Ashley water level

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

River gauge, River Welland, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.05m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST (35 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Welland at Ashley is at 0.05 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.03 m to 2.10 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.04 m and 0.07 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: 0.03 m – 2.10 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.04 m – 0.07 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.04 m – 0.07 m
Highest on record: 2.95 mJanuary 27, 2013
Lowest on record: 0.00 mFebruary 26, 1986

Fishing and paddling

Paddlers and anglers can expect the river much as they know it, though a heavy shower upstream can change that within hours.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Welland

The River Welland is a lowland river in the east of England, some 65 miles (105 km) long. It drains part of the Midlands eastwards to The Wash. The river rises in the Hothorpe Hills, at Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire, then flows generally northeast to Market Harborough, Stamford and Spalding, to reach The Wash near Fosdyke. It is a major waterway across the part of the Fens called South Holland, and is one of the Fenland rivers that were laid out with washlands. There are two channels between widely spaced embankments with the intention that flood waters would have space in which to spread while the tide in the estuary prevented free egress. However, after the floods of 1947, new works such as the Coronation Channel were constructed to control flooding in Spalding, and the washlands are no longer used solely as pasture, but may be used for arable farming.

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.

17 Sat 12° 5° – Wind 22 km/h

18 Sun 13° 6° 1.2 mm, 49% Wind 22 km/h

19 Mon 13° 8° 5.9 mm, 90% Wind 21 km/h

20 Tue 12° 9° 3.9 mm, 47% Wind 16 km/h

21 Wed 12° 7° 3.9 mm, 51% Wind 23 km/h

22 Thu 13° 4° – Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 13° 6° 16 mm, 70% Wind 41 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:34 AM Sunset 06:04 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 49%

Map

Other gauges on the River Welland

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Great Easton Flood Storage ReservoirRiver gauge, River Welland	0.30 m	Normal	+0.01 m	2.9 km
Market HarboroughRiver gauge, River Welland	0.11 m	Normal	±0	9.7 km
TixoverRiver gauge, River Welland	0.17 m	Normal	−0.01 m	17 km
Hudds MillRiver gauge, River Welland	0.13 m	Normal	−0.01 m	27 km
TallingtonRiver gauge, River Welland	0.40 m	Normal	±0	32 km
Market DeepingRiver gauge, River Welland	0.08 m	Normal	+0.01 m	37 km
Deeping St JamesRiver gauge, River Welland	0.93 m	Low	+0.01 m	39 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
MedbourneRiver gauge, Medbourne Brook	0.03 m	Normal	±0	3.2 km
Medbourne Flood Storage ReservoirRiver gauge, Medbourne Brook	0.25 m	Normal	−0.01 m	4.3 km
Stockerston Road BridgeRiver gauge, River Eye Brook	0.05 m	Normal	±0	6.9 km
Litte Bowden Flood Storage ReservoirRiver gauge, River Jordan	0.21 m	Normal	−0.01 m	9.2 km
Little BowdenRiver gauge, River Jordan	0.02 m	Low	−0.01 m	9.2 km
Barford BridgeRiver gauge, River Ise	0.01 m	Low	±0	9.4 km
Weldon Flood Storage ReservoirRiver gauge, Willow Brook	0.10 m	Normal	+0.02 m	10 km
BrigstockRiver gauge, Harpers Brook	0.00 m	Lowest on record	−0.01 m	14 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Welland at Ashley?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.03 m to 2.10 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 0.05 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Ashley today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST, the water level was 0.05 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Ashley rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Ashley 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 Ashley?

The highest level on record is 2.95 m on January 27, 2013. The lowest is 0.00 m on February 26, 1986.

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:E2296 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.51523, -0.79453 (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	0.05 m	2026-10-18 11:30	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Ashley (ea:E2296). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/leicestershire/ashley

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