Kennford water level

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

River gauge, River Kenn Tributary, Devon, United Kingdom

Directions

Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.01m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 04:45 BST (25 min ago)

History

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What this means

The River Kenn Tributary at Kennford is running at a record low at 0.01 m.

No reading on record has been lower: the old record low was 0.01 m, from August 26, 2012. The usual range here runs from 0.04 m to 0.50 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.00 m and 0.01 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.04 m – 0.50 m
Highest on record: 0.97 mNovember 24, 2012
Lowest on record: 0.01 mAugust 26, 2012
Lowest on record: 0.01 m below the lowest level on record

Fishing and paddling

At low levels, many rivers become a walk-and-paddle trip. Fish hold in deeper pools and spook easily.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 8° – Wind 16 km/h

18 Sun 13° 5° – Wind 16 km/h

19 Mon 13° 8° 3.3 mm, 63% Wind 23 km/h

20 Tue 13° 6° 3.0 mm, 43% Wind 15 km/h

21 Wed 12° 7° 3.0 mm, 56% Wind 44 km/h

22 Thu 14° 8° 2.1 mm, 39% Wind 22 km/h

23 Fri 14° 9° 20 mm, 75% Wind 45 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:40 AM Sunset 06:20 PM Daylight 10 hr, 40 min First quarter 37%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Exeter Alphington Mill LaneRiver gauge, Alphin Brook	0.05 m	Lowest on record	±0	3.9 km
Swans NestRiver gauge, Exminster Marshes	−0.07 m	Lowest on record	±0	4.7 km
Trews WeirRiver gauge, River Exe	3.33 m	Normal	+0.01 m	5.5 km
Exeter Heavitree Sweetbriar LaneRiver gauge, Northbrook	0.00 m	Normal	±0	7.1 km
Lympstone Longbrook LaneRiver gauge, Wotton Brook	0.14 m	Lowest on record	−0.01 m	8.7 km
Dawlish Warren Secmaton LaneRiver gauge, Shutterton Brook	0.52 m	Normal	−0.01 m	9.5 km
Chudleigh BridgeRiver gauge, River Teign	0.38 m	Lowest on record	±0	9.7 km
Clyst HonitonRiver gauge, River Clyst	0.60 m	Low	±0	10 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 0.01 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Kennford today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 04:45 BST, the water level was 0.01 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Kennford rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Kennford normal?

Lower than ever recorded here. Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Kennford?

The highest level on record is 0.97 m on November 24, 2012. The lowest is 0.01 m on August 26, 2012.

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:45170 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.66756, -3.53862 (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	0.01 m	2026-10-17 03:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Kennford (ea:45170). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/devon/kennford

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