Cottingham Hallgate water level

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

River gauge, Broadlane Beck, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.09m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 19:00 BST (29 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Cottingham Hallgate, where the gauge shows 0.09 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.04 m to 0.25 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.08 m – 0.18 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: 0.04 m – 0.25 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.08 m – 0.18 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.08 m – 0.11 m
Highest on record: 0.63 mJune 5, 2022
Lowest on record: 0.03 mDecember 17, 2021

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.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 5.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 8° – Wind 23 km/h

19 Mon 15° 11° 9.2 mm, 87% Wind 22 km/h

20 Tue 13° 10° 4.5 mm, 47% Wind 19 km/h

21 Wed 12° 7° 7.0 mm, 55% Wind 21 km/h

22 Thu 12° 5° 1.5 mm, 26% Wind 19 km/h

23 Fri 9° 6° 13 mm, 57% Wind 25 km/h

24 Sat 11° 3° – Wind 31 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:39 AM Sunset 05:56 PM Daylight 10 hr, 17 min Waxing gibbous 70%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
North Hull Birdsall AvenueRiver gauge, Setting Dyke	0.11 m	Normal	−0.01 m	2.5 km
North Hull National AvenueRiver gauge, Setting Dyke	0.30 m	Normal	+0.01 m	3.5 km
Hessle Western DrainRiver gauge, Western Drain	0.05 m	Normal	−0.01 m	5.4 km
Hull Hessle Astral CloseRiver gauge, Western Drain	0.33 m	Normal	−0.02 m	5.5 km
Stoneferry BridgeRiver gauge, River Hull	0.51 m	Normal	+0.04 m	6.1 km
Beverley ShipyardRiver gauge, River Hull	1.25 m	Very low	±0	7.0 km
HessleRiver gauge, Fleet Drain	0.83 m	Normal	−0.03 m	7.0 km
Bransholme Great Culvert Pumping StationRiver gauge, Holderness Drain	−2.15 m	Normal	−0.05 m	7.8 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for Broadlane Beck at Cottingham Hallgate?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.04 m to 0.25 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 0.09 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Cottingham Hallgate today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 19:00 BST, the water level was 0.09 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Cottingham Hallgate rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Cottingham Hallgate normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Cottingham Hallgate?

The highest level on record is 0.63 m on June 5, 2022. The lowest is 0.03 m on December 17, 2021.

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:L3238 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.78189, -0.42067 (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	0.09 m	2026-10-20 18:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Cottingham Hallgate (ea:L3238). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/east-riding-of-yorkshire/cottingham-hallgate

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