Webbs Hole Sluice water level

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

River gauge, Swavesey Drain, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.50m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 10:10 BST (32 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The gauge at Webbs Hole Sluice reads 0.50 m, a normal level.

The usual range here runs from 0.22 m to 1.22 m.

The water is rising: up 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between −2.70 m and 0.55 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: 0.22 m – 1.22 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: −2.70 m – 0.55 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: −0.05 m – 0.52 m
Highest on record: 3.10 mOctober 26, 1998
Lowest on record: 0.09 mMay 6, 2006

On the river at Webbs Hole Sluice

A level in the typical range is usually good news for both anglers and canoeists, but conditions can change quickly after rain in the hills.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.7 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 24 km/h

19 Mon 15° 10° 3.5 mm, 96% Wind 13 km/h

20 Tue 13° 11° 9.6 mm, 53% Wind 14 km/h

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

22 Thu 13° 5° 0.6 mm, 33% Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 10° 7° 29 mm, 67% Wind 34 km/h

24 Sat 11° 4° – Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:32 AM Sunset 05:59 PM Daylight 10 hr, 27 min First quarter 58%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BrownshillRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	0.33 m	Normal	±0	1.8 km
EarithRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	0.71 m	Normal	−0.10 m	4.6 km
St IvesRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	0.16 m	Normal	+0.02 m	4.8 km
HemingfordRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	0.20 m	Normal	+0.01 m	6.7 km
HoughtonRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	0.28 m	Normal	+0.03 m	8.1 km
OakingtonRiver gauge, Oakington Brook	0.26 m	Normal	+0.22 m	8.3 km
GirtonRiver gauge, Washpit Brook	0.83 m	Normal	+0.02 m	10 km
Sutton GaultRiver gauge, River Great Ouse	0.73 m	Normal	−0.01 m	11 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for Swavesey Drain at Webbs Hole Sluice?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.22 m to 1.22 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 0.50 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Webbs Hole Sluice today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 10:10 BST, the water level was 0.50 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Webbs Hole Sluice rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Webbs Hole Sluice normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Webbs Hole Sluice?

The highest level on record is 3.10 m on October 26, 1998. The lowest is 0.09 m on May 6, 2006.

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:E21968 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.32088, -0.00227 (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	0.50 m	2026-10-19 09:10	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Webbs Hole Sluice (ea:E21968). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cambridgeshire/webbs-hole-sluice

How we check values

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