Hinkley Point water level

Name: Hinkley Point water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Tidal gauge, Somerset, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

7.15m Down 1.19 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 22:00 BST (1 hour ago)

History

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Water level

What this means

The Environment Agency has Hinkley Point at 7.15 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this tidal gauge yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It is still going down, by 1.19 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.69 m – 12.24 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −2.01 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: 0.69 m – 12.24 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 5.91 m – 6.52 m

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° 9° – Wind 26 km/h

19 Mon 14° 6° 4.6 mm, 86% Wind 27 km/h

20 Tue 12° 7° 1.3 mm, 86% Wind 12 km/h

21 Wed 12° 8° 15 mm, 79% Wind 52 km/h

22 Thu 15° 10° 7.4 mm, 85% Wind 38 km/h

23 Fri 14° 10° 12 mm, 90% Wind 71 km/h

24 Sat 16° 10° 1.4 mm, 69% Wind 50 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:15 PM Daylight 10 hr, 34 min First quarter 53%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
CanningtonRiver gauge, Cannington Brook	0.30 m	Normal	±0	8.4 km
Swill BridgeRiver gauge, Doniford Stream	0.16 m	Very low	±0	13 km
Sampford BrettRiver gauge, Doniford Stream	−0.04 m	Lowest on record	±0	13 km
Stogumber Escott LaneRiver gauge, Doniford Stream	0.10 m	Normal	±0	14 km
WillitonRiver gauge, Monksilver Stream	−0.01 m	Lowest on record	±0	14 km
Northmoor Pumping StationRiver gauge, Northmoor Main Drain	2.20 m	Normal	±0	18 km
Beggearn HuishRiver gauge, Washford River	0.14 m	Very low	±0	18 km
Westonzoyland PSRiver gauge	2.43 m	Very low	−0.01 m	19 km

Questions and answers

What is the water level of Hinkley Point today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 22:00 BST, the water level was 7.15 m. Down 1.19 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Hinkley Point rising or falling?

Down 1.19 m over the last 24 hours. Down 2.01 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Hinkley Point 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:E72524
Coordinates: 51.21061, -3.13133 (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

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	7.15 m	2026-10-18 21:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Hinkley Point (ea:E72524). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/somerset/hinkley-point-e72524

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