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Budleigh South Farm Road West Bridge water level

River gauge, River Otter, Devon, United Kingdom

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Surface elevation

0.75m Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours

0.5 1.0

History

History
0.40.60.8mOct 16Oct 16Oct 17Oct 18Oct 190.40.60.8mOct 16Oct 17Oct 19
Surface elevation

What this means

The latest river level reported for Budleigh South Farm Road West Bridge is 0.75 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 level is falling, down 0.06 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.26 m and 1.04 m.

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

On the river at Budleigh South Farm Road West Bridge

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.

About the River Otter

River Otter, Devon

The River Otter is a river that rises in the Blackdown Hills just inside the county of Somerset, England near Otterford, then flows south through East Devon. It enters the English Channel at the western end of Lyme Bay, part of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Permian and Triassic sandstone aquifer in the Otter Valley is one of Devon's largest groundwater sources, supplying drinking water to 200,000 people.

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Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 14° 9° 0.8 mm, 84% Wind 27 km/h
20 Tue 14° 9° 5.2 mm, 74% Wind 26 km/h
21 Wed 13° 8° 28 mm, 78% Wind 55 km/h
22 Thu 14° 9° 20 mm, 96% Wind 50 km/h
23 Fri 13° 8° 7.9 mm, 94% Wind 56 km/h
24 Sat 16° 8° 6.9 mm, 70% Wind 35 km/h
25 Sun 17° 12° 1.2 mm, 64% Wind 39 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:43 AM Sunset 06:15 PM Daylight 10 hr, 32 min First quarter 58%

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Other gauges on the River Otter

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Budleigh South Farm Road White BridgeRiver gauge, River Otter 0.85 m No reference yet ±0 0.4 km
DottonRiver gauge, River Otter 0.22 m Very low ±0 5.7 km
Fenny BridgesRiver gauge, River Otter 0.19 m Very low ±0 16 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Budleigh Salterton Station RoadRiver gauge, Knowle Stream 0.10 m Very low ±0 1.4 km
East Budleigh Brookfield RoadRiver gauge, Budleigh Brook 0.67 m Normal +0.03 m 1.5 km
Otterton Fore Street GibbonholeRiver gauge, Otterton Brook −0.01 m Lowest on record ±0 2.6 km
Exmouth Phear ParkRiver gauge, Withycombe Brook 0.06 m Normal ±0 6.5 km
SidmouthRiver gauge, River Sid 0.06 m Normal ±0 7.3 km
Lympstone Longbrook LaneRiver gauge, Wotton Brook 0.14 m Lowest on record ±0 7.4 km
Sidmouth Higher Woolbrook RoadRiver gauge, Wool Brook 0.09 m Lowest on record ±0 7.9 km
SidburyRiver gauge, River Sid 0.45 m Very high ±0 11 km

Questions and answers

Is Budleigh South Farm Road West Bridge really 0.75 m deep?

No. 0.75 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 Budleigh South Farm Road West Bridge today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 11:30 BST, the surface elevation was 0.75 m. Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Budleigh South Farm Road West Bridge rising or falling?

Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Budleigh South Farm Road West Bridge 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:E85263 (Agency page)
Coordinates
50.63913, -3.31466 (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 0.75 m 2026-10-19 10:30 Provisional
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How to cite

Environment Agency: Budleigh South Farm Road West Bridge (ea:E85263). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/devon/budleigh-south-farm-road-west-bridge

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.