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Princes Drive FWS water level

River gauge, Surrey, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

33.83m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

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History

History
33.833.934.0mOct 12Oct 14Oct 15Oct 17Oct 1933.833.934.0mOct 12Oct 15Oct 19
33.834.0mSep 19Sep 26Oct 4Oct 11Oct 1933.834.0mSep 19Oct 4Oct 19
Surface elevation

What this means

The latest river level reported for Princes Drive FWS is 33.83 m. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

The water is rising: up 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 33.63 m and 34.01 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.16 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
33.63 m – 34.01 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
33.72 m – 33.99 m

On the river at Princes Drive FWS

There is no published typical range for this gauge yet, so anglers and canoeists are best guided by the trend.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 5.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 13° 9° 0.3 mm, 32% Wind 12 km/h
20 Tue 13° 9° 9.5 mm, 89% Wind 10 km/h
21 Wed 12° 8° 9.7 mm, 59% Wind 28 km/h
22 Thu 14° 7° 2.0 mm, 89% Wind 18 km/h
23 Fri 14° 8° 10 mm, 92% Wind 37 km/h
24 Sat 13° 8° 2.0 mm, 62% Wind 26 km/h
25 Sun 17° 11° 0.9 mm, 62% Wind 21 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:32 AM Sunset 06:02 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 57%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Downside BridgeRiver gauge, River Mole 0.98 m Low −0.02 m 4.8 km
LeatherheadRiver gauge, River Mole 1.09 m Normal −0.01 m 4.8 km
EsherRiver gauge, River Mole 1.44 m Normal ±0 5.3 km
Thames Ditton IslandRiver gauge, River Thames 4.32 m Very low +0.05 m 6.3 km
EwellRiver gauge, Hogsmill River 0.10 m Low ±0 6.7 km
Worcester RoadRiver gauge, Hogsmill River 1.20 m High +0.02 m 7.1 km
Molesey LockRiver gauge, River Thames 0.19 m High −0.01 m 7.6 km
WaltonRiver gauge, River Thames 3.35 m Normal ±0 7.9 km

Questions and answers

Is Princes Drive FWS really 33.83 m deep?

No. 33.83 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 Princes Drive FWS today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 08:33 BST, the surface elevation was 33.83 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Princes Drive FWS rising or falling?

Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.16 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Princes Drive FWS 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:2851SO
Coordinates
51.33794, -0.34690 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Surface elevation 33.83 m 2026-10-19 07:33 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Princes Drive FWS (ea:2851SO). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/surrey/princes-drive-fws

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.