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Islip Lock Sluice water level

River gauge, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

26.77m Steady over the last 24 hours

23 25 28 30

History

History
26.7026.7526.80mOct 12Oct 14Oct 15Oct 17Oct 1926.7026.7526.80mOct 12Oct 15Oct 19
252627mSep 19Sep 26Oct 4Oct 11Oct 19252627mSep 19Oct 3Oct 18
Surface elevation

What this means

Islip Lock Sluice reads 26.77 m as of 19 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 24.75 m and 27.10 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.06 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
24.75 m – 27.10 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
26.62 m – 26.97 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: 6.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 14° 9° 7.1 mm, 100% Wind 18 km/h
20 Tue 12° 11° 13 mm, 84% Wind 15 km/h
21 Wed 11° 7° 15 mm, 73% Wind 25 km/h
22 Thu 12° 5° 1.3 mm, 56% Wind 21 km/h
23 Fri 13° 7° 16 mm, 76% Wind 37 km/h
24 Sat 11° 8° 2.4 mm, 60% Wind 35 km/h
25 Sun 17° 10° 0.6 mm, 59% Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:35 AM Sunset 06:01 PM Daylight 10 hr, 26 min First quarter 58%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Islip SluiceRiver gauge, River Nene 0.65 m Normal −0.03 m 0.2 km
Old Mill Bridge, LowickRiver gauge, Harpers Brook 0.14 m Normal +0.02 m 1.2 km
LilfordRiver gauge, River Nene 0.38 m Normal +0.01 m 5.9 km
BrigstockRiver gauge, Harpers Brook 0.09 m Normal +0.09 m 7.9 km
CovingtonRiver gauge, River Kym 0.12 m Normal +0.01 m 12 km
HarrowdenRiver gauge, River Ise 0.20 m Normal +0.07 m 12 km
Slade BrookRiver gauge, River Ise 0.13 m Normal +0.02 m 12 km
Weldon Flood Storage ReservoirRiver gauge, Willow Brook 0.14 m Normal +0.04 m 13 km

Questions and answers

Is Islip Lock Sluice really 26.77 m deep?

No. 26.77 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 Islip Lock Sluice today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST, the surface elevation was 26.77 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Islip Lock Sluice rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.06 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Islip Lock Sluice 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:E2062
Coordinates
52.40013, -0.54425 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Surface elevation 26.77 m 2026-10-19 09:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Islip Lock Sluice (ea:E2062). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/northamptonshire/islip-lock-sluice

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.