.10 m as of 18 Oct 2026, 09:15 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 0.06 m and 0.14 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.01 m.

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

Key numbers

Normal range
1.19 m – 0.56 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.06 m – 0.14 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.07 m – 0.12 m
Highest on record
1.45 mJuly 21, 2007
Lowest on record
0.05 mSeptember 27, 2000

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.

About the River Loddon

River Loddon

The River Loddon is a tributary of the River Thames in southern England. It rises at Basingstoke in Hampshire and flows northwards for 28 miles (45 km) to meet the Thames at Wargrave in Berkshire. Together, the Loddon and its tributaries drain an area of 400 square miles (1,036 km2).

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 7° 1.9 mm, 74% Wind 22 km/h
19 Mon 15° 9° 0.5 mm, 90% Wind 17 km/h
20 Tue 12° 10° 12 mm, 67% Wind 9 km/h
21 Wed 14° 6° 3.9 mm, 44% Wind 27 km/h
22 Thu 14° 5° 2.0 mm, 61% Wind 16 km/h
23 Fri 11° 6° 36 mm, 77% Wind 32 km/h
24 Sat 11° 3° – Wind 24 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:33 AM Sunset 06:06 PM Daylight 10 hr, 34 min First quarter 48%

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Other gauges on the River Loddon

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Arborfield BridgeRiver gauge, River Loddon 0.17 m Low −0.01 m 3.5 km
TwyfordRiver gauge, River Loddon 0.96 m Normal ±0 6.6 km
Sheepbridge Weir Mill StreamRiver gauge, River Loddon 0.16 m Very low ±0 6.9 km
SheepbridgeRiver gauge, River Loddon 0.15 m Normal ±0 6.9 km
Longbridge MillRiver gauge, River Loddon 0.22 m Normal ±0 15 km
Pyotts BridgeRiver gauge, River Loddon 0.93 m Very low ±0 19 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
WokinghamRiver gauge, Emm Brook 0.45 m Low ±0 5.0 km
Blakes LockRiver gauge, River Kennet 0.05 m Very low ±0 5.1 km
Sonning LockRiver gauge, River Thames 0.24 m Very high ±0 5.4 km
Caversham LockRiver gauge, River Thames 0.14 m Low +0.01 m 5.9 km
ReadingRiver gauge, River Thames 6.69 m Normal +0.01 m 6.2 km
SwallowfieldRiver gauge, River Blackwater 0.21 m Low −0.01 m 6.6 km
Swallowfield Side ChannelRiver gauge, River Blackwater 0.20 m Low −0.02 m 6.6 km

Questions and answers

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

What is the water level of Sindlesham Mill today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 09:15 BST, the water level was 0.10 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Sindlesham Mill rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.01 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Sindlesham Mill normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Sindlesham Mill?

The highest level on record is 1.45 m on July 21, 2007. The lowest is 0.05 m on September 27, 2000.

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:2481TH (Agency page)
Coordinates
51.42652, -0.89819 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.10 m 2026-10-18 08:15 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Sindlesham Mill (ea:2481TH). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/berkshire/sindlesham-mill

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