Bristol Bedminster St Johns Lane Downstream water level

Name: Bristol Bedminster St Johns Lane Downstream water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, River Avon, Bristol, United Kingdom

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Water level

0.33m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST (36 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Avon at Bristol Bedminster St Johns Lane Downstream reads 0.33 m as of 19 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST. 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. In the last month it has stayed between 0.33 m and 0.36 m.

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

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.75 m – 0.30 m
Highest on record: 0.85 mNovember 21, 2024
Lowest on record: 0.00 mMarch 28, 2025

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.

About the River Avon

The River Avon is a river in the southwest of England. To distinguish it from a number of other rivers of the same name, it is often called the Bristol Avon. The name 'Avon' is from an ancestor of the Welsh word afon, meaning 'river'.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.0 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 14° 9° 3.7 mm, 100% Wind 14 km/h

20 Tue 12° 9° 16 mm, 100% Wind 12 km/h

21 Wed 12° 7° 3.8 mm, 71% Wind 37 km/h

22 Thu 13° 7° 12 mm, 96% Wind 28 km/h

23 Fri 13° 8° 18 mm, 96% Wind 42 km/h

24 Sat 14° 6° 9.0 mm, 71% Wind 26 km/h

25 Sun 16° 11° 6.0 mm, 50% Wind 39 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:11 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 59%

Map

Other gauges on the River Avon

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Bristol Bedminster St Johns Lane UpstreamRiver gauge, River Avon	0.34 m	Normal	+0.01 m	0.0 km
Ashton ValeRiver gauge, River Avon	0.97 m	Normal	+0.02 m	1.9 km
Netham WeirRiver gauge, River Avon	0.25 m	Normal	±0	3.4 km
Bristol Netham LockRiver gauge, River Avon	6.08 m	Normal	−0.02 m	3.5 km
Keynsham, RivermeadRiver gauge, River Avon	4.70 m	Low	±0	7.9 km
SaltfordRiver gauge, River Avon	0.51 m	Normal	±0	11 km
Bath Destructor BridgeRiver gauge, River Avon	3.40 m	Normal	±0	16 km
BathfordRiver gauge, River Avon	0.73 m	Normal	±0	20 km
Bradford on AvonRiver gauge, River Avon	1.04 m	Normal	±0	25 km
CorshamRiver gauge, River Avon	0.03 m	Low	+0.01 m	28 km
Great SomerfordRiver gauge, River Avon	0.14 m	Low	+0.01 m	40 km
Upavon EastRiver gauge, River Avon	0.19 m	Low	±0	57 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Bristol Harbour Passage StreetRiver gauge, Bristol Frome	6.14 m	Very low	−0.02 m	2.1 km
Colliters BrookRiver gauge	0.01 m	Low	+0.01 m	2.6 km
BrislingtonRiver gauge, Brislington Brook	0.04 m	Very low	±0	3.2 km
EastvilleRiver gauge, Bristol Frome	7.53 m	Normal	+0.02 m	4.4 km
Filton Southmead RoadRiver gauge, River Trym	0.01 m	Normal	±0	7.5 km
Markham BrookRiver gauge	5.30 m	Very low	±0	7.6 km

Questions and answers

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 0.33 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Bristol Bedminster St Johns Lane Downstream today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST, the water level was 0.33 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Bristol Bedminster St Johns Lane Downstream rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Bristol Bedminster St Johns Lane Downstream normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Bristol Bedminster St Johns Lane Downstream?

The highest level on record is 0.85 m on November 21, 2024. The lowest is 0.00 m on March 28, 2025.

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:E6487 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.43695, -2.59888 (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	0.33 m	2026-10-19 14:00	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Bristol Bedminster St Johns Lane Downstream (ea:E6487). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/bristol/bristol-bedminster-st-johns-lane-downstream

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