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Mendham Sluice Wits water level

River gauge, Norfolk, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

13.17m Steady over the last 24 hours

11 13 14 15

History

History
13.1413.1613.1813.20mOct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 1813.1413.1613.1813.20mOct 11Oct 15Oct 18
13.1513.1813.2013.23mSep 18Sep 26Oct 3Oct 11Oct 1813.1513.1813.2013.23mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18
Surface elevation

What this means

The Environment Agency has Mendham Sluice Wits at 13.17 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 13.14 m – 13.23 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.02 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
13.14 m – 13.23 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
13.16 m – 13.22 m

For anglers and canoeists

Without a reference range, compare today with the chart: a sharp rise usually means coloured water.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 5.0 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 14° 8° 2.9 mm, 100% Wind 22 km/h
19 Mon 15° 10° 5.4 mm, 100% Wind 17 km/h
20 Tue 13° 11° 3.9 mm, 70% Wind 23 km/h
21 Wed 14° 7° 5.2 mm, 73% Wind 32 km/h
22 Thu 10° 4° 0.2 mm, 41% Wind 27 km/h
23 Fri 14° 7° 18 mm, 74% Wind 34 km/h
24 Sat 13° 5° 0.6 mm, 43% Wind 32 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:25 AM Sunset 05:56 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 53%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
NeedhamRiver gauge, River Waveney 0.21 m Low ±0 4.8 km
HuntingfieldRiver gauge, Huntingfield Watercourse 1.35 m Normal +0.35 m 11 km
BillingfordRiver gauge, River Waveney 0.13 m Low +0.01 m 11 km
SibtonRiver gauge, River Yox 0.23 m Low −0.01 m 16 km
BramfieldRiver gauge, Bramfield Watercourse 0.19 m Normal +0.01 m 16 km
DissRiver gauge, River Waveney 0.26 m Normal −0.01 m 16 km
ShoteshamRiver gauge, River Tas 0.19 m Normal +0.02 m 17 km
Beccles QuayTidal gauge, River Waveney 0.32 m Normal −0.04 m 17 km

Questions and answers

Is Mendham Sluice Wits really 13.17 m deep?

No. 13.17 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 Mendham Sluice Wits today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 21:30 BST, the surface elevation was 13.17 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Mendham Sluice Wits rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Mendham Sluice Wits 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:E21117
Coordinates
52.40060, 1.33543 (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 13.17 m 2026-10-18 20:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Mendham Sluice Wits (ea:E21117). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/norfolk/mendham-sluice-wits

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.