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Milton Lock Rl water level

River gauge, East Sussex, United Kingdom

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Right now

Latest reading

Surface elevation

1.99m Steady over the last 24 hours

1.5 2.0 2.5

History

History
2.02.53.0mOct 13Oct 14Oct 16Oct 18Oct 202.02.53.0mOct 13Oct 16Oct 20
2.02.53.0mSep 20Sep 27Oct 5Oct 12Oct 202.02.53.0mSep 20Oct 5Oct 20
Surface elevation

What this means

Milton Lock Rl reads 1.99 m as of 20 Oct 2026, 04:15 BST. 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. In the last month it has stayed between 1.97 m and 3.19 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.79 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
1.97 m – 3.19 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
1.99 m – 3.20 m

Fishing and paddling

Watch the direction of travel. A rising river after rain behaves very differently from one that is dropping and clearing.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 8.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 12° 7° 0.3 mm, 37% Wind 17 km/h
20 Tue 15° 11° 6.7 mm, 86% Wind 26 km/h
21 Wed 13° 8° 3.7 mm, 86% Wind 44 km/h
22 Thu 13° 6° 8.7 mm, 90% Wind 30 km/h
23 Fri 13° 9° 20 mm, 97% Wind 60 km/h
24 Sat 14° 6° 9.9 mm, 75% Wind 30 km/h
25 Sun 17° 12° 8.4 mm, 65% Wind 39 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:31 AM Sunset 05:59 PM Daylight 10 hr, 28 min First quarter 65%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Milton Lock Downstream RlRiver gauge 1.91 m No reference yet ±0 0.0 km
HellinglyRiver gauge, River Bull 0.26 m Low +0.02 m 9.8 km
LeabridgeRiver gauge, River Bull 0.08 m Normal ±0 10 km
Bell Lane GrillRiver gauge, Winterbourne Stream 4.60 m Lowest on record ±0 13 km
CowbeechRiver gauge, River Cuckmere 0.04 m Normal +0.84 m 14 km
Barcombe GatesRiver gauge, River Ouse 5.29 m Normal ±0 14 km
BarcombeRiver gauge, River Ouse 2.53 m Normal +0.01 m 14 km
Anchor GatesRiver gauge, River Ouse 5.94 m Normal +0.02 m 15 km

Questions and answers

Is Milton Lock Rl really 1.99 m deep?

No. 1.99 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of Milton Lock Rl today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 04:15 BST, the surface elevation was 1.99 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Milton Lock Rl rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.79 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Milton Lock Rl 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:E7451
Coordinates
50.81575, 0.16477 (WGS84)
Vertical datum
ODN
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
Surface elevation 1.99 m 2026-10-20 03:15 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Milton Lock Rl (ea:E7451). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/east-sussex/milton-lock-rl

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.