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Hinksey Lake water level

River gauge, Hinksey Stream, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.17m Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

0 1 2 Highest onrecord 1.82 m Lowest on record 0.18 m

History

0.150.20mOct 16Oct 17Oct 18Oct 19Oct 20Bottom of normal range0.150.20mOct 16Oct 18Oct 20Bottom of normal range
Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.17 m, the Hinksey Stream at Hinksey Lake is at a record low.

It has now dropped past the published record low of 0.18 m (July 7, 2017). The usual range here runs from 0.23 m to 1.39 m.

The water is rising: up 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.14 m and 0.17 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range
0.23 m – 1.39 m
Highest on record
1.82 mJanuary 6, 2024
Lowest on record
0.18 mJuly 7, 2017
Lowest on record
0.01 m below the lowest level on record

On the river at Hinksey Lake

Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 7° 0.6 mm, 61% Wind 22 km/h
19 Mon 14° 9° 6.5 mm, 85% Wind 14 km/h
20 Tue 13° 8° 11 mm, 71% Wind 9 km/h
21 Wed 14° 6° 4.2 mm, 47% Wind 24 km/h
22 Thu 14° 5° 0.3 mm, 51% Wind 16 km/h
23 Fri 10° 7° 29 mm, 77% Wind 32 km/h
24 Sat 10° 3° – Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:40 AM Sunset 06:01 PM Daylight 10 hr, 21 min Waxing gibbous 73%

Map

Other gauges on the Hinksey Stream

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Cold HarbourRiver gauge, Hinksey Stream 0.83 m Low −0.01 m 1.2 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Osney LockRiver gauge, River Thames 0.06 m Very high +0.06 m 1.3 km
Oxford Botanical GardensRiver gauge, River Cherwell 4.67 m Lowest on record +0.02 m 1.5 km
Iffley LockRiver gauge, River Thames 0.12 m Normal +0.04 m 1.8 km
New BotleyRiver gauge, Bulstake Stream 0.85 m Low +0.07 m 2.0 km
Kings MillRiver gauge, River Cherwell 1.59 m Very low ±0 2.3 km
Minns EstateRiver gauge, Seacourt Stream 1.10 m Normal +0.03 m 2.5 km
Sandford-on-ThamesRiver gauge, River Thames 0.07 m Normal −0.02 m 4.0 km
Godstow LockRiver gauge, River Thames 0.03 m Low +0.19 m 4.8 km

Questions and answers

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.17 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Hinksey Lake today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 23:30 BST, the water level was 0.17 m. Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Hinksey Lake rising or falling?

Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Hinksey Lake normal?

Lower than ever recorded here. Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Hinksey Lake?

The highest level on record is 1.82 m on January 6, 2024. The lowest is 0.18 m on July 7, 2017.

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:1674TH (Agency page)
Coordinates
51.74048, -1.25996 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Surface elevation – – –
Water level 0.17 m 2026-10-20 22:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Hinksey Lake (ea:1674TH). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/oxfordshire/hinksey-lake

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