Sand Syke PS Witham Washlands Wits water level

Name: Sand Syke PS Witham Washlands Wits water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

4.61m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 21 Oct 2026, 10:15 BST (58 min ago)

History

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Surface elevation

What this means

The latest river level reported for Sand Syke PS Witham Washlands Wits is 4.61 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The water is rising: up 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 4.50 m and 4.61 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: 4.50 m – 4.61 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 4.56 m – 4.60 m

On the river at Sand Syke PS Witham Washlands Wits

There is no published typical range for this gauge yet, so anglers and canoeists are best guided by the trend.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 20 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

21 Wed 11° 8° 6.6 mm, 81% Wind 29 km/h

22 Thu 12° 6° 0.5 mm, 53% Wind 20 km/h

23 Fri 14° 8° 9.6 mm, 95% Wind 45 km/h

24 Sat 14° 7° 3.6 mm, 91% Wind 35 km/h

25 Sun 11° 9° 0.6 mm, 36% Wind 41 km/h

26 Mon 14° 6° – Wind 22 km/h

27 Tue 15° 10° 1.8 mm, 40% Wind 31 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:40 AM Sunset 05:55 PM Daylight 10 hr, 16 min Waxing gibbous 76%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Horseshoe BridgeRiver gauge, River Brant	0.25 m	Normal	±0	1.8 km
North HykehamRiver gauge, River Witham	0.23 m	Normal	+0.02 m	5.4 km
Brant BroughtonRiver gauge, River Brant	0.08 m	Normal	±0	5.6 km
BracebridgeRiver gauge, River Witham	0.36 m	Normal	+0.02 m	8.5 km
Lincoln Monson StreetRiver gauge, Sincil Dyke	0.22 m	Normal	+0.10 m	11 km
Fosdyke JettyRiver gauge, Fosdyke Canal	1.32 m	Normal	+0.01 m	12 km
Brayford PoolRiver gauge, River Witham	0.28 m	Normal	+0.01 m	12 km
Stamp End SluiceRiver gauge, River Witham	0.88 m	Normal	+0.01 m	12 km

Questions and answers

Is Sand Syke PS Witham Washlands Wits really 4.61 m deep?

No. 4.61 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 Sand Syke PS Witham Washlands Wits today?

On 21 Oct 2026, 10:15 BST, the surface elevation was 4.61 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Sand Syke PS Witham Washlands 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 Sand Syke PS Witham Washlands 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:E68302
Coordinates: 53.12937, -0.59237 (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	4.61 m	2026-10-21 09:15	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Sand Syke PS Witham Washlands Wits (ea:E68302). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/lincolnshire/sand-syke-ps-witham-washlands-wits-e68302

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.

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