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Pocklington water level

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

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Right now

Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

-0.01m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.0 0.3 0.5 0.8 Highest onrecord 0.73 m Lowest on record -0.00 m

History

History
-0.030.000.030.05mOct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 19Oct 20Bottom of normal range-0.030.000.030.05mOct 13Oct 17Oct 20Bottom of normal range
-0.030.000.030.05mSep 20Sep 28Oct 5Oct 13Oct 20Bottom of normal range-0.030.000.030.05mSep 20Oct 5Oct 20Bottom of normal range
-0.000.050.10mMar 2026May 2026Jul 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026Bottom of normal range-0.000.050.10mMar 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Bottom of normal range
Water level Normal range (10–90 %) Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Pocklington Beck at Pocklington is running at a record low at −0.01 m.

No reading on record has been lower: the old record low was 0.00 m, from April 23, 2015. The median for mid-October is 0.02 m, based on 17 years of readings, so the river level is 0.02 m below typical.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between −0.01 m and 0.00 m.

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

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.02 m0.02 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
−0.03 m – 0.05 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (17 years of records)
Normal range
0.02 m – 0.40 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
−0.01 m – 0.00 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
−0.01 m – 0.04 m
Highest on record
0.73 mDecember 26, 2015
Lowest on record
0.00 mApril 23, 2015
Lowest on record
0.00 m below the lowest level on record

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.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 6° 0.5 mm Wind 17 km/h
19 Mon 14° 9° 4.3 mm, 86% Wind 20 km/h
20 Tue 12° 10° 5.3 mm, 45% Wind 19 km/h
21 Wed 11° 7° 6.6 mm, 61% Wind 24 km/h
22 Thu 11° 4° 2.1 mm, 26% Wind 20 km/h
23 Fri 8° 5° 6.3 mm, 61% Wind 27 km/h
24 Sat 10° 3° – Wind 33 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:40 AM Sunset 05:57 PM Daylight 10 hr, 16 min Waxing gibbous 71%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Thornton LockRiver gauge, Bielby Beck 0.11 m Normal −0.01 m 6.6 km
Sandhill BridgeRiver gauge, Blackfoss Beck 0.09 m Very low ±0 8.2 km
Market WeightonRiver gauge, Mill Beck 0.04 m Low +0.02 m 10 km
Elvington SluicesRiver gauge, River Derwent 5.86 m Normal +0.07 m 10 km
Elvington Pumping StationRiver gauge, Elvington Beck 4.11 m Normal +0.11 m 10 km
Stamford BridgeRiver gauge, River Derwent 7.21 m Very high ±0 11 km
ButtercrambeRiver gauge, River Derwent 0.06 m Lowest on record ±0 12 km
Holme House FarmRiver gauge, River Foulness 0.13 m Low +0.01 m 12 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 Pocklington today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 22:15 BST, the water level was −0.01 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Pocklington rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Pocklington normal?

Lower than ever recorded here. Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Pocklington?

The highest level on record is 0.73 m on December 26, 2015. The lowest is 0.00 m on April 23, 2015.

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:L2837 (Agency page)
Coordinates
53.93302, -0.77487 (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 2026-10-20 21:15 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Pocklington (ea:L2837). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/east-riding-of-yorkshire/pocklington

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.