River Parrett: water levels along the river

We have 5 gauges on the River Parrett. Every gauge with a normal range is reading within it.

The gauges are in Somerset. Reading the gauges in order shows how a rise or a dry spell travels downstream, usually over a day or more on a big river. Autumn is often a low point for rivers after the summer, until steady rain returns.

Very lowLowNormalHighVery highFloodingNo reference yet

5 gauges

River Parrett: water levels along the river
Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Updated
Dunball TidalTidal gauge, River Parrett	0.99 m	No reference yet	+0.19 m	31 min ago
West QuayTidal gauge, River Parrett	1.40 m	No reference yet	−0.26 m	46 min ago
West Sedgemoor Pumping StationRiver gauge, River Parrett	4.67 m	Normal	+0.07 m	46 min ago
Gaw BridgeRiver gauge, River Parrett	0.25 m	Normal	−0.02 m	31 min ago
ChiselboroughRiver gauge, River Parrett	0.05 m	Normal	±0	31 min ago

Gauges are listed from upstream to downstream where the agency publishes river kilometres.

About the River Parrett

The River Parrett is a river that flows through the counties of Dorset and Somerset in South West England, from its source in the Thorney Mills springs in the hills around Chedington in Dorset. Flowing northwest through Somerset and the Somerset Levels to its mouth at Burnham-on-Sea, into the Bridgwater Bay nature reserve on the Bristol Channel, the Parrett and its tributaries drain an area of 660 square miles (1,700 km2) – about 50 per cent of Somerset's land area, with a population of 300,000.