Upper Pound water level

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

River gauge, River Avon, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

2.23m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 14 Oct 2026, 03:15 BST (4 days ago)

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

20252026

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

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Upper Pound, where the gauge shows 2.23 m.

That puts it 0.02 m above the median of 2.21 m for mid-October, based on 20 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 2.22 m – 2.26 m.

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

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 2.21 m0.02 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 2.11 m – 2.35 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Normal range: 2.13 m – 2.80 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 2.22 m – 2.26 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.00 m – 3.76 m
Highest on record: 5.49 mJuly 22, 2007
Lowest on record: 1.93 mNovember 1, 1995

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

About the River Avon

The River Avon is a river in the southwest of England. To distinguish it from a number of other rivers of the same name, it is often called the Bristol Avon. The name 'Avon' is from an ancestor of the Welsh word afon, meaning 'river'.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 3° 0.1 mm, 20% Wind 21 km/h

19 Mon 14° 7° 6.4 mm, 90% Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 13° 5° 6.0 mm, 76% Wind 8 km/h

21 Wed 10° 5° 4.5 mm, 59% Wind 25 km/h

22 Thu 13° 5° 3.6 mm, 63% Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 9° 5° 18 mm, 76% Wind 30 km/h

24 Sat 10° 5° – Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:39 AM Sunset 06:10 PM Daylight 10 hr, 32 min First quarter 45%

Map

Other gauges on the River Avon

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BredonRiver gauge, River Avon	0.76 m	Normal	+0.01 m	4.8 km
Eckington SluiceRiver gauge, River Avon	1.98 m	Low	±0	7.4 km
PershoreRiver gauge, River Avon	3.26 m	Low	+0.03 m	13 km
EveshamRiver gauge, River Avon	0.48 m	Low	−0.01 m	18 km
Bidford on AvonRiver gauge, River Avon	1.33 m	Normal	−0.02 m	27 km
StratfordRiver gauge, River Avon	0.58 m	Normal	−0.02 m	38 km
Great SomerfordRiver gauge, River Avon	0.14 m	Low	±0	51 km
WarwickRiver gauge, River Avon	1.12 m	Normal	−0.01 m	51 km
StaretonRiver gauge, River Avon	0.15 m	Normal	+0.01 m	58 km
CorshamRiver gauge, River Avon	0.02 m	Very low	±0	64 km
Bristol Netham LockRiver gauge, River Avon	6.11 m	Normal	±0	67 km
Netham WeirRiver gauge, River Avon	0.26 m	Normal	±0	67 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Mythe BridgeRiver gauge, River Severn	0.40 m	Very low	−0.02 m	0.6 km
Tewkesbury TredingtonRiver gauge, River Swilgate	0.30 m	Normal	−0.01 m	3.6 km
Deerhurst Flood Plain LevelRiver gauge, River Severn	2.52 m	Normal	±0	4.1 km
DeerhurstRiver gauge, River Severn	0.77 m	Normal	±0	4.2 km
Tewkesbury TeddingtonRiver gauge, Carrant Brook	−0.09 m	Lowest on record	±0	6.9 km
Tewkesbury WoolstoneRiver gauge, Tirle Brook	0.00 m	Low	+0.02 m	7.0 km
Haw BridgeRiver gauge, River Severn	0.58 m	Very low	−0.04 m	7.4 km
Leigh CourtRiver gauge, Leigh Brook	0.44 m	Normal	±0	8.6 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the River Avon at Upper Pound in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 2.21 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 2.11 m and 2.35 m, based on 20 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 2.23 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Upper Pound today?

On 14 Oct 2026, 03:15 BST, the water level was 2.23 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Upper Pound rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Upper Pound normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Upper Pound?

The highest level on record is 5.49 m on July 22, 2007. The lowest is 1.93 m on November 1, 1995.

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:2098 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.99866, -2.15551 (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	2.23 m	2026-10-14 02:15	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Upper Pound (ea:2098). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/gloucestershire/upper-pound

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