Bristol Wade Street water level

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

River gauge, River Frome, Bristol, United Kingdom

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Surface elevation

5.97m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 00:30 BST (24 min ago)

History

7 days

Surface elevation

What this means

The River Frome at Bristol Wade Street reads 5.97 m as of 19 Oct 2026, 00:30 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 barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 5.97 m and 6.05 m.

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

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 Frome

The River Frome is a river in Dorset in the south of England. At 30 miles (48 km) long it is the major chalkstream in southwest England. It is navigable upstream from Poole Harbour as far as the town of Wareham.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 7° 0.4 mm, 39% Wind 21 km/h

19 Mon 14° 9° 4.2 mm, 93% Wind 17 km/h

20 Tue 11° 7° 3.7 mm, 96% Wind 7 km/h

21 Wed 9° 6° 15 mm, 66% Wind 29 km/h

22 Thu 13° 7° 3.9 mm, 85% Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 12° 7° 27 mm, 90% Wind 41 km/h

24 Sat 15° 7° 1.2 mm, 61% Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:39 AM Sunset 06:13 PM Daylight 10 hr, 33 min First quarter 54%

Map

Other gauges on the River Frome

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Maiden NewtonRiver gauge, River Frome	0.19 m	Low	±0	76 km
StinsfordRiver gauge, River Frome	0.03 m	Lowest on record	±0	84 km
Louds MillRiver gauge, River Frome	0.07 m	Low	±0	84 km
East StokeRiver gauge, River Frome	0.54 m	Very low	±0	91 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Bristol Harbour Passage StreetRiver gauge, Bristol Frome	6.16 m	Low	−0.01 m	0.7 km
EastvilleRiver gauge, Bristol Frome	7.51 m	Normal	−0.02 m	1.6 km
Bristol Netham LockRiver gauge, River Avon	6.10 m	Normal	±0	2.0 km
Netham WeirRiver gauge, River Avon	0.26 m	Normal	+0.01 m	2.1 km
Bristol Bedminster St Johns Lane UpstreamRiver gauge, River Avon	0.33 m	Normal	±0	2.8 km
BrislingtonRiver gauge, Brislington Brook	0.04 m	Very low	±0	3.7 km
Ashton ValeRiver gauge, River Avon	0.93 m	Normal	+0.02 m	3.9 km
Filton Southmead RoadRiver gauge, River Trym	0.02 m	Normal	±0	5.0 km

Questions and answers

Is Bristol Wade Street really 5.97 m deep?

No. 5.97 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 Bristol Wade Street today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 00:30 BST, the surface elevation was 5.97 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Bristol Wade Street rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Bristol Wade Street 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:E30010 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.45965, -2.58104 (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

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Surface elevation	5.97 m	2026-10-18 23:30	Provisional
Water level	–	–	–

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Bristol Wade Street (ea:E30010). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/bristol/bristol-wade-street

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.

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