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Matson Place water level

River gauge, Sud Brook, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

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Right now

Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.14m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.5 1.0 Highest onrecord 1.04 m Lowest on record 0.19 m

History

History
0.20.30.4mOct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.20.30.4mOct 11Oct 15Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.10.20.30.4mSep 18Sep 26Oct 3Oct 11Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.10.20.30.4mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.20.4mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.20.4mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.20.4mJanMarMayJulSepNov20260.20.4mJanAprJulOct2026

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

What this means

At 0.14 m, Sud Brook at Matson Place is at a record low.

It has now dropped past the published record low of 0.19 m (June 28, 2010). The median for mid-October is 0.26 m, based on 20 years of readings, so the river level is 0.12 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.22 m, a difference of −0.08 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 0.13 m and 0.38 m.

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

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.26 m0.12 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.20 m – 0.36 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Normal range
0.23 m – 0.46 m
Same day last year
0.22 m−0.08 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.13 m – 0.38 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.13 m – 0.51 m
Highest on record
1.04 mNovember 21, 2012
Lowest on record
0.19 mJune 28, 2010
Lowest on record
0.05 m below the lowest level on record

On the river at Matson Place

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

18 Sun 13° 5° 0.2 mm, 31% Wind 18 km/h
19 Mon 15° 8° 5.8 mm, 92% Wind 16 km/h
20 Tue 12° 6° 3.9 mm, 76% Wind 7 km/h
21 Wed 11° 6° 5.1 mm, 65% Wind 27 km/h
22 Thu 14° 6° 3.3 mm, 67% Wind 18 km/h
23 Fri 10° 5° 19 mm, 82% Wind 28 km/h
24 Sat 10° 4° 0.9 mm, 58% Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:39 AM Sunset 06:11 PM Daylight 10 hr, 32 min First quarter 53%

Map

Other gauges on Sud Brook

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Cheyney CloseRiver gauge, Sud Brook 0.05 m Normal ±0 1.0 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
India RoadRiver gauge, River Twyver 0.06 m Lowest on record −0.02 m 0.6 km
Armscroft PlaceRiver gauge, Wotton Brook 0.00 m Very low ±0 1.5 km
GloucesterRiver gauge, River Severn 0.29 m Very low +0.06 m 1.9 km
Abbeymead AvenueRiver gauge, River Twyver 0.02 m Lowest on record ±0 2.5 km
Shepherd RoadRiver gauge, Whaddon Brook 0.02 m Very low ±0 2.9 km
Zoons CourtRiver gauge, Horsbere Brook 0.17 m Normal −0.01 m 3.2 km
Zoons Court Flood StorageRiver gauge, Horsbere Brook 0.06 m Lowest on record ±0 3.2 km
Kingscroft RoadRiver gauge, Wotton Brook 0.36 m Normal ±0 3.2 km

Questions and answers

Is Sud Brook at Matson Place higher than last year?

No, it is 0.08 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.22 m.

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

What is the water level of Matson Place today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 22:15 BST, the water level was 0.14 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Matson Place rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Matson Place normal?

Lower than ever recorded here. Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Matson Place?

The highest level on record is 1.04 m on November 21, 2012. The lowest is 0.19 m on June 28, 2010.

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:2666 (Agency page)
Coordinates
51.85211, -2.23333 (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 0.14 m 2026-10-18 21:15 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Matson Place (ea:2666). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/gloucestershire/matson-place

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.