Inglesham water level

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

River gauge, River Cole, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

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Low for mid-October

Water level

0.05m Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 06:45 BST (44 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days 10 years Years compared

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %) Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.05 m, the River Cole at Inglesham is below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.03 m below the median of 0.08 m for mid-October, based on 19 years of readings.

The level is falling, down 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.03 m and 0.11 m.

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

Compared with 19 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.08 m0.03 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.05 m – 0.28 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (19 years of records)
Normal range: 0.10 m – 0.90 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.03 m – 0.11 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.03 m – 0.09 m
Highest on record: 2.09 mJuly 21, 2007
Lowest on record: 0.03 mSeptember 5, 1996

On the river at Inglesham

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.

About the River Cole

The River Cole is a 25-mile-long (40-kilometre) river in the English Midlands. It rises on the lower slopes of Forhill, one of the south-western ramparts of the Birmingham Plateau, at Red Hill and flows south before flowing largely north-east across the plateau to enter the River Blythe below Coleshill, near Ladywalk, shortly before the Blythe meets the Tame. This then joins the Trent, whose waters reach the North Sea via the Humber Estuary. Its source is very near the main watershed of Midland England: tributaries are few and very short except in the lower reaches, so the Cole is only a small stream. The stretch between Shard End and Tyseley formed part of the historic border between Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 6° 0.5 mm, 37% Wind 24 km/h

19 Mon 14° 8° 7.0 mm, 91% Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 12° 6° 7.8 mm, 77% Wind 9 km/h

21 Wed 13° 6° 4.2 mm, 50% Wind 22 km/h

22 Thu 13° 5° 0.4 mm, 64% Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 9° 6° 24 mm, 78% Wind 33 km/h

24 Sat 10° 4° 0.5 mm, 59% Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 06:07 PM Daylight 10 hr, 29 min First quarter 56%

Map

Other gauges on the River Cole

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Lower StrattonRiver gauge, River Cole	2.08 m	Normal	+0.11 m	12 km
Solihull LodgeRiver gauge, River Cole	0.32 m	Normal	+0.06 m	81 km
Bacons EndRiver gauge, River Cole	0.51 m	Very high	+0.37 m	90 km
Swans BarnRiver gauge, River Cole	1.09 m	High	+0.20 m	93 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Buscot LockRiver gauge, River Thames	0.15 m	Normal	−0.02 m	2.5 km
St Johns LockRiver gauge, River Thames	0.06 m	Normal	−0.01 m	2.5 km
LechladeRiver gauge, River Leach	0.05 m	Low	±0	3.1 km
Hannington BridgeRiver gauge, River Thames	1.96 m	Lowest on record	−0.01 m	3.5 km
Grafton LockRiver gauge, River Thames	0.16 m	Normal	−0.02 m	6.7 km
FairfordRiver gauge, River Coln	0.41 m	Low	±0	7.2 km
Whetstone BridgeRiver gauge, Marston Meysey Brook	0.08 m	Normal	±0	8.1 km
Highworth BridgeRiver gauge, South Marston Brook	0.09 m	Lowest on record	+0.02 m	9.0 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the River Cole at Inglesham in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.08 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.05 m and 0.28 m, based on 19 years of records.

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

What is the water level of Inglesham today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 06:45 BST, the water level was 0.05 m. Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Inglesham rising or falling?

Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Inglesham normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 19 years of daily readings for this time of year.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Inglesham?

The highest level on record is 2.09 m on July 21, 2007. The lowest is 0.03 m on September 5, 1996.

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:0790TH (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.67090, -1.70031 (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	0.05 m	2026-10-19 05:45	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Inglesham (ea:0790TH). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/wiltshire/inglesham

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer