Woodmill water level

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

River gauge, River Culm, Devon, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.23m Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 19:00 BST (31 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Culm at Woodmill is running below normal at 0.23 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.25 m to 1.60 m.

It has dropped 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.23 m and 0.25 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: 0.25 m – 1.60 m
Highest on record: 3.73 mNovember 21, 2012
Lowest on record: 0.02 mDecember 18, 1971

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.

About the River Culm

The River Culm flows through the Devon Redlands in Devon, England and is the longest tributary of the River Exe. It rises in the Blackdown Hills at a spring near RAF Culmhead in Somerset, and flows west through Hemyock, then Culmstock to Uffculme. The river turns south, through Cullompton, skirting the northern boundary of Killerton Park to join the River Exe on the north-western outskirts of Exeter. The name of the river is thought to mean 'knot' or 'tie', in reference to the river's twists and loops.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 5° – Wind 18 km/h

18 Sun 13° 4° – Wind 21 km/h

19 Mon 14° 8° 2.7 mm, 69% Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 13° 9° 4.6 mm, 58% Wind 15 km/h

21 Wed 15° 6° 3.8 mm, 49% Wind 33 km/h

22 Thu 14° 5° 3.3 mm, 78% Wind 20 km/h

23 Fri 13° 8° 31 mm, 84% Wind 46 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:40 AM Sunset 06:19 PM Daylight 10 hr, 39 min First quarter 42%

Map

Other gauges on the River Culm

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Bradninch Hele Station RoadRiver gauge, River Culm	1.04 m	Normal	−0.02 m	4.3 km
ReweRiver gauge, River Culm	0.28 m	Low	±0	10.0 km
CulmstockRiver gauge, River Culm	0.16 m	Very low	−0.01 m	11 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Cullompton Swallow WayRiver gauge, Cole Brook	0.28 m	Lowest on record	±0	0.8 km
Cullompton LanglandsRiver gauge, Crow Green Stream	0.05 m	Normal	±0	1.7 km
AshclystRiver gauge, River Clyst	0.13 m	Normal	±0	7.5 km
TivertonRiver gauge, River Exe	0.57 m	Normal	−0.03 m	8.2 km
Tiverton ParkwayRiver gauge, Spratford Stream	0.18 m	Low	−0.01 m	8.7 km
Tiverton LowmanRiver gauge, River Lowman	0.07 m	Lowest on record	−0.01 m	9.2 km
ThorvertonRiver gauge, River Exe	0.36 m	Normal	−0.05 m	9.4 km
Rockbeare BridgeRiver gauge, Ford Stream	0.41 m	Normal	±0	11 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Culm at Woodmill?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.25 m to 1.60 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 0.23 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Woodmill today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 19:00 BST, the water level was 0.23 m. Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Woodmill rising or falling?

Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Woodmill normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Woodmill?

The highest level on record is 3.73 m on November 21, 2012. The lowest is 0.02 m on December 18, 1971.

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:45119 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.84320, -3.39216 (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	0.23 m	2026-10-17 18:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Woodmill (ea:45119). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/devon/woodmill

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