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Sleaford Borehole water level

River gauge, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

14.27m Steady over the last 24 hours

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History

History
14.2714.2714.27mOct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 17Oct 1914.2714.2714.27mOct 12Oct 16Oct 19
14.2714.2714.28mSep 19Sep 27Oct 4Oct 11Oct 1914.2714.2714.28mSep 19Oct 3Oct 18
Water level

What this means

Sleaford Borehole reads 14.27 m as of 19 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 14.27 m and 14.28 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to 0.00 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
14.27 m – 14.28 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
14.27 m – 14.27 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: 3.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 8° 0.5 mm, 41% Wind 23 km/h
19 Mon 14° 10° 11 mm, 100% Wind 21 km/h
20 Tue 13° 11° 14 mm, 71% Wind 12 km/h
21 Wed 12° 7° 9.0 mm, 56% Wind 26 km/h
22 Thu 11° 4° 0.6 mm, 47% Wind 20 km/h
23 Fri 14° 6° 23 mm, 69% Wind 38 km/h
24 Sat 12° 5° 1.6 mm, 39% Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:35 AM Sunset 05:59 PM Daylight 10 hr, 24 min First quarter 60%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Cranwell Line SluiceRiver gauge, River Slea 0.09 m Normal ±0 0.5 km
Slea Tilting GateRiver gauge, River Slea 0.33 m Normal +0.01 m 0.8 km
Leasingham MillRiver gauge, River Slea 0.03 m Normal +0.02 m 3.8 km
Ruskington BeckRiver gauge 0.28 m Normal +0.02 m 5.6 km
SwatonRiver gauge, South Forty Foot Drain 0.19 m Normal +0.02 m 11 km
Billingborough OusemereRiver gauge, South Forty Foot Drain 0.04 m Low +0.01 m 13 km
BillinghayRiver gauge, Billinghay Skirth 0.49 m Normal +0.01 m 13 km
Donington BridgeRiver gauge, South Forty Foot Drain 0.73 m Normal −0.01 m 15 km

Questions and answers

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

What is the water level of Sleaford Borehole today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST, the water level was 14.27 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Sleaford Borehole rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Sleaford Borehole 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:E4218
Coordinates
52.99987, -0.42113 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 14.27 m 2026-10-19 09:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Sleaford Borehole (ea:E4218). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/lincolnshire/sleaford-borehole

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.