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Ince PS water level

River gauge, Cheshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

0.49m Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours

0.0 0.5 1.0

History

History
0.20.40.6mOct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 180.20.40.6mOct 11Oct 15Oct 18
0.20.40.6mSep 18Sep 26Oct 3Oct 11Oct 180.20.40.6mSep 19Oct 3Oct 18
Water level

What this means

The Environment Agency has Ince PS at 0.49 m. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It is on the way up, by 0.04 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.22 m – 0.59 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.06 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
0.22 m – 0.59 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.39 m – 0.45 m

For anglers and canoeists

Without a reference range, compare today with the chart: a sharp rise usually means coloured water.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 9.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 4° – Wind 14 km/h
18 Sun 13° 3° 0.1 mm Wind 13 km/h
19 Mon 13° 7° 1.7 mm, 49% Wind 14 km/h
20 Tue 12° 9° 2.1 mm, 52% Wind 10 km/h
21 Wed 11° 9° 1.8 mm, 61% Wind 24 km/h
22 Thu 14° 6° 4.8 mm, 54% Wind 15 km/h
23 Fri 10° 8° 39 mm, 75% Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:43 AM Sunset 06:10 PM Daylight 10 hr, 27 min First quarter 52%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Bridge TraffordRiver gauge, River Gowy 0.27 m Normal −0.01 m 8.0 km
Pickerings CutRiver gauge, River Weaver 4.81 m Normal ±0 9.2 km
Winster DriveRiver gauge, Netherley Brook 0.52 m Normal +0.01 m 10 km
Chase Way, Ellesmere PortRiver gauge, Rivacre Brook 0.16 m Low ±0 11 km
Fiddlers FerryRiver gauge, River Mersey 2.32 m Very low −0.06 m 12 km
Acton BridgeRiver gauge, River Weaver 2.63 m Normal −0.03 m 12 km
Knolls Bridge, ChesterRiver gauge, Finchett's Gutter 5.82 m Very high ±0 13 km
Liverpool RoadRiver gauge, Sankey Brook 1.50 m Normal −0.02 m 14 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 0.49 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Ince PS today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 20:30 BST, the water level was 0.49 m. Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Ince PS rising or falling?

Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.06 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Ince PS 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:683200
Coordinates
53.29838, -2.77384 (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 0.49 m 2026-10-18 19:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Ince PS (ea:683200). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cheshire/ince-ps

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.