Tilshead water level

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

Groundwater well, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

78.79m Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 22:03 BST (40 min ago)

History

7 days

Surface elevation

What this means

The latest groundwater level reported for Tilshead is 78.79 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this well yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level is falling, down 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 78.78 m and 78.86 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 5° – Wind 21 km/h

19 Mon 13° 8° 3.5 mm, 92% Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 12° 9° 11 mm, 87% Wind 13 km/h

21 Wed 13° 5° 2.7 mm, 59% Wind 33 km/h

22 Thu 14° 5° 1.5 mm, 83% Wind 14 km/h

23 Fri 9° 6° 27 mm, 82% Wind 35 km/h

24 Sat 9° 4° 1.4 mm, 60% Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 06:11 PM Daylight 10 hr, 34 min First quarter 53%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Chitterne DownGroundwater well	78.75 m	Normal	−0.07 m	1.7 km
ShrewtonRiver gauge, River Till	−0.09 m	Lowest on record	−0.01 m	3.1 km
CodfordRiver gauge, Chitterne Brook	0.04 m	High	±0	7.5 km
Oakley Industrial EstateGroundwater well	84.63 m	Normal	−0.01 m	11 km
Stoford CrossGroundwater well	11.45 m	Normal	−0.01 m	11 km
South NewtonRiver gauge, River Wylye	0.11 m	Very low	±0	12 km
HeytesburyRiver gauge, River Wylye	0.62 m	Very low	±0	12 km
AmesburyRiver gauge, River Avon	0.14 m	Very low	±0	13 km

Questions and answers

Is Tilshead really 78.79 m deep?

No. 78.79 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 Tilshead today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 22:03 BST, the surface elevation was 78.79 m. Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Tilshead rising or falling?

Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Tilshead 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:43122 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.20243, -1.95839 (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	78.79 m	2026-10-18 21:03	Provisional
Water level	–	–	–

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Tilshead (ea:43122). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/wiltshire/tilshead

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