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Silloth water level

River gauge, Cumbria, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

1.83m Down 1.15 m over the last 24 hours

1.5 2.0

History

History
-0358mOct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 15Oct 17-0358mOct 10Oct 14Oct 17
-0358mSep 17Sep 25Oct 2Oct 9Oct 17-0358mSep 17Oct 2Oct 17
Water level

What this means

The latest river level reported for Silloth is 1.83 m. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

The level is falling, down 1.15 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between −0.49 m and 7.81 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −5.29 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
−0.49 m – 7.81 m

On the river at Silloth

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: 13 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 11° 4° – Wind 14 km/h
18 Sun 10° 1° – Wind 14 km/h
19 Mon 15° 4° – Wind 19 km/h
20 Tue 12° 6° 4.7 mm, 38% Wind 10 km/h
21 Wed 12° 9° 8.4 mm, 51% Wind 19 km/h
22 Thu 10° 7° 1.8 mm, 51% Wind 28 km/h
23 Fri 10° 4° 7.7 mm, 69% Wind 53 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:47 AM Sunset 06:12 PM Daylight 10 hr, 26 min First quarter 40%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Blennerhasset BridgeRiver gauge, River Ellen 0.70 m Normal −0.02 m 14 km
Bull GillRiver gauge, River Ellen 0.47 m Normal −0.04 m 15 km
Station Road, WigtonRiver gauge, Wiza Beck 0.22 m Normal −0.04 m 16 km
Wiza Beck Storage Basin, WigtonRiver gauge, Wiza Beck 0.09 m Low −0.03 m 16 km
Kingfisher, CockermouthRiver gauge, River Derwent 1.12 m Normal −0.06 m 23 km
South Street FootbridgeRiver gauge, River Cocker 1.18 m High −0.08 m 23 km
Ouse BridgeRiver gauge, River Derwent 1.32 m High −0.04 m 23 km
Castle HoweRiver gauge, Bassenthwaite Lake 1.55 m High −0.04 m 25 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 1.83 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Silloth today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 12:45 BST, the water level was 1.83 m. Down 1.15 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Silloth rising or falling?

Down 1.15 m over the last 24 hours. Down 5.29 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Silloth 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:755900
Coordinates
54.86856, -3.39430 (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 1.83 m 2026-10-17 11:45 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Silloth (ea:755900). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cumbria/silloth

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.