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Fordingbridge PS Wits water level

River gauge, Hampshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

0.25m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.0 0.5

History

History
0.260.280.30mOct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 180.260.280.30mOct 11Oct 15Oct 18
0.250.280.30mSep 18Sep 26Oct 3Oct 11Oct 180.250.280.30mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18
Water level

What this means

Fordingbridge PS Wits reads 0.25 m as of 18 Oct 2026, 22:15 BST. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.24 m and 0.32 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.02 m.

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

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.24 m – 0.32 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.25 m – 0.30 m

Fishing and paddling

Watch the direction of travel. A rising river after rain behaves very differently from one that is dropping and clearing.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 14° 6° – Wind 19 km/h
19 Mon 14° 8° 3.2 mm, 77% Wind 13 km/h
20 Tue 13° 8° 8.4 mm, 83% Wind 10 km/h
21 Wed 13° 7° 1.8 mm, 41% Wind 29 km/h
22 Thu 15° 6° 4.7 mm, 79% Wind 17 km/h
23 Fri 10° 7° 30 mm, 80% Wind 36 km/h
24 Sat 10° 5° 1.4 mm, 60% Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:35 AM Sunset 06:11 PM Daylight 10 hr, 35 min First quarter 53%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
East Mills FlumeRiver gauge, River Avon 0.59 m Very low ±0 0.7 km
Downton Iron BridgeRiver gauge, River Avon 0.04 m Normal ±0 8.0 km
Ringwood Old CottageRiver gauge, Bickerly Mill Stream 0.12 m Normal ±0 8.9 km
OdstockGroundwater well 48.23 m Normal −0.05 m 10 km
Nunton BridgeRiver gauge, River Ebble 0.43 m Low ±0 12 km
Ferndown Tricketts CrossRiver gauge, Uddens Water 0.34 m Normal −0.01 m 14 km
Horton InnGroundwater well 0.42 m Low +0.01 m 14 km
WoodyatesGroundwater well 68.38 m Normal −0.02 m 14 km

Questions and answers

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

What is the water level of Fordingbridge PS Wits today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 22:15 BST, the water level was 0.25 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Fordingbridge PS Wits rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Fordingbridge PS Wits 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:43163
Coordinates
50.92665, -1.78758 (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 0.25 m 2026-10-18 21:15 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Fordingbridge PS Wits (ea:43163). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/hampshire/fordingbridge-ps-wits

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.