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Bourton Windrush water level

River gauge, River Windrush, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

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Right now

Low for mid-October

Water level

0.09m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.0 0.3 0.5 Highest onrecord 0.60 m Lowest on record 0.06 m

History

History
0.100.150.200.25mOct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.100.150.200.25mOct 11Oct 15Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.100.150.200.25mSep 18Sep 26Oct 3Oct 11Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.100.150.200.25mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.10.20.3mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.10.20.3mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.10.20.3mJanMarMayJulSepNov20260.10.20.3mJanAprJulOct2026

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

What this means

At 0.09 m, the River Windrush at Bourton Windrush is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.10 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.01 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.10 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 0.09 m and 0.11 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
0.10 m0.01 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.08 m – 0.16 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.08 m – 0.24 m
Same day last year
0.10 m−0.01 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.09 m – 0.11 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.09 m – 0.35 m
Highest on record
0.60 mJuly 20, 2007
Lowest on record
0.06 mNovember 11, 2011

On the river at Bourton Windrush

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 Windrush

River Windrush

The River Windrush is a tributary of the River Thames in central England. It rises near Snowshill in Gloucestershire and flows south east for 65 km (40 mi) via Burford and Witney to meet the Thames at Newbridge in Oxfordshire.

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: 1.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 6° 0.5 mm, 38% Wind 21 km/h
19 Mon 13° 7° 10 mm, 100% Wind 19 km/h
20 Tue 12° 9° 7.9 mm, 80% Wind 8 km/h
21 Wed 12° 5° 3.3 mm, 50% Wind 25 km/h
22 Thu 12° 5° 0.9 mm, 69% Wind 18 km/h
23 Fri 8° 5° 23 mm, 76% Wind 33 km/h
24 Sat 9° 3° 0.5 mm, 55% Wind 29 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 06:09 PM Daylight 10 hr, 32 min First quarter 53%

Map

Other gauges on the River Windrush

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
WorshamRiver gauge, River Windrush 0.27 m Very low ±0 17 km
WitneyRiver gauge, River Windrush 0.50 m Low ±0 22 km
Newbridge GSRiver gauge, River Windrush 3.49 m Low ±0 31 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Bourton DicklerRiver gauge, River Dikler 0.07 m Low ±0 2.3 km
Evenlode BridgeRiver gauge, River Evenlode 0.37 m Very low ±0 9.4 km
ShiptonRiver gauge, River Evenlode 0.60 m Normal ±0 12 km
MoretonRiver gauge, River Evenlode 0.11 m Normal ±0 12 km
Fosse BridgeRiver gauge, River Coln 0.03 m Low ±0 13 km
BiburyRiver gauge, River Coln 0.05 m Very low ±0 15 km
ToddingtonRiver gauge, River Isbourne 0.32 m Normal ±0 18 km
Broadway Flood Storage AreaRiver gauge, Badsey Brook 0.78 m Normal ±0 18 km

Questions and answers

Is the River Windrush at Bourton Windrush higher than last year?

No, it is 0.01 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.10 m.

What is a normal level for the River Windrush at Bourton Windrush in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.10 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.08 m and 0.16 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 0.09 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Bourton Windrush today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 21:00 BST, the water level was 0.09 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Bourton Windrush rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Bourton Windrush 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 Bourton Windrush?

The highest level on record is 0.60 m on July 20, 2007. The lowest is 0.06 m on November 11, 2011.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:1020TH (Agency page)
Coordinates
51.88669, -1.76791 (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 0.09 m 2026-10-18 20:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Bourton Windrush (ea:1020TH). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/gloucestershire/bourton-windrush

How we check values

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