Scabcroft Weir Sluice Automatic Horkstow water level

Name: Scabcroft Weir Sluice Automatic Horkstow 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

-0.44m Up 0.19 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST (1 hour ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Surface elevation

What this means

The Environment Agency has Scabcroft Weir Sluice Automatic Horkstow at −0.44 m. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It is on the way up, by 0.19 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is −0.62 m – −0.44 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.19 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: −0.62 m – −0.44 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: −0.62 m – −0.58 m

For anglers and canoeists

Without a reference range, compare today with the chart: a sharp rise usually means coloured water.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 5.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 8° 0.1 mm Wind 21 km/h

19 Mon 14° 11° 8.4 mm, 100% Wind 23 km/h

20 Tue 13° 11° 11 mm, 68% Wind 12 km/h

21 Wed 13° 7° 9.5 mm, 67% Wind 23 km/h

22 Thu 11° 5° – Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 11° 6° 24 mm, 63% Wind 33 km/h

24 Sat 11° 4° 2.2 mm, 38% Wind 26 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 05:59 PM Daylight 10 hr, 22 min First quarter 60%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Barton on HumberRiver gauge, Barton Haven	0.36 m	Normal	+0.02 m	7.6 km
HessleRiver gauge, Fleet Drain	0.91 m	Normal	+0.10 m	10 km
BriggRiver gauge, River Ancholme	1.19 m	Normal	+0.05 m	11 km
Hessle Western DrainRiver gauge, Western Drain	0.07 m	Normal	+0.03 m	11 km
Hull Hessle Astral CloseRiver gauge, Western Drain	0.36 m	Normal	+0.07 m	12 km
South Cave Beverley RoadRiver gauge, South Cave Beck	0.22 m	Low	+0.01 m	14 km
North Hull Birdsall AvenueRiver gauge, Setting Dyke	0.11 m	Normal	+0.05 m	15 km
North CaveRiver gauge, Mires Beck	0.14 m	Normal	+0.02 m	16 km

Questions and answers

Is Scabcroft Weir Sluice Automatic Horkstow really −0.44 m deep?

No. −0.44 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 Scabcroft Weir Sluice Automatic Horkstow today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST, the surface elevation was −0.44 m. Up 0.19 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Scabcroft Weir Sluice Automatic Horkstow rising or falling?

Up 0.19 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.19 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Scabcroft Weir Sluice Automatic Horkstow 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:E1237
Coordinates: 53.65046, -0.53738 (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	−0.44 m	2026-10-19 15:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Scabcroft Weir Sluice Automatic Horkstow (ea:E1237). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/lincolnshire/scabcroft-weir-sluice-automatic-horkstow-e1237

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