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Colne Tide Barrier Wivenhoe Wits water level

River gauge, Essex, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

-0.57m Up 0.12 m over the last 24 hours

-1.0 -0.5 0.0

History

History
-202mOct 14Oct 15Oct 17Oct 19Oct 20-202mOct 14Oct 17Oct 20
-202mSep 21Sep 28Oct 6Oct 13Oct 20-202mSep 21Oct 6Oct 20
Surface elevation

What this means

The latest river level reported for Colne Tide Barrier Wivenhoe Wits is −0.57 m. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

The water is rising: up 0.12 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between −1.76 m and 2.98 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −1.30 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
−1.76 m – 2.98 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.09 m – 0.62 m

On the river at Colne Tide Barrier Wivenhoe Wits

There is no published typical range for this gauge yet, so anglers and canoeists are best guided by the trend.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 12 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 14° 12° 5.3 mm, 100% Wind 23 km/h
21 Wed 13° 7° 2.4 mm, 73% Wind 38 km/h
22 Thu 13° 6° 3.3 mm, 54% Wind 19 km/h
23 Fri 13° 11° 17 mm, 99% Wind 45 km/h
24 Sat 12° 8° 5.0 mm, 76% Wind 37 km/h
25 Sun 14° 9° 6.7 mm, 72% Wind 32 km/h
26 Mon 18° 10° 0.6 mm, 36% Wind 24 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:29 AM Sunset 05:54 PM Daylight 10 hr, 24 min Waxing gibbous 72%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
LexdenRiver gauge, River Colne 0.22 m Low +0.02 m 9.3 km
LanghamRiver gauge, River Stour 0.24 m Very low −0.03 m 13 km
PolsteadRiver gauge, River Box 0.12 m Normal ±0 18 km
Bures BridgeRiver gauge, River Stour 0.25 m Normal +0.02 m 19 km
Appleford BridgeRiver gauge, River Blackwater 0.38 m High ±0 20 km
Earls ColneRiver gauge, River Colne 0.11 m Very low −0.01 m 20 km
BoxfordRiver gauge, River Box 1.20 m Normal −0.01 m 21 km
LamarshRiver gauge, River Stour 0.38 m Low +0.01 m 21 km

Questions and answers

Is Colne Tide Barrier Wivenhoe Wits really −0.57 m deep?

No. −0.57 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 Colne Tide Barrier Wivenhoe Wits today?

On 21 Oct 2026, 00:30 BST, the surface elevation was −0.57 m. Up 0.12 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Colne Tide Barrier Wivenhoe Wits rising or falling?

Up 0.12 m over the last 24 hours. Down 1.30 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Colne Tide Barrier Wivenhoe Wits 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:E24322
Coordinates
51.85292, 0.96361 (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 −0.57 m 2026-10-20 23:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Colne Tide Barrier Wivenhoe Wits (ea:E24322). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/essex/colne-tide-barrier-wivenhoe-wits

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.