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Wansford A47 No1 Wits water level

River gauge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

8.25m Steady over the last 24 hours

7 8 9

History

History
8.258.30mOct 13Oct 15Oct 16Oct 18Oct 208.258.30mOct 13Oct 16Oct 20
8.258.308.358.40mSep 20Sep 27Oct 5Oct 12Oct 208.258.308.358.40mSep 20Oct 5Oct 20
Surface elevation

What this means

The latest river level reported for Wansford A47 No1 Wits is 8.25 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 8.25 m and 8.39 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.09 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
8.25 m – 8.39 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
8.25 m – 8.38 m

On the river at Wansford A47 No1 Wits

There is no published typical range for this gauge yet, so anglers and canoeists are best guided by the trend.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 14° 7° 1.4 mm, 56% Wind 23 km/h
19 Mon 14° 10° 8.8 mm, 100% Wind 16 km/h
20 Tue 13° 10° 8.9 mm, 64% Wind 11 km/h
21 Wed 13° 8° 1.3 mm, 49% Wind 19 km/h
22 Thu 13° 5° 0.9 mm, 36% Wind 17 km/h
23 Fri 10° 7° 23 mm, 69% Wind 32 km/h
24 Sat 10° 4° – Wind 31 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:36 AM Sunset 05:58 PM Daylight 10 hr, 22 min First quarter 68%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
WansfordRiver gauge, River Nene 0.22 m Normal −0.01 m 0.2 km
FotheringhayRiver gauge, Willow Brook 0.16 m Normal +0.03 m 6.4 km
TallingtonRiver gauge, River Welland 0.40 m Normal ±0 8.4 km
Hudds MillRiver gauge, River Welland 0.13 m Normal −0.01 m 8.7 km
Orton SluiceRiver gauge, River Nene 1.15 m Normal +0.01 m 8.8 km
TixoverRiver gauge, River Welland 0.22 m Normal +0.04 m 11 km
Shillingthorpe GS WitsRiver gauge 0.05 m Normal ±0 12 km
Market DeepingRiver gauge, River Welland 0.09 m Normal −0.02 m 12 km

Questions and answers

Is Wansford A47 No1 Wits really 8.25 m deep?

No. 8.25 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 Wansford A47 No1 Wits today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST, the surface elevation was 8.25 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Wansford A47 No1 Wits rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.09 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Wansford A47 No1 Wits 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:E2173
Coordinates
52.58311, -0.40657 (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 8.25 m 2026-10-20 11:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Wansford A47 No1 Wits (ea:E2173). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cambridgeshire/wansford-a47-no1-wits

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.