Lower Ringstead Sluice Automation Wits water level

Name: Lower Ringstead Sluice Automation Wits 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

32.06m Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 06:00 BST (38 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Surface elevation

What this means

Lower Ringstead Sluice Automation Wits reads 32.06 m as of 19 Oct 2026, 06:00 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 risen 0.06 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 31.96 m and 32.10 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: 31.96 m – 32.10 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 31.97 m – 32.08 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: 1.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 7° 1.9 mm, 64% Wind 23 km/h

19 Mon 14° 10° 5.6 mm, 100% Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 12° 10° 8.1 mm, 63% Wind 12 km/h

21 Wed 13° 8° 2.4 mm, 53% Wind 23 km/h

22 Thu 13° 5° 0.6 mm, 34% Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 10° 7° 23 mm, 67% Wind 31 km/h

24 Sat 10° 4° – Wind 28 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:35 AM Sunset 06:01 PM Daylight 10 hr, 26 min First quarter 56%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Islip SluiceRiver gauge, River Nene	0.59 m	Low	−0.06 m	4.3 km
Old Mill Bridge, LowickRiver gauge, Harpers Brook	0.13 m	Normal	+0.01 m	4.8 km
HarrowdenRiver gauge, River Ise	0.16 m	Normal	+0.02 m	8.4 km
LilfordRiver gauge, River Nene	0.38 m	Normal	+0.01 m	10 km
Slade BrookRiver gauge, River Ise	0.17 m	High	+0.06 m	10 km
CovingtonRiver gauge, River Kym	0.12 m	Normal	±0	10 km
BrigstockRiver gauge, Harpers Brook	0.04 m	Very low	+0.04 m	11 km
Barford BridgeRiver gauge, River Ise	0.01 m	Low	±0	14 km

Questions and answers

Is Lower Ringstead Sluice Automation Wits really 32.06 m deep?

No. 32.06 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 Lower Ringstead Sluice Automation Wits today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 06:00 BST, the surface elevation was 32.06 m. Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Lower Ringstead Sluice Automation Wits rising or falling?

Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Lower Ringstead Sluice Automation Wits 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:E1382
Coordinates: 52.36629, -0.57148 (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	32.06 m	2026-10-19 05:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Lower Ringstead Sluice Automation Wits (ea:E1382). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/northamptonshire/lower-ringstead-sluice-automation-wits-e1382

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