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Swanage Prospect Farm Fas water level

River gauge, Dorset, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

-0.01m Steady over the last 24 hours

-0.5 0.0 0.5

History

History
-0.020.000.02mOct 14Oct 16Oct 17Oct 19Oct 21-0.020.000.02mOct 14Oct 17Oct 21
-0.030.000.03mSep 21Sep 28Oct 6Oct 13Oct 21-0.030.000.03mSep 21Oct 6Oct 21
Water level

What this means

The Environment Agency has Swanage Prospect Farm Fas at −0.01 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is −0.03 m – 0.04 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.01 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
−0.03 m – 0.04 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
−0.02 m – 0.00 m

For anglers and canoeists

Without a reference range, compare today with the chart: a sharp rise usually means coloured water.

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

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 25 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

21 Wed 13° 9° 3.2 mm, 100% Wind 40 km/h
22 Thu 15° 11° 22 mm, 100% Wind 38 km/h
23 Fri 14° 9° 14 mm, 100% Wind 46 km/h
24 Sat 16° 9° 7.5 mm, 92% Wind 33 km/h
25 Sun 13° 10° – Wind 32 km/h
26 Mon 16° 9° 2.2 mm, 76% Wind 22 km/h
27 Tue 16° 12° 5.8 mm, 39% Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:06 PM Daylight 10 hr, 25 min Waxing gibbous 75%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Swanage Prospect Farm Swan BrookRiver gauge, Swan Brook 0.39 m High ±0 0.1 km
Swanage King Georges Field St Marys ChurchRiver gauge, Swan Brook −0.01 m Lowest on record −0.02 m 0.8 km
East StokeRiver gauge, River Frome 0.61 m Low +0.05 m 17 km
Iford BridgeRiver gauge, River Stour 0.58 m Normal −0.08 m 18 km
ThroopRiver gauge, River Stour 0.39 m Normal +0.01 m 19 km
WimborneRiver gauge, River Stour 0.47 m Normal +0.02 m 20 km
Knapp MillRiver gauge, River Avon 0.35 m Normal ±0 20 km
Hurn CourtRiver gauge, Moors River 0.33 m Normal +0.10 m 20 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 Swanage Prospect Farm Fas today?

On 21 Oct 2026, 07:30 BST, the water level was −0.01 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Swanage Prospect Farm Fas rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Swanage Prospect Farm Fas 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:44222
Coordinates
50.61387, -1.97194 (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 −0.01 m 2026-10-21 06:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Swanage Prospect Farm Fas (ea:44222). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/dorset/swanage-prospect-farm-fas-44222

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.