Wickham water level

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

River gauge, River Meon, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Very low for mid-October

Surface elevation

18.58m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 07:00 BST (33 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

20252026

Surface elevation Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 18.58 m, the River Meon at Wickham is far below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.11 m below the median of 18.69 m for mid-October, based on 21 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 18.64 m (−0.06 m).

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 18.58 m and 18.62 m.

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

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 18.69 m0.11 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 18.65 m – 18.82 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Same day last year: 18.64 m−0.06 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 18.58 m – 18.62 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 18.59 m – 19.68 m

On the river at Wickham

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 Meon

The River Meon is a chalk stream in Hampshire in the south of England. It rises at East Meon then flows 34 km (21 mi) in a generally southerly direction to empty into the Solent at Hill Head near Stubbington. Above Wickham, the river runs through the South Downs National Park.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 5° – Wind 19 km/h

18 Sun 13° 6° 0.6 mm, 36% Wind 21 km/h

19 Mon 14° 8° 1.4 mm, 52% Wind 14 km/h

20 Tue 13° 9° 3.2 mm, 55% Wind 14 km/h

21 Wed 14° 8° 4.6 mm, 63% Wind 25 km/h

22 Thu 14° 5° 10 mm, 66% Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 14° 8° 28 mm, 76% Wind 36 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:33 AM Sunset 06:08 PM Daylight 10 hr, 35 min First quarter 47%

Map

Other gauges on the River Meon

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
MislingfordRiver gauge, River Meon	0.20 m	Normal	±0	3.3 km
TitchfieldRiver gauge, River Meon	0.81 m	No reference yet	−0.02 m	6.1 km
Titchfield CanalRiver gauge, River Meon	1.84 m	No reference yet	±0	6.1 km
West MeonRiver gauge, River Meon	−0.08 m	Lowest on record	±0	15 km
East MeonRiver gauge, River Meon	0.04 m	Lowest on record	±0	15 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
North Fareham weirRiver gauge, River Wallington	0.11 m	Low	−0.04 m	4.1 km
FrogmillRiver gauge, River Hamble	0.06 m	Normal	±0	6.1 km
North PondRiver gauge, River Hamble	34.31 m	Very low	±0	6.7 km
Hobb LaneRiver gauge, River Hamble	20.58 m	Very low	±0	7.9 km
DenmeadRiver gauge, River Wallington	33.19 m	Normal	−0.03 m	9.0 km
Brownwich PondRiver gauge, Brownwich Stream	1.06 m	High	−0.01 m	9.2 km
HambleTidal gauge	0.59 m	Normal	+1.20 m	10 km
BrowndownRiver gauge, River Alver	0.53 m	Normal	−0.02 m	12 km

Questions and answers

How does the River Meon at Wickham compare with last year?

It is 0.06 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 18.64 m.

What is a normal level for the River Meon at Wickham in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 18.69 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 18.65 m and 18.82 m, based on 21 years of records.

Is Wickham really 18.58 m deep?

No. 18.58 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of Wickham today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 07:00 BST, the surface elevation was 18.58 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Wickham rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Wickham normal?

Very low for mid-October. Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year.

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:E11703 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.89807, -1.18744 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: ODN
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
Surface elevation	18.58 m	2026-10-18 06:00	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Wickham (ea:E11703). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/hampshire/wickham

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