Sharpness water level

Name: Sharpness 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

Within the normal range

Water level

1.82m Up 0.95 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 15:35 BST (2 hours ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Severn at Sharpness is at 1.82 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 2.00 m to 10.20 m.

It has risen 0.95 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.41 m and 9.61 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: 2.00 m – 10.20 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.41 m – 9.61 m
Highest on record: 11.04 mMarch 11, 2020
Lowest on record: 1.98 mMarch 27, 2008
Lowest on record: 0.16 m below the lowest level on record

Fishing and paddling

Paddlers and anglers can expect the river much as they know it, though a heavy shower upstream can change that within hours.

Flood alerts and warnings 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: 4.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 6° – Wind 22 km/h

18 Sun 13° 5° – Wind 25 km/h

19 Mon 13° 6° 0.9 mm, 49% Wind 21 km/h

20 Tue 14° 6° 5.4 mm, 47% Wind 8 km/h

21 Wed 12° 8° 4.5 mm, 49% Wind 33 km/h

22 Thu 13° 7° 0.6 mm, 35% Wind 23 km/h

23 Fri 12° 6° 15 mm, 79% Wind 31 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 06:14 PM Daylight 10 hr, 36 min First quarter 41%

Map

Other gauges on the River Severn

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
EpneyRiver gauge, River Severn	3.44 m	Normal	±0	13 km
MinsterworthRiver gauge, River Severn	0.58 m	Low	−0.28 m	18 km
GloucesterRiver gauge, River Severn	0.24 m	Very low	−0.07 m	23 km
SandhurstRiver gauge, River Severn	0.79 m	Normal	+0.03 m	25 km
AshleworthRiver gauge, River Severn	0.79 m	Low	±0	27 km
Haw BridgeRiver gauge, River Severn	0.60 m	Very low	−0.02 m	31 km
DeerhurstRiver gauge, River Severn	0.77 m	Normal	±0	34 km
Deerhurst Flood Plain LevelRiver gauge, River Severn	2.52 m	Normal	±0	34 km
Mythe BridgeRiver gauge, River Severn	0.41 m	Low	−0.01 m	38 km
Saxons LodeRiver gauge, River Severn	0.39 m	Low	±0	42 km
Kempsey Yacht ClubRiver gauge, River Severn	0.46 m	Lowest on record	−0.03 m	52 km
DiglisRiver gauge, River Severn	0.53 m	Low	−0.03 m	54 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BerkeleyRiver gauge, Little Avon River	0.14 m	Low	−0.02 m	3.8 km
LydneyRiver gauge, River Lyd	0.16 m	Low	±0	3.8 km
ParkendRiver gauge, River Lyd	0.04 m	Low	±0	7.3 km
CambridgeRiver gauge, River Cam	0.10 m	Low	+0.01 m	8.4 km
CamRiver gauge, River Cam	0.89 m	High	−0.01 m	8.7 km
OldburyRiver gauge, Oldbury Naite Rhyne	2.34 m	Normal	−0.03 m	11 km
EastingtonRiver gauge, River Frome (Severn)	0.28 m	Normal	−0.02 m	12 km
Ebley MillRiver gauge, River Frome (Severn)	0.16 m	Normal	+0.01 m	16 km

Questions and answers

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

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 2.00 m to 10.20 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 1.82 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Sharpness today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 15:35 BST, the water level was 1.82 m. Up 0.95 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Sharpness rising or falling?

Up 0.95 m over the last 24 hours. Up 1.47 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Sharpness normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Sharpness?

The highest level on record is 11.04 m on March 11, 2020. The lowest is 1.98 m on March 27, 2008.

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:2195 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.71744, -2.48284 (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	1.82 m	2026-10-17 14:35	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Sharpness (ea:2195). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/gloucestershire/sharpness

How we check values

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