Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation water level

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

River gauge, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

56.05m Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 21 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST (2 hours ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Surface elevation

What this means

The Environment Agency has Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation at 56.05 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It is on the way up, by 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 55.97 m – 56.06 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.05 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: 55.97 m – 56.06 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 55.97 m – 56.03 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: 6.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 12° 10° 15 mm, 100% Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 11° 7° 10 mm, 88% Wind 41 km/h

22 Thu 12° 6° 2.2 mm, 70% Wind 19 km/h

23 Fri 11° 8° 20 mm, 84% Wind 42 km/h

24 Sat 11° 8° 2.2 mm, 89% Wind 34 km/h

25 Sun 17° 11° 3.8 mm, 33% Wind 23 km/h

26 Mon 17° 9° 3.8 mm, 37% Wind 28 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:39 AM Sunset 05:58 PM Daylight 10 hr, 19 min Waxing gibbous 73%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Bedford Road SluiceRiver gauge, River Nene	1.05 m	High	+0.03 m	0.1 km
Nene ValleyRiver gauge, River Nene	0.30 m	Normal	+0.02 m	2.1 km
South BridgeRiver gauge, River Nene	1.16 m	Normal	+0.02 m	2.1 km
St Andrews MillRiver gauge, River Nene	0.12 m	Normal	+0.01 m	3.2 km
St Andrews BypassRiver gauge, River Nene	−0.10 m	Very low	+0.01 m	3.5 km
Duston MillRiver gauge, River Nene	0.55 m	Normal	+0.02 m	4.6 km
Wootton ParkRiver gauge, Wootton Brook	0.19 m	Normal	+0.06 m	5.2 km
Geldharts MillRiver gauge, River Nene	0.17 m	Normal	+0.02 m	6.1 km

Questions and answers

Is Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation really 56.05 m deep?

No. 56.05 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 Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation today?

On 21 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST, the surface elevation was 56.05 m. Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation rising or falling?

Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation 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:E65711
Coordinates: 52.22876, -0.86658 (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	56.05 m	2026-10-20 23:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Bedford Road Sluice Northampton Automation (ea:E65711). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/northamptonshire/bedford-road-sluice-northampton-automation-e65711

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