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Tl86 171 Borehole Gsm Thomas Bole Close Bury St Edmunds Do Not Poll Manually water level

River gauge, Suffolk, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

28.76m Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

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History

History
28.7028.7328.7528.78mOct 14Oct 15Oct 17Oct 19Oct 2128.7028.7328.7528.78mOct 14Oct 17Oct 21
28.728.828.929.0mSep 21Sep 28Oct 6Oct 13Oct 2128.728.828.929.0mSep 21Oct 6Oct 21
Surface elevation

What this means

Tl86 171 Borehole Gsm Thomas Bole Close Bury St Edmunds Do Not Poll Manually reads 28.76 m as of 21 Oct 2026, 02:00 BST. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It has risen 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 28.70 m and 29.02 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.03 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
28.70 m – 29.02 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
28.72 m – 29.08 m

Fishing and paddling

Watch the direction of travel. A rising river after rain behaves very differently from one that is dropping and clearing.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 8.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 14° 12° 2.8 mm, 100% Wind 21 km/h
21 Wed 13° 8° 7.8 mm, 66% Wind 39 km/h
22 Thu 13° 6° 2.4 mm, 45% Wind 22 km/h
23 Fri 12° 11° 15 mm, 100% Wind 35 km/h
24 Sat 12° 8° 5.8 mm, 81% Wind 33 km/h
25 Sun 13° 8° 4.9 mm, 63% Wind 31 km/h
26 Mon 18° 10° 0.6 mm, 39% Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:33 AM Sunset 05:52 PM Daylight 10 hr, 19 min Waxing gibbous 73%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Fornham St MartinRiver gauge, River Lark 0.03 m Low ±0 3.4 km
SicklesmereRiver gauge, River Lark 0.23 m Low ±0 4.1 km
TempleRiver gauge, River Lark 0.18 m Very low −0.03 m 13 km
CockfieldRiver gauge, River Brett 0.02 m Normal ±0 13 km
RattlesdenRiver gauge, Rattlesden River 0.07 m Normal ±0 13 km
OusdenRiver gauge, River Kennett 0.22 m Low ±0 14 km
Barton Mills SluiceRiver gauge, River Lark 0.10 m Very low −0.01 m 16 km
GlemsfordRiver gauge, River Glem 0.09 m Normal −0.01 m 17 km

Questions and answers

Is Tl86 171 Borehole Gsm Thomas Bole Close Bury St Edmunds Do Not Poll Manually really 28.76 m deep?

No. 28.76 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 Tl86 171 Borehole Gsm Thomas Bole Close Bury St Edmunds Do Not Poll Manually today?

On 21 Oct 2026, 02:00 BST, the surface elevation was 28.76 m. Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Tl86 171 Borehole Gsm Thomas Bole Close Bury St Edmunds Do Not Poll Manually rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Tl86 171 Borehole Gsm Thomas Bole Close Bury St Edmunds Do Not Poll Manually 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:E46651
Coordinates
52.24200, 0.71069 (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 28.76 m 2026-10-21 01:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Tl86 171 Borehole Gsm Thomas Bole Close Bury St Edmunds Do Not Poll Manually (ea:E46651). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/suffolk/tl86-171-borehole-gsm-thomas-bole-close-bury-st-edmunds-do-not-poll-manually

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.