Bragbury Park water level

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

River gauge, Stevenage Brook, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.08m Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 08:45 BST (54 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The gauge at Bragbury Park reads 0.08 m, a normal level.

The usual range here runs from 0.05 m to 0.80 m.

The level is falling, down 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.03 m and 0.31 m.

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

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.05 m – 0.80 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.03 m – 0.31 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.03 m – 0.12 m
Highest on record: 1.19 mJuly 17, 2015
Lowest on record: 0.03 mJuly 20, 2006

On the river at Bragbury Park

A level in the typical range is usually good news for both anglers and canoeists, but conditions can change quickly after rain in the hills.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 12° 11° 9.3 mm, 97% Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 11° 7° 5.9 mm, 82% Wind 39 km/h

22 Thu 13° 6° 3.0 mm, 83% Wind 22 km/h

23 Fri 12° 7° 19 mm, 90% Wind 45 km/h

24 Sat 11° 7° 1.1 mm, 89% Wind 40 km/h

25 Sun 16° 11° 4.3 mm, 44% Wind 23 km/h

26 Mon 17° 9° 2.0 mm, 39% Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:34 AM Sunset 05:58 PM Daylight 10 hr, 24 min First quarter 67%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
WalkernRiver gauge, River Beane	0.08 m	Normal	−0.01 m	5.4 km
Dane EndRiver gauge, River Beane	1.05 m	Very high	+0.16 m	6.0 km
Fulling MillRiver gauge, River Mimram	0.06 m	Normal	±0	6.4 km
PanshangerRiver gauge, River Mimram	0.41 m	Normal	±0	7.9 km
WhitwellRiver gauge, River Mimram	0.05 m	Normal	±0	9.1 km
WadesmillRiver gauge, River Rib	0.19 m	Normal	±0	9.3 km
Hertford, Hartham ParkRiver gauge, River Beane	0.18 m	Normal	−0.03 m	9.4 km
Tumbling Bay WeirRiver gauge, Amwell Loop	30.39 m	Normal	−0.03 m	11 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for Stevenage Brook at Bragbury Park?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.05 m to 0.80 m for this gauge.

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

What is the water level of Bragbury Park today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 08:45 BST, the water level was 0.08 m. Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Bragbury Park rising or falling?

Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.01 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Bragbury Park normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Bragbury Park?

The highest level on record is 1.19 m on July 17, 2015. The lowest is 0.03 m on July 20, 2006.

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:4827TH (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.87448, -0.14949 (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	0.08 m	2026-10-20 07:45	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Bragbury Park (ea:4827TH). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/hertfordshire/bragbury-park

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