Chiswell water level

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

Tidal gauge, Dorset, United Kingdom

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Surface elevation

2.48m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 20:00 BST (37 min ago)

History

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Surface elevation

What this means

Chiswell reads 2.48 m as of 18 Oct 2026, 20:00 BST. There is no published reference for this tidal gauge yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to 0.00 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: 2.48 m – 2.48 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 2.48 m – 2.48 m

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.7 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 8° – Wind 27 km/h

19 Mon 14° 9° 3.4 mm, 77% Wind 25 km/h

20 Tue 14° 10° – Wind 16 km/h

21 Wed 14° 10° 8.0 mm, 69% Wind 50 km/h

22 Thu 14° 11° 19 mm, 91% Wind 39 km/h

23 Fri 14° 9° 34 mm, 94% Wind 61 km/h

24 Sat 16° 9° 6.0 mm, 55% Wind 44 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 06:14 PM Daylight 10 hr, 36 min First quarter 52%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Preston Fisherbridge RlRiver gauge	0.07 m	Normal	±0	9.3 km
BroadweyRiver gauge, River Wey	0.14 m	Very low	−0.01 m	10 km
UpweyRiver gauge, River Wey	0.13 m	Normal	−0.01 m	11 km
Bank BarrowGroundwater well	44.89 m	Low	−0.01 m	11 km
Upwey CulvertRiver gauge, River Wey	−0.02 m	Lowest on record	±0	11 km
Ashton FarmGroundwater well	63.67 m	Lowest on record	−0.01 m	14 km
Winterbourne SteepletonRiver gauge	0.05 m	Very low	±0	17 km
WinfrithRiver gauge, River Win	0.12 m	Very low	±0	17 km

Questions and answers

Is Chiswell really 2.48 m deep?

No. 2.48 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 Chiswell today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 20:00 BST, the surface elevation was 2.48 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Chiswell rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Chiswell 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:44137
Coordinates: 50.56449, -2.45247 (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	2.48 m	2026-10-18 19:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Chiswell (ea:44137). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/dorset/chiswell-44137

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