Hellingly water level

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

River gauge, River Bull, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.26m Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 03:15 BST (38 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.26 m, the River Bull at Hellingly is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.42 m to 1.35 m.

The water is rising: up 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.24 m and 0.26 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: 0.42 m – 1.35 m
Highest on record: 3.02 mJanuary 8, 2015
Lowest on record: 0.00 mJune 12, 2006

On the river at Hellingly

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.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 14° 11° 6.2 mm, 94% Wind 21 km/h

21 Wed 13° 7° 2.8 mm, 94% Wind 42 km/h

22 Thu 14° 6° 10 mm, 94% Wind 28 km/h

23 Fri 13° 7° 34 mm, 100% Wind 45 km/h

24 Sat 12° 7° 1.6 mm, 86% Wind 34 km/h

25 Sun 17° 12° 8.9 mm, 63% Wind 25 km/h

26 Mon 16° 12° 3.1 mm, 54% Wind 29 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:31 AM Sunset 05:58 PM Daylight 10 hr, 28 min First quarter 64%

Map

Other gauges on the River Bull

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
LeabridgeRiver gauge, River Bull	0.08 m	Normal	±0	0.8 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
CowbeechRiver gauge, River Cuckmere	0.04 m	Normal	+0.84 m	4.2 km
Uckfield Mill upstreamRiver gauge, River Uck	0.27 m	Low	−0.01 m	14 km
Isfield weirRiver gauge, River Uck	0.16 m	Very low	±0	14 km
BuxtedRiver gauge, River Uck	0.10 m	Normal	±0	14 km
Anchor GatesRiver gauge, River Ouse	5.94 m	Normal	+0.02 m	14 km
Barcombe GatesRiver gauge, River Ouse	5.29 m	Normal	±0	15 km
BarcombeRiver gauge, River Ouse	2.53 m	Normal	+0.01 m	15 km
BurwashRiver gauge, River Rother	0.10 m	Normal	±0	15 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Bull at Hellingly?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.42 m to 1.35 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 0.26 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Hellingly today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 03:15 BST, the water level was 0.26 m. Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Hellingly rising or falling?

Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Hellingly 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 Hellingly?

The highest level on record is 3.02 m on January 8, 2015. The lowest is 0.00 m on June 12, 2006.

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:E8010 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.88832, 0.24413 (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
Surface elevation	–	–	–
Water level	0.26 m	2026-10-20 02:15	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Hellingly (ea:E8010). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/east-sussex/hellingly

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