Liverpool water level

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

Tidal gauge, Merseyside, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

6.76m Down 0.62 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 03:00 BST (49 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level

What this means

The latest water level reported for Liverpool is 6.76 m. There is no published reference for this tidal gauge yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

The level is falling, down 0.62 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 1.08 m and 9.81 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +1.20 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: 1.08 m – 9.81 m

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 5° – Wind 15 km/h

19 Mon 14° 8° 0.5 mm, 22% Wind 16 km/h

20 Tue 11° 8° 6.7 mm, 69% Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 11° 7° 4.4 mm, 78% Wind 27 km/h

22 Thu 13° 6° 3.6 mm, 52% Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 10° 6° – Wind 29 km/h

24 Sat 11° 7° 1.5 mm, 94% Wind 38 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:45 AM Sunset 06:11 PM Daylight 10 hr, 27 min First quarter 45%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Davis RoadRiver gauge, River Birket	0.73 m	High	−0.19 m	6.3 km
KirkbyRiver gauge, River Alt	0.24 m	Low	−0.04 m	7.3 km
Dovers BridgeRiver gauge, Dovers Brook	0.54 m	Normal	−0.09 m	7.4 km
Acton LaneRiver gauge, Arrowe Brook	0.14 m	Normal	−0.03 m	9.1 km
Fornalls BridgeRiver gauge, River Birket	0.31 m	Normal	−0.03 m	11 km
Winster DriveRiver gauge, Netherley Brook	0.45 m	Normal	−0.07 m	15 km
Dyers laneRiver gauge, Sandy Brook	0.07 m	Normal	−0.02 m	15 km
Ellamsbridge Road, St HelensRiver gauge, Sutton Mill Brook	0.08 m	Low	−0.06 m	21 km

Questions and answers

What is the water level of Liverpool today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 03:00 BST, the water level was 6.76 m. Down 0.62 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Liverpool rising or falling?

Down 0.62 m over the last 24 hours. Up 1.20 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Liverpool 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:E70124
Coordinates: 53.44967, -3.01815 (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

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	6.76 m	2026-10-18 02:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Liverpool (ea:E70124). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/merseyside/liverpool-e70124

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