Briantspuddle water level

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

River gauge, River Piddle, Dorset, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.17m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST (31 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.17 m, the River Piddle at Briantspuddle is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.17 m to 0.61 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly.

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: 0.17 m – 0.61 m
Highest on record: 0.78 mDecember 13, 2000
Lowest on record: 0.08 mAugust 31, 1995

On the river at Briantspuddle

Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Piddle

The River Piddle or Trent or North River is a small rural Dorset river which rises in the Dorset Downs and flows into Poole Harbour near Wareham.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 6° – Wind 17 km/h

18 Sun 13° 6° – Wind 18 km/h

19 Mon 14° 8° 4.2 mm, 59% Wind 21 km/h

20 Tue 14° 9° 5.1 mm, 49% Wind 13 km/h

21 Wed 16° 8° 1.2 mm, 47% Wind 31 km/h

22 Thu 14° 6° 11 mm, 58% Wind 22 km/h

23 Fri 13° 8° 30 mm, 73% Wind 36 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:35 AM Sunset 06:15 PM Daylight 10 hr, 39 min First quarter 41%

Map

Other gauges on the River Piddle

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Puddletown North BrookRiver gauge, River Piddle	0.12 m	Normal	−0.01 m	6.6 km
Puddletown Riverside CourtRiver gauge, River Piddle	0.06 m	Normal	±0	6.7 km
Little PuddleRiver gauge, River Piddle	0.06 m	Very low	±0	11 km
South HouseRiver gauge, River Piddle	0.09 m	Low	±0	13 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
East StokeRiver gauge, River Frome	0.55 m	Low	−0.01 m	7.9 km
Dewlish Woodsdown CrossRiver gauge, Piddle Brook	0.05 m	Normal	±0	8.3 km
WinfrithRiver gauge, River Win	0.12 m	Very low	−0.01 m	8.7 km
Ridge WayGroundwater well	56.85 m	Very low	±0	11 km
Delcombe WoodGroundwater well	124.54 m	Very low	−0.01 m	11 km
StinsfordRiver gauge, River Frome	0.03 m	Lowest on record	±0	11 km
Louds MillRiver gauge, River Frome	0.07 m	Low	±0	12 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Piddle at Briantspuddle?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.17 m to 0.61 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 0.17 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Briantspuddle today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST, the water level was 0.17 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Briantspuddle rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Briantspuddle 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 Briantspuddle?

The highest level on record is 0.78 m on December 13, 2000. The lowest is 0.08 m on August 31, 1995.

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:44206 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.73976, -2.25333 (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	0.17 m	2026-10-17 14:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Briantspuddle (ea:44206). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/dorset/briantspuddle

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