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Bitton water level

River gauge, River Boyd, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

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Right now

Low for mid-October

Water level

0.12m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 Highest onrecord 1.50 m Lowest on record 0.04 m

History

History
0.10.20.30.4mOct 16Oct 16Oct 16Oct 17Oct 17Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.10.20.30.4mOct 16Oct 16Oct 17Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.30.50.8mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.30.50.8mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.30.50.8mJanMarMayJulSepNov20260.30.50.8mJanAprJulOct2026

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %) Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.12 m, the River Boyd at Bitton is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.16 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.04 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.13 m, a difference of −0.01 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.12 m and 0.13 m.

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

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.16 m0.04 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.10 m – 0.33 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.11 m – 0.40 m
Same day last year
0.13 m−0.01 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.12 m – 0.13 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.11 m – 0.81 m
Highest on record
1.50 mNovember 21, 2012
Lowest on record
0.04 mJuly 23, 2003

On the river at Bitton

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.

About the River Boyd

River Boyd

The River Boyd is a river of some 7 miles (11 km) in length which rises near Dodington in South Gloucestershire, England. It is a tributary of the Bristol Avon, running in a southerly direction and joining near Bitton. The flow rate at Bitton is an average 19.8 cubic feet per second (0.56 m3/s). It was immortalised in the 1613 poem by John Dennys of Pucklechurch The Secrets of Angling, the earliest English poetical tract on fishing: And thou sweet Boyd that with thy watry sway Dost wash the cliffes of Deington and of Weeke And through their Rockes with crooked winding way Thy mother Avon runnest soft to seeke In whose fayre streames the speckled Trout doth play The Roche the Dace the Gudgin and the Bleeke Teach me the skill with slender Line and Hooke To take each Fish of River Pond and Brooke.

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

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.

17 Sat 13° 4° – Wind 17 km/h
18 Sun 13° 5° – Wind 20 km/h
19 Mon 14° 7° 2.9 mm, 82% Wind 17 km/h
20 Tue 13° 8° 6.9 mm, 59% Wind 12 km/h
21 Wed 13° 7° 4.8 mm, 58% Wind 24 km/h
22 Thu 14° 5° 3.9 mm, 64% Wind 17 km/h
23 Fri 14° 7° 28 mm, 86% Wind 34 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 06:15 PM Daylight 10 hr, 37 min First quarter 43%

Map

Other gauges on the River Boyd

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
WickRiver gauge, River Boyd 0.11 m Normal ±0 3.6 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Keynsham, RivermeadRiver gauge, River Avon 4.70 m Low ±0 2.1 km
SaltfordRiver gauge, River Avon 0.52 m Normal +0.01 m 3.2 km
Compton DandoRiver gauge, River Chew 0.45 m Very low ±0 6.1 km
BrislingtonRiver gauge, Brislington Brook 0.04 m Very low ±0 6.5 km
Bath Twerton Gate RadialRiver gauge 15.43 m Very low ±0 6.6 km
Netham WeirRiver gauge, River Avon 0.26 m Normal +0.01 m 7.1 km
Bristol Netham LockRiver gauge, River Avon 6.10 m Normal ±0 7.1 km
Bath Destructor BridgeRiver gauge, River Avon 3.41 m Normal ±0 7.5 km

Questions and answers

Is the River Boyd at Bitton higher than last year?

No, it is 0.01 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.13 m.

What is a normal level for the River Boyd at Bitton in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.16 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.10 m and 0.33 m, based on 21 years of records.

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 0.12 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Bitton today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 22:15 BST, the water level was 0.12 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Bitton rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Bitton normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Bitton?

The highest level on record is 1.50 m on November 21, 2012. The lowest is 0.04 m on July 23, 2003.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:53131 (Agency page)
Coordinates
51.42697, -2.45970 (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 0.12 m 2026-10-17 21:15 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Bitton (ea:53131). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/gloucestershire/bitton

How we check values

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