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New Waltham GS Wits water level

River gauge, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

7.93m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

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History

History
7.927.94mOct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 19Oct 207.927.94mOct 13Oct 17Oct 20
7.907.927.94mSep 20Sep 28Oct 5Oct 13Oct 207.907.927.94mSep 20Oct 5Oct 20
Surface elevation

What this means

New Waltham GS Wits reads 7.93 m as of 20 Oct 2026, 21:30 BST. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It has risen 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 7.90 m and 7.95 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
7.90 m – 7.95 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
7.90 m – 7.93 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: 5.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 9° 0.2 mm, 34% Wind 24 km/h
19 Mon 14° 11° 9.4 mm, 100% Wind 25 km/h
20 Tue 13° 11° 10 mm, 67% Wind 16 km/h
21 Wed 13° 7° 9.1 mm, 68% Wind 25 km/h
22 Thu 11° 5° 0.4 mm, 36% Wind 21 km/h
23 Fri 13° 7° 28 mm, 69% Wind 36 km/h
24 Sat 12° 6° 0.6 mm, 39% Wind 28 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 05:55 PM Daylight 10 hr, 18 min Waxing gibbous 71%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
BrigsleyRiver gauge, Waithe Beck 0.07 m Normal +0.01 m 3.9 km
Freshney Tilting Gate Grimsby WitsRiver gauge 2.39 m No reference yet +0.01 m 4.7 km
Freshney PS Grimsby WitsRiver gauge 2.41 m No reference yet ±0 4.8 km
HumberstonRiver gauge, Buck Beck 2.00 m Normal +0.03 m 5.4 km
Grimsby Great Coates Bridge GS WitsRiver gauge 2.17 m No reference yet ±0 5.6 km
Grimsby Great Coates Bridge GS WitsRiver gauge 2.67 m No reference yet ±0 5.6 km
Grimsby Cromwell Road GSRiver gauge 2.28 m No reference yet ±0 5.7 km
River Freshney GrimsbyRiver gauge, Laceby Beck 0.18 m Low ±0 6.0 km

Questions and answers

Is New Waltham GS Wits really 7.93 m deep?

No. 7.93 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 New Waltham GS Wits today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 21:30 BST, the surface elevation was 7.93 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is New Waltham GS Wits rising or falling?

Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of New Waltham GS 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:E46631
Coordinates
53.52442, -0.07645 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Surface elevation 7.93 m 2026-10-20 20:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: New Waltham GS Wits (ea:E46631). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/lincolnshire/new-waltham-gs-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.