Minsterworth water level

Name: Minsterworth water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, River Severn, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.54m Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 15:15 BST (21 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.54 m, the River Severn at Minsterworth is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.95 m to 5.70 m.

The level is falling, down 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.45 m and 4.17 m.

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

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.95 m – 5.70 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.45 m – 4.17 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.51 m – 1.61 m
Highest on record: 6.28 mFebruary 10, 1997
Lowest on record: −0.01 mJuly 15, 1999

On the river at Minsterworth

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 Severn

The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, with a length of 220 miles (354 km). It is also the river with the most voluminous flow of water by far in all of England and Wales, with an average flow rate of 107 m3/s (3,800 cu ft/s) at Apperley, Gloucestershire. It rises in the Cambrian Mountains in mid Wales, at an altitude of 610 m (2,000 ft), on the Plynlimon massif, which lies close to the Ceredigion/Powys border near Llanidloes. The river then flows through Shropshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. The county towns of Shrewsbury, Worcester and Gloucester lie on its course.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.4 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 21 km/h

19 Mon 15° 6° 5.4 mm, 92% Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 12° 4° 3.0 mm, 76% Wind 9 km/h

21 Wed 8° 5° 4.5 mm, 65% Wind 29 km/h

22 Thu 14° 5° 3.1 mm, 67% Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 9° 5° 16 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 50%

Map

Other gauges on the River Severn

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
EpneyRiver gauge, River Severn	3.44 m	Normal	±0	6.0 km
GloucesterRiver gauge, River Severn	0.28 m	Very low	+0.05 m	6.0 km
SandhurstRiver gauge, River Severn	0.75 m	Normal	−0.04 m	7.1 km
AshleworthRiver gauge, River Severn	0.79 m	Low	±0	9.5 km
Haw BridgeRiver gauge, River Severn	0.66 m	Very low	+0.06 m	13 km
DeerhurstRiver gauge, River Severn	0.77 m	Normal	±0	16 km
Deerhurst Flood Plain LevelRiver gauge, River Severn	2.52 m	Normal	±0	17 km
SharpnessRiver gauge, River Severn	2.32 m	Normal	+0.51 m	18 km
Mythe BridgeRiver gauge, River Severn	0.44 m	Low	+0.04 m	21 km
Saxons LodeRiver gauge, River Severn	0.00 m³/s	No reference yet	±0	24 km
Kempsey Yacht ClubRiver gauge, River Severn	0.54 m	Low	+0.08 m	35 km
DiglisRiver gauge, River Severn	0.57 m	Normal	+0.04 m	37 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
The CausewayRiver gauge, Dimore Brook	0.28 m	Normal	−0.01 m	3.9 km
Field Court DriveRiver gauge, Dimore Brook	0.04 m	Normal	−0.01 m	4.9 km
Bodiam AvenueRiver gauge, Daniels Brook	0.01 m	Normal	±0	5.0 km
Bodiam Avenue Relief ChannelRiver gauge, Daniels Brook	0.72 m	Normal	−0.06 m	5.0 km
Shepherd RoadRiver gauge, Whaddon Brook	0.02 m	Very low	±0	5.1 km
Wedderburn BridgeRiver gauge, River Leadon	0.20 m	Normal	±0	6.6 km
Matson PlaceRiver gauge, Sud Brook	0.14 m	Lowest on record	±0	7.1 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Severn at Minsterworth?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.95 m to 5.70 m for this gauge.

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

What is the water level of Minsterworth today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 15:15 BST, the water level was 0.54 m. Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Minsterworth rising or falling?

Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.82 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Minsterworth normal?

Below the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Minsterworth?

The highest level on record is 6.28 m on February 10, 1997. The lowest is −0.01 m on July 15, 1999.

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:2102 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.85021, -2.33661 (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

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.54 m	2026-10-18 14:15	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Minsterworth (ea:2102). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/gloucestershire/minsterworth

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer