Godalming water level

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

River gauge, River Wey, Surrey, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.55m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST (35 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Godalming, where the gauge shows 0.55 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.40 m to 0.95 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.54 m – 0.55 m.

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

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.40 m – 0.95 m
Highest on record: 1.56 mFebruary 17, 2020
Lowest on record: 0.28 mApril 14, 2018

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

About the River Wey

The River Wey is a chalk river and a main tributary of the River Thames in south east England. Its two branches, one of which rises near Alton in Hampshire and the other in West Sussex to the south of Haslemere, join at Tilford in Surrey. Once combined, the flow is eastwards then northwards via Godalming and Guildford to meet the Thames at Weybridge. Downstream the river forms the backdrop to Newark Priory and Brooklands. The Wey and Godalming Navigations were built in the 17th and 18th centuries, to create a navigable route from Godalming to the Thames.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 5° 0.2 mm Wind 20 km/h

18 Sun 13° 7° 2.1 mm, 35% Wind 23 km/h

19 Mon 13° 8° 5.4 mm, 28% Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 14° 9° 7.2 mm, 43% Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 13° 8° 2.7 mm, 44% Wind 37 km/h

22 Thu 14° 7° 0.6 mm, 37% Wind 28 km/h

23 Fri 13° 8° 6.0 mm, 60% Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:29 AM Sunset 06:07 PM Daylight 10 hr, 38 min First quarter 39%

Map

Other gauges on the River Wey

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Borough RoadRiver gauge, River Wey	1.19 m	Normal	±0	1.3 km
Westbrook MillRiver gauge, River Wey	37.86 m	No reference yet	+0.01 m	1.4 km
GuildfordRiver gauge, River Wey	1.23 m	Very low	±0	5.1 km
TilfordRiver gauge, River Wey	0.16 m	Low	−0.01 m	11 km
Old WokingRiver gauge, River Wey	2.09 m	Normal	−0.02 m	13 km
Newark WeirRiver gauge, River Wey	20.42 m	Normal	−0.01 m	14 km
FarnhamRiver gauge, River Wey	0.10 m	Normal	±0	14 km
Passfield MillRiver gauge, River Wey	1.05 m	High	−0.01 m	19 km
BrooklandsRiver gauge, River Wey	0.38 m	Normal	−0.02 m	19 km
WeybridgeRiver gauge, River Wey	1.02 m	Normal	±0	22 km
Kings PondRiver gauge, River Wey	0.04 m	Normal	±0	26 km
Alton High StreetRiver gauge, River Wey	0.00 m	Low	±0	27 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BramleyRiver gauge, Cranleigh Waters	2.22 m	Normal	+0.02 m	2.5 km
ShalfordRiver gauge, River Tillingbourne	0.11 m	Normal	−0.01 m	3.8 km
AlburyRiver gauge, Law Brook	0.09 m	High	±0	6.9 km
CranleighRiver gauge, Littlemead Brook	1.28 m	Low	−0.03 m	9.9 km
Flash BridgeRiver gauge, Cranleigh Waters	1.02 m	Normal	±0	9.9 km
TonghamRiver gauge, River Blackwater	0.66 m	Normal	−0.02 m	11 km
Woking SouthRiver gauge, Hoe Stream	0.35 m	Normal	+0.01 m	11 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Wey at Godalming?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.40 m to 0.95 m for this gauge.

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 0.55 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Godalming today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST, the water level was 0.55 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Godalming rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Godalming normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Godalming?

The highest level on record is 1.56 m on February 17, 2020. The lowest is 0.28 m on April 14, 2018.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:3056TH (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.19230, -0.59851 (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	0.55 m	2026-10-17 10:15	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Godalming (ea:3056TH). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/surrey/godalming

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