Hardwater Mill Sluice Great Doddington water level

Name: Hardwater Mill Sluice Great Doddington 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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Surface elevation

44.78m Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST (37 min ago)

History

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Surface elevation

What this means

The latest river level reported for Hardwater Mill Sluice Great Doddington is 44.78 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level is falling, down 0.04 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 44.45 m and 44.91 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: 44.45 m – 44.91 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 44.56 m – 44.81 m

On the river at Hardwater Mill Sluice Great Doddington

There is no published typical range for this gauge yet, so anglers and canoeists are best guided by the trend.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.7 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 7° 2.1 mm, 61% Wind 22 km/h

19 Mon 14° 10° 7.3 mm, 100% Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 12° 10° 9.3 mm, 71% Wind 12 km/h

21 Wed 13° 7° 3.6 mm, 49% Wind 25 km/h

22 Thu 13° 5° 0.4 mm, 40% Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 10° 7° 25 mm, 73% Wind 32 km/h

24 Sat 10° 4° – Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 06:00 PM Daylight 10 hr, 23 min First quarter 68%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
CogenhoeRiver gauge, River Nene	0.44 m	Normal	−0.03 m	4.7 km
HarrowdenRiver gauge, River Ise	0.15 m	Low	−0.05 m	8.1 km
Nene ValleyRiver gauge, River Nene	0.29 m	Normal	±0	8.8 km
Bedford Road SluiceRiver gauge, River Nene	1.03 m	Normal	+0.01 m	11 km
Slade BrookRiver gauge, River Ise	0.12 m	Normal	−0.01 m	13 km
South BridgeRiver gauge, River Nene	1.15 m	Normal	−0.01 m	13 km
St Andrews MillRiver gauge, River Nene	0.11 m	Normal	−0.01 m	13 km
St Andrews BypassRiver gauge, River Nene	−0.12 m	Very low	−0.01 m	13 km

Questions and answers

Is Hardwater Mill Sluice Great Doddington really 44.78 m deep?

No. 44.78 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 Hardwater Mill Sluice Great Doddington today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST, the surface elevation was 44.78 m. Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Hardwater Mill Sluice Great Doddington rising or falling?

Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Hardwater Mill Sluice Great Doddington 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:E2721
Coordinates: 52.26449, -0.71782 (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	44.78 m	2026-10-20 11:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Hardwater Mill Sluice Great Doddington (ea:E2721). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/northamptonshire/hardwater-mill-sluice-great-doddington

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