River Exe: water levels along the river

We have 9 gauges on the River Exe. 4 of them read below normal for the date, and none is running high.

The gauges on this page are spread across Somerset and Devon. Reading the gauges in order shows how a rise or a dry spell travels downstream, usually over a day or more on a big river. Autumn is often a low point for rivers after the summer, until steady rain returns.

Very lowLowNormalHighVery highFloodingNo reference yet

9 gauges

River Exe: water levels along the river
Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Updated
ExfordRiver gauge, River Exe	0.35 m	Low	−0.03 m	1 hour ago
PixtonRiver gauge, River Exe	0.10 m	Very low	−0.01 m	39 min ago
ExebridgeRiver gauge, River Exe	0.21 m	Normal	−0.05 m	39 min ago
StoodleighRiver gauge, River Exe	1.03 m	Low	−0.09 m	39 min ago
TivertonRiver gauge, River Exe	0.58 m	Normal	+0.01 m	39 min ago
ThorvertonRiver gauge, River Exe	0.37 m	Normal	+0.03 m	39 min ago
Exeter Pynes Stafford BridgeRiver gauge, River Exe	1.95 m	No reference yet	−0.04 m	39 min ago
Trews WeirRiver gauge, River Exe	3.32 m	Low	±0	39 min ago
TopshamRiver gauge, River Exe	1.16 m	No reference yet	+0.20 m	39 min ago

Gauges are listed from upstream to downstream where the agency publishes river kilometres.

About the River Exe

The River Exe is a river in England that rises at Exe Head, near the village of Simonsbath, on Exmoor in Somerset, 5.2 miles (8.4 km) from the Bristol Channel coast, but flows more or less directly due south, so that most of its length lies in Devon. It flows for 60 miles (96 km) and reaches the sea at a substantial ria, the Exe Estuary, on the south coast of Devon. Historically, its lowest bridging point was the Old Exe Bridge in Exeter, the largest settlement on the river, but there is now a viaduct for the M5 motorway about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city centre.