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Foxton Bridge water level

River gauge, River Leven, Durham, United Kingdom

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Right now

Very low for mid-October

Water level

0.16m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Flow
0.14 m³/s
0 1 2 Highest onrecord 2.63 m Lowest on record 0.13 m

History

History
0.20.30.4mOct 10Oct 12Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.20.30.4mOct 10Oct 13Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.20.30.4mSep 17Sep 24Oct 2Oct 9Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.20.30.4mSep 17Oct 2Oct 17Bottom of normal range
-0.00.51.01.5mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range-0.00.51.01.5mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.51.0mJanMarMayJulSepNov20260.51.0mJanAprJulOct2026

20252026

Water level Normal range (10–90 %) Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.16 m, the River Leven at Foxton Bridge is far below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.09 m below the median of 0.25 m for mid-October, based on 21 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 0.17 m (−0.01 m). The lowest reading on record is 0.13 m (July 2, 2015).

The water is rising: up 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.12 m and 0.20 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.25 m0.09 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.19 m – 0.36 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.21 m – 1.80 m
Same day last year
0.17 m−0.01 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.12 m – 0.20 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.13 m – 1.10 m
Highest on record
2.63 mNovember 30, 2009
Lowest on record
0.13 mJuly 2, 2015

On the river at Foxton Bridge

Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Leven

River Leven, Fife

The River Leven is a river in Fife, Scotland. It flows from Loch Leven into the Firth of Forth at the town of Leven. The river is 47 km long and is home to brown trout and hosts a run of sea trout and atlantic salmon. The estuary has bass and mullet. The river has a number of barriers such as sluice gates, weirs and dams.

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: 1.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 11° 5° – Wind 21 km/h
18 Sun 11° 6° 1.5 mm, 45% Wind 16 km/h
19 Mon 15° 8° 0.8 mm, 39% Wind 18 km/h
20 Tue 13° 9° 2.5 mm, 30% Wind 11 km/h
21 Wed 13° 9° 3.3 mm, 41% Wind 16 km/h
22 Thu 11° 8° 1.4 mm, 29% Wind 30 km/h
23 Fri 11° 6° 3.4 mm, 58% Wind 31 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 06:05 PM Daylight 10 hr, 27 min First quarter 39%

Map

Other gauges on the River Leven

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Stokesley DownstreamRiver gauge, River Leven 0.64 m Normal −0.03 m 6.6 km
StokesleyRiver gauge, River Leven 0.11 m Normal −0.02 m 6.8 km
Stokesley UpstreamRiver gauge, River Leven 0.45 m Normal −0.01 m 8.1 km
Great AytonRiver gauge, River Leven 0.05 m Low ±0 11 km
EasbyRiver gauge, River Leven 0.09 m Very low ±0 13 km
Newby BridgeRiver gauge, River Leven 1.05 m Normal −0.03 m 111 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
YarmRiver gauge, River Tees 0.57 m Normal +0.01 m 5.3 km
Stockton Hartburn BridgeRiver gauge, Hartburn Beck 0.40 m Low ±0 9.1 km
Low MoorRiver gauge, River Tees 0.39 m Normal +0.02 m 9.2 km
StocktonRiver gauge, River Tees 2.77 m Very high +0.01 m 9.5 km
Middlesbrough Ormesby HallRiver gauge, Ormesby Beck 0.05 m Normal +0.04 m 9.9 km
Middlesbrough Albert Park FootbridgeRiver gauge, Marton West Beck 0.02 m Normal ±0 10 km

Questions and answers

How does the River Leven at Foxton Bridge compare with last year?

It is 0.01 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.17 m.

What is a normal level for the River Leven at Foxton Bridge in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.25 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.19 m and 0.36 m, based on 21 years of records.

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

What is the water level of Foxton Bridge today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 09:45 BST, the water level was 0.16 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Foxton Bridge rising or falling?

Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Foxton Bridge normal?

Very low for mid-October. Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Foxton Bridge?

The highest level on record is 2.63 m on November 30, 2009. The lowest is 0.13 m on July 2, 2015.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:F3803 (Agency page)
Coordinates
54.47771, -1.29874 (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 0.16 m 2026-10-17 08:45 Provisional
Flow 0.14 m³/s 2026-10-17 08:45 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Foxton Bridge (ea:F3803). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/durham/foxton-bridge

How we check values

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