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Badbury Rings water level

Groundwater well, Dorset, United Kingdom

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Lower than ever recorded here

Surface elevation

21.64m Steady over the last 24 hours

20 30 40 Highest onrecord 42.60 m Lowest on record 22.00 m

History

21.6421.6621.6821.70mOct 11Oct 13Oct 14Oct 16Oct 1821.6421.6621.6821.70mOct 11Oct 14Oct 18
21.6521.7021.75mSep 18Sep 25Oct 3Oct 10Oct 1821.6521.7021.75mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18
Surface elevation Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Low water at Badbury Rings: the gauge reads 21.64 m, at a record low.

That is below the previous record low of 22.00 m (January 1, 1900), so the gauge is setting a new low. The usual range here runs from 22.22 m to 32.00 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 21.63 m – 21.76 m.

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range
22.22 m – 32.00 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
21.63 m – 21.76 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
21.64 m – 21.75 m
Highest on record
42.60 mJanuary 8, 2014
Lowest on record
22.00 mJanuary 1, 1900
Lowest on record
0.36 m below the lowest level on record

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.

18 Sun 13° 6° 0.1 mm, 27% Wind 19 km/h
19 Mon 14° 8° 3.3 mm, 83% Wind 16 km/h
20 Tue 12° 7° 5.8 mm, 84% Wind 12 km/h
21 Wed 14° 6° 1.5 mm, 41% Wind 35 km/h
22 Thu 14° 6° 6.1 mm, 86% Wind 16 km/h
23 Fri 10° 6° 25 mm, 86% Wind 39 km/h
24 Sat 11° 4° 1.8 mm, 63% Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:36 AM Sunset 06:12 PM Daylight 10 hr, 36 min First quarter 48%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Sturminster Marshall Maggs BridgeRiver gauge, River Winterbourne 0.02 m Normal ±0 3.5 km
Walford MillRiver gauge, River Allen 0.08 m Very low ±0 4.4 km
WimborneRiver gauge, River Stour 0.39 m Low ±0 6.6 km
Loverley FarmRiver gauge, River Allen 0.43 m Very low ±0 7.5 km
Horton InnGroundwater well 0.41 m Low +0.01 m 8.1 km
BlandfordRiver gauge, River Stour 0.06 m Lowest on record −0.02 m 9.1 km
Ferndown Tricketts CrossRiver gauge, Uddens Water 0.34 m Normal −0.01 m 12 km
Stourpaine HavelinsRiver gauge, River Iwerne 0.05 m Lowest on record ±0 13 km

Questions and answers

Is Badbury Rings really 21.64 m deep?

No. 21.64 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 Badbury Rings today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 05:00 BST, the surface elevation was 21.64 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Badbury Rings rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Badbury Rings normal?

Lower than ever recorded here. Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Badbury Rings?

The highest level on record is 42.60 m on January 8, 2014. The lowest is 22.00 m on January 1, 1900.

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:43176 (Agency page)
Coordinates
50.81975, -2.04921 (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 21.64 m 2026-10-18 04:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Badbury Rings (ea:43176). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/dorset/badbury-rings

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