Torksey water level

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

River gauge, River Trent, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

1.62m Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 09:30 BST (49 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Surface elevation

What this means

The River Trent at Torksey reads 1.62 m as of 19 Oct 2026, 09:30 BST. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It has dropped 0.05 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.24 m and 2.91 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.60 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: 0.24 m – 2.91 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.64 m – 2.18 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.

About the River Trent

The Trent, the third-longest river in the United Kingdom, has its source in Staffordshire, on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It drains the North Midlands, eventually flowing into the Humber Estuary. The river is known for dramatic flooding after storms and spring snowmelt, which in the past have often caused its course to change.

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 12° 7° 0.3 mm, 27% Wind 23 km/h

19 Mon 14° 9° 8.1 mm, 100% Wind 26 km/h

20 Tue 13° 11° 13 mm, 78% Wind 12 km/h

21 Wed 13° 7° 8.6 mm, 58% Wind 25 km/h

22 Thu 11° 4° – Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 12° 6° 18 mm, 71% Wind 37 km/h

24 Sat 12° 5° 0.6 mm, 38% Wind 26 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 06:00 PM Daylight 10 hr, 23 min First quarter 57%

Map

Other gauges on the River Trent

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
GainsboroughRiver gauge, River Trent	0.73 m	Low	+0.07 m	11 km
Carlton on TrentRiver gauge, River Trent	2.32 m	Normal	−0.08 m	14 km
North MuskhamRiver gauge, River Trent	0.84 m	Normal	+0.01 m	18 km
FarndonRiver gauge, River Trent	0.31 m	Normal	±0	27 km
KeadbyTidal gauge, River Trent	−0.59 m	No reference yet	−1.83 m	33 km
ColwickRiver gauge, River Trent	1.07 m	Low	−0.08 m	44 km
Clifton BridgeRiver gauge, River Trent	0.90 m	Normal	−0.07 m	50 km
ShardlowRiver gauge, River Trent	0.47 m	Normal	±0	62 km
WillingtonRiver gauge, River Trent	0.86 m	Normal	−0.02 m	73 km
DrakelowRiver gauge, River Trent	1.08 m	Low	±0	83 km
Kings BromleyRiver gauge, River Trent	0.63 m	Low	−0.02 m	92 km
KnypersleyRiver gauge, River Trent	0.43 m	Normal	+0.01 m	97 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Squires BridgeRiver gauge, River Till	0.89 m	Normal	−0.01 m	8.2 km
Retford Grove LaneRiver gauge, Retford Beck	−0.09 m	Lowest on record	±0	12 km
OrdsallRiver gauge, River Idle	0.27 m	Normal	±0	13 km
Twyford BridgeRiver gauge, River Poulter	0.99 m	Normal	+0.01 m	14 km
Fosdyke JettyRiver gauge, Fosdyke Canal	1.34 m	Normal	+0.01 m	15 km
Brayford PoolRiver gauge, River Witham	0.30 m	Normal	+0.01 m	15 km
Lincoln Monson StreetRiver gauge, Sincil Dyke	0.17 m	Normal	+0.02 m	16 km
Stamp End SluiceRiver gauge, River Witham	0.89 m	Normal	+0.01 m	16 km

Questions and answers

Is Torksey really 1.62 m deep?

No. 1.62 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 Torksey today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 09:30 BST, the surface elevation was 1.62 m. Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Torksey rising or falling?

Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.60 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Torksey 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:4065 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.29351, -0.75100 (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	1.62 m	2026-10-19 08:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Torksey (ea:4065). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/lincolnshire/torksey

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