Water levels in the United Kingdom

We follow 3,317 live gauges across the United Kingdom, spread over 51 regions. Right now 963 of them read below normal for the time of year, 1,260 are in their usual range and 92 are running high.

Low water clearly outweighs high water at the moment. Autumn is often a low point for rivers after the summer, until steady rain returns. The rivers with the most gauges include the River Thames, River Avon, River Great Ouse and River Derwent.

Readings come from the Environment Agency and refresh as new data is published.

How gauges are moving

How 2,311 gauges with a reference compare with normal, and which way they moved in the last 24 hours.

Compared with normal	Falling	Steady	Rising
Above normal	29	55	11
Normal	376	743	132
Below normal	182	742	41

Very lowLowNormalHighVery highFloodingNo reference yet

Flood warnings in force

The tidal Rivers Bure, Ant and Thurne Bure, Ant, Thurne, Norfolk Flood alert

Worth a look today

Rising fastest in 24 hours

Crew Green Wales +0.55 m
Normal
Montford Shropshire +0.44 m
Normal
Provender Mill West Sussex +0.38 m
Low
Browndown Hampshire +0.33 m
Normal
Bodiam Avenue Relief Channel Gloucestershire +0.32 m
Normal
Shipley Gate Derbyshire +0.27 m
High

Unusually high

Stockton Durham 2.77 m
Very high
Welham Bridge East Riding of Yorkshire 0.46 m
Very high
Kings Somborne Hampshire 33.12 m
Very high
Staines Ash Surrey 0.10 m
Very high
Lea Bridge Greater London 5.86 m
Very high
Portsmouth Lennox Road Lancashire 0.50 m
Very high

Unusually low

Elford Staffordshire 1.33 m
Lowest on record
Castle Mill Bedfordshire 0.12 m
Lowest on record
Raymill Road Berkshire −0.02 m
Lowest on record
Beck Bridge Cambridgeshire −0.11 m
Lowest on record
Gwithian Cornwall 0.60 m
Lowest on record
Ladock Cornwall −0.05 m
Lowest on record

Rivers and catchments

Bedfordshire 17, 7
Berkshire 61, 22, 7
Bristol 19, 4
Buckinghamshire 53, 21
Cambridgeshire 70, 14, 1
Cheshire 43, 6, 3
Cornwall 102, 38
Crown Dependencies 2
Cumbria 113, 18, 13
Derbyshire 66, 22, 1
Devon 180, 64, 2
Dorset 91, 35, 1
Durham 40, 25, 1
East Riding of Yorkshire 68, 11, 5
East Sussex 59, 8
Essex 67, 10, 2
Gloucestershire 94, 47, 3
Greater London 146, 49, 8
Greater Manchester 80, 9
Hampshire 129, 44, 6
Herefordshire 26, 17
Hertfordshire 51, 15, 2
Isle of Wight 22, 3, 1
Kent 97, 15, 1
Lancashire 94, 11, 6
Leicestershire 46, 8, 1
Lincolnshire 198, 24
Merseyside 11
Norfolk 80, 20
North Yorkshire 159, 68, 4
Northamptonshire 61, 7
Northern Ireland 4
Northumberland 57, 25, 2
Nottinghamshire 39, 9
Oxfordshire 74, 33, 4
Rutland 8
Scotland 21, 1
Shropshire 41, 13
Somerset 113, 43, 5
South Yorkshire 63, 30, 1
Staffordshire 56, 14, 2
Suffolk 62, 13
Surrey 75, 11, 6
Tyne and Wear 12, 6
Wales 22, 2
Warwickshire 32, 10
West Midlands 32, 12
West Sussex 49, 10
West Yorkshire 111, 37, 5
Wiltshire 84, 44, 1
Worcestershire 39, 20

Data from the Environment Agency.