Silvertown and Charlton water level

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

Tidal gauge, Greater London, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

0.07m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 15:25 BST (32 min ago)

History

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Water level

What this means

The Environment Agency has Silvertown and Charlton at 0.07 m. There is no published reference for this tidal gauge yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It is on the way up, by 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.00 m – 3.86 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.05 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

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.

20 Tue 13° 12° 6.3 mm, 87% Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 12° 9° 4.5 mm, 78% Wind 30 km/h

22 Thu 14° 8° 5.0 mm, 84% Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 13° 8° 27 mm, 93% Wind 36 km/h

24 Sat 12° 7° 5.0 mm, 92% Wind 28 km/h

25 Sun 17° 12° 9.6 mm, 43% Wind 18 km/h

26 Mon 18° 10° 0.6 mm, 35% Wind 23 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:33 AM Sunset 05:58 PM Daylight 10 hr, 26 min First quarter 69%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Silvertown and Tower PierTidal gauge	0.15 m	No reference yet	−0.02 m	0.0 km
Erith TG and Tower PierTidal gauge	4.26 m	No reference yet	+1.16 m	0.0 km
West UR and East DRTidal gauge	0.02 m	No reference yet	±0	0.0 km
Manor House GardensRiver gauge, River Quaggy	0.04 m	Normal	±0	4.5 km
Catford HillRiver gauge, River Ravensbourne	0.07 m	Low	±0	6.9 km
Chinbrook ParkRiver gauge, River Quaggy	0.03 m	Low	±0	7.0 km
Winsford RoadRiver gauge, River Pool	0.08 m	Low	+0.01 m	7.5 km
Beckenham ParkRiver gauge, River Ravensbourne	0.51 m	Low	±0	8.3 km

Questions and answers

What is the water level of Silvertown and Charlton today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 15:25 BST, the water level was 0.07 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Silvertown and Charlton rising or falling?

Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Silvertown and Charlton normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from the Environment Agency, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:DIFF_TB2_TB1
Coordinates: 51.49435, 0.02641 (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	0.07 m	2026-10-20 14:25	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Silvertown and Charlton (ea:DIFF_TB2_TB1). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/greater-london/silvertown-and-charlton

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.

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