Warham water level

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

River gauge, River Stiffkey, Norfolk, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.53m Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 08:15 BST (29 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Warham, where the gauge shows 0.53 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.18 m to 0.80 m.

It is on the way up, by 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.49 m – 0.57 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.18 m – 0.80 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.49 m – 0.57 m
Highest on record: 1.42 mOctober 14, 1993
Lowest on record: 0.12 mJuly 30, 2006

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

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

About the River Stiffkey

The River Stiffkey is a chalk stream running through an area of north Norfolk, England from its source near Swanton Novers to flow out into the North Sea on the north Norfolk coast near the village of Stiffkey. The river has been dredged historically, presumably for agricultural purposes, and has a self-sustaining population of brown trout.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 11° 0.2 mm, 75% Wind 28 km/h

18 Sun 13° 10° 5.1 mm, 69% Wind 32 km/h

19 Mon 14° 11° 0.4 mm, 58% Wind 21 km/h

20 Tue 14° 12° 2.6 mm, 32% Wind 21 km/h

21 Wed 13° 9° 7.7 mm, 41% Wind 26 km/h

22 Thu 11° 9° 5.7 mm, 31% Wind 56 km/h

23 Fri 12° 7° 3.2 mm, 48% Wind 37 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:26 AM Sunset 05:59 PM Daylight 10 hr, 32 min First quarter 38%

Map

Other gauges on the River Stiffkey

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Little WalsinghamRiver gauge, River Stiffkey	0.13 m	Normal	+0.01 m	4.9 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
South CreakeRiver gauge, River Burn	0.04 m	Lowest on record	±0	9.8 km
FakenhamRiver gauge, River Wensum	0.40 m	Very low	±0	12 km
HunworthRiver gauge, River Glaven	0.16 m	Normal	+0.01 m	13 km
CorpustyRiver gauge, River Bure	0.11 m	Normal	+0.01 m	20 km
Swanton MorleyRiver gauge, River Wensum	0.10 m	Normal	±0	24 km
HeachamRiver gauge, Heacham River	0.05 m	Very low	±0	26 km
IngworthRiver gauge, River Bure	0.19 m	Very low	±0	27 km
Wendling BeckRiver gauge	0.15 m	Normal	+0.01 m	28 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Stiffkey at Warham?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.18 m to 0.80 m for this gauge.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.53 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Warham today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 08:15 BST, the water level was 0.53 m. Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Warham rising or falling?

Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Warham normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Warham?

The highest level on record is 1.42 m on October 14, 1993. The lowest is 0.12 m on July 30, 2006.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:E23316 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.93466, 0.89164 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum
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
Water level	0.53 m	2026-10-17 07:15	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Warham (ea:E23316). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/norfolk/warham

How we check values

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer