Oakington water level

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

River gauge, Oakington Brook, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.06m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 00:45 BST (48 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.06 m, Oakington Brook at Oakington is below normal.

It has now dropped past the published record low of 0.07 m (April 15, 2014). The usual range here runs from 0.06 m to 0.80 m.

The water is rising: up 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.03 m and 0.07 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: 0.06 m – 0.80 m
Highest on record: 1.70 mAugust 9, 2014
Lowest on record: 0.07 mApril 15, 2014
Lowest on record: 0.01 m below the lowest level on record

On the river at Oakington

Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 14° 7° 2.9 mm, 91% Wind 23 km/h

19 Mon 15° 10° 3.1 mm, 96% Wind 12 km/h

20 Tue 13° 11° 9.9 mm, 53% Wind 14 km/h

21 Wed 14° 7° 3.7 mm, 51% Wind 19 km/h

22 Thu 14° 6° 0.3 mm, 33% Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 10° 7° 31 mm, 67% Wind 32 km/h

24 Sat 11° 4° – Wind 29 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:32 AM Sunset 05:59 PM Daylight 10 hr, 27 min First quarter 54%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
GirtonRiver gauge, Washpit Brook	0.81 m	Normal	±0	1.9 km
Cambridge Jesus LockRiver gauge, River Cam	0.73 m	Normal	±0	6.5 km
Bin BrookRiver gauge	0.17 m	Normal	±0	6.8 km
Webbs Hole SluiceRiver gauge, Swavesey Drain	0.49 m	Normal	±0	8.3 km
Cambridge Baits BiteRiver gauge, River Cam	0.21 m	Low	±0	8.5 km
CombertonRiver gauge, Bourn Brook	0.12 m	Normal	±0	9.2 km
BrownshillRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	0.33 m	Normal	−0.01 m	9.5 km
Cambridge Byron's PoolRiver gauge, River Rhee	0.46 m	Low	±0	9.8 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for Oakington Brook at Oakington?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.06 m to 0.80 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 0.06 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Oakington today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 00:45 BST, the water level was 0.06 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Oakington rising or falling?

Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Oakington 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 Oakington?

The highest level on record is 1.70 m on August 9, 2014. The lowest is 0.07 m on April 15, 2014.

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:E47041 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.25510, 0.05588 (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	0.06 m	2026-10-18 23:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Oakington (ea:E47041). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cambridgeshire/oakington

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