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Bickington water level

River gauge, River Lemon, Devon, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.36m Steady over the last 24 hours

0 1 2 Highest onrecord 2.17 m Lowest on record 0.21 m

History

0.360.380.40mOct 10Oct 12Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.360.380.40mOct 10Oct 13Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.350.400.45mSep 17Sep 24Oct 2Oct 9Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.350.400.45mSep 17Oct 2Oct 17Bottom of normal range
Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Bickington, where the gauge shows 0.36 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.35 m to 1.00 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.35 m – 0.45 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
0.35 m – 1.00 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.35 m – 0.45 m
Highest on record
2.17 mNovember 24, 2012
Lowest on record
0.21 mSeptember 11, 1995

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 Lemon

River Lemon

The River Lemon is a 9.9 miles river in the county of Devon in southwest England. It is a tributary of the River Teign, starting on Dartmoor by Haytor, and ending in Newton Abbot. It rises on the south-east side of Dartmoor near Haytor, joins with the River Sig and the Langworthy Brook at Sigford, then passes the village of Bickington. Lower down, it is joined by the Kestor Brook and it then flows through the woods in Bradley Valley, past the manor house of Bradley, and through the town of Newton Abbot where it flows through a 440-yard-long (400 m) tunnel below the town centre. Just below the town, the river joins the River Teign at 50.517°N 3.607°W, near the head of its estuary.

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 9° – Wind 19 km/h
18 Sun 12° 6° – Wind 17 km/h
19 Mon 12° 8° 4.1 mm, 73% Wind 21 km/h
20 Tue 13° 6° 3.6 mm, 57% Wind 18 km/h
21 Wed 11° 6° 3.3 mm, 51% Wind 43 km/h
22 Thu 13° 7° 0.3 mm, 66% Wind 23 km/h
23 Fri 13° 6° 18 mm, 82% Wind 39 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:21 PM Daylight 10 hr, 40 min First quarter 39%

Map

Other gauges on the River Lemon

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Holbeam Dam DownstreamRiver gauge, River Lemon 0.00 m Lowest on record ±0 3.2 km
Holbeam DamRiver gauge, River Lemon 0.10 m Very low −0.01 m 3.2 km
Union BridgeRiver gauge, River Lemon 0.02 m Very low ±0 6.3 km
Templers RoadRiver gauge, River Lemon 0.64 m No reference yet −0.42 m 7.1 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Ashburton LowerRiver gauge, River Ashburn 0.06 m Very low ±0 4.7 km
Bovey Tracey Wifford FootbridgeRiver gauge, River Bovey Tributary 0.39 m Normal ±0 5.3 km
Bovey ParkeRiver gauge, River Bovey 0.35 m Lowest on record ±0 6.4 km
Austins BridgeRiver gauge, River Dart 0.35 m Very low +0.02 m 7.9 km
Buckfastleigh Kingcombe CourtRiver gauge, Dean Burn 0.52 m Lowest on record ±0 8.3 km
Buckfastleigh Higher Town BridgeRiver gauge, River Mardle 0.49 m Normal ±0 8.5 km
Chudleigh BridgeRiver gauge, River Teign 0.39 m Lowest on record +0.01 m 8.7 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Lemon at Bickington?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.35 m to 1.00 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 0.36 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Bickington today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 10:15 BST, the water level was 0.36 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Bickington rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Bickington 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 Bickington?

The highest level on record is 2.17 m on November 24, 2012. The lowest is 0.21 m on September 11, 1995.

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:46129 (Agency page)
Coordinates
50.53927, -3.70226 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.36 m 2026-10-17 09:15 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Bickington (ea:46129). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/devon/bickington

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Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

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