Tamarstone Bridge water level

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

River gauge, River Tamar, Devon, United Kingdom

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.37m Down 0.13 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 19:00 BST (33 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

20252026

Water level Normal range (10–90 %) Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Tamarstone Bridge, where the gauge shows 0.37 m.

The median for mid-October is 0.29 m, based on 17 years of readings, so the river level is 0.08 m above typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.17 m, a difference of +0.20 m.

It is still going down, by 0.13 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.13 m – 0.75 m.

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

Compared with 17 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.29 m0.08 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.19 m – 0.87 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (17 years of records)
Normal range: 0.06 m – 1.80 m
Same day last year: 0.17 m+0.20 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.13 m – 0.75 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.07 m – 1.79 m
Highest on record: 2.43 mOctober 4, 2020
Lowest on record: 0.04 mJune 10, 2011

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

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

About the River Tamar

The Tamar is a river in south-west England that forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall. A large part of the valley of the Tamar is protected as the Tamar Valley National Landscape and some is included in the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape due to its historic mining activities.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 7° – Wind 13 km/h

18 Sun 12° 4° – Wind 13 km/h

19 Mon 11° 7° 3.0 mm, 37% Wind 21 km/h

20 Tue 13° 5° 0.9 mm, 37% Wind 16 km/h

21 Wed 11° 8° 9.1 mm, 71% Wind 53 km/h

22 Thu 12° 9° 6.2 mm, 67% Wind 30 km/h

23 Fri 13° 9° 17 mm, 82% Wind 41 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:44 AM Sunset 06:23 PM Daylight 10 hr, 39 min First quarter 42%

Map

Other gauges on the River Tamar

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Bridge RuleRiver gauge, River Tamar	0.43 m	Normal	−0.18 m	2.8 km
Crowford BridgeRiver gauge, River Tamar	0.27 m	Normal	−0.11 m	6.5 km
Polson BridgeRiver gauge, River Tamar	0.34 m	Low	−0.02 m	22 km
Greystone BridgeRiver gauge, River Tamar	0.16 m	Normal	+0.02 m	27 km
GunnislakeRiver gauge, River Tamar	0.40 m	Low	+0.04 m	36 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BushRiver gauge, River Strat	0.24 m	Normal	−0.02 m	5.5 km
Woolstone MillRiver gauge, River Neet	0.12 m	Low	−0.03 m	6.7 km
HelebridgeRiver gauge, River Neet	0.01 m	Low	−0.04 m	7.1 km
BradworthyRiver gauge, River Waldon	0.33 m	Normal	−0.03 m	9.3 km
Canworthy Water BridgeRiver gauge, River Ottery	0.17 m	Very low	−0.01 m	15 km
TrenguneRiver gauge, River Ottery	0.19 m	Low	±0	15 km
WerringtonRiver gauge, River Ottery	0.12 m	Very low	±0	20 km
GermansweekRiver gauge, River Wolf	0.08 m	Very low	−0.02 m	20 km

Questions and answers

Is the River Tamar at Tamarstone Bridge higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.20 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.17 m.

What is a normal level for the River Tamar at Tamarstone Bridge in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.29 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.19 m and 0.87 m, based on 17 years of records.

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 0.37 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Tamarstone Bridge today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 19:00 BST, the water level was 0.37 m. Down 0.13 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Tamarstone Bridge rising or falling?

Down 0.13 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.08 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Tamarstone Bridge normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 17 years of daily readings for this time of year.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Tamarstone Bridge?

The highest level on record is 2.43 m on October 4, 2020. The lowest is 0.04 m on June 10, 2011.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:47137 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.82366, -4.43870 (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	0.37 m	2026-10-17 18:00	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Tamarstone Bridge (ea:47137). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/devon/tamarstone-bridge

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