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Colney water level

River gauge, River Yare, Norfolk, United Kingdom

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Below the normal range

Water level

0.13m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 Highest onrecord 1.58 m Lowest on record 0.07 m

History

0.120.140.16mOct 10Oct 12Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.120.140.16mOct 10Oct 13Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.120.140.16mSep 17Sep 24Oct 2Oct 9Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.120.140.16mSep 17Oct 2Oct 17Bottom of normal range
Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.13 m, the River Yare at Colney is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.16 m to 0.90 m.

The water is rising: up 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.11 m and 0.14 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
0.16 m – 0.90 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.11 m – 0.14 m
Highest on record
1.58 mDecember 25, 2020
Lowest on record
0.07 mSeptember 18, 1991

On the river at Colney

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 Yare

River Yare

The River Yare is a river in the English county of Norfolk. In its lower reaches it is one of the principal navigable waterways of The Broads and connects with the rest of the network.

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

17 Sat 13° 8° 1.5 mm, 86% Wind 25 km/h
18 Sun 12° 8° 8.1 mm, 75% Wind 27 km/h
19 Mon 14° 10° 1.8 mm, 57% Wind 14 km/h
20 Tue 15° 13° 0.9 mm, 29% Wind 18 km/h
21 Wed 14° 8° 5.9 mm, 49% Wind 19 km/h
22 Thu 12° 8° 4.1 mm, 25% Wind 37 km/h
23 Fri 12° 6° 3.1 mm, 52% Wind 36 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:24 AM Sunset 05:58 PM Daylight 10 hr, 34 min First quarter 39%

Map

Other gauges on the River Yare

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
BrundallTidal gauge, River Yare 0.42 m Normal −0.01 m 14 km
Rockland St MaryTidal gauge, River Yare 0.37 m Normal +0.03 m 15 km
CantleyTidal gauge, River Yare 0.25 m Normal −0.10 m 21 km
ReedhamRiver gauge, River Yare 0.82 m Normal −0.09 m 25 km
Burgh CastleTidal gauge, River Yare 0.37 m Low −0.19 m 29 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Costessey MillRiver gauge, River Wensum 0.25 m Normal ±0 4.5 km
ShoteshamRiver gauge, River Tas 0.16 m Low ±0 9.8 km
SpixworthRiver gauge, Spixworth Beck 0.09 m Normal ±0 10.0 km
WymondhamRiver gauge, River Tiffey 1.17 m Normal +0.01 m 10 km
Hoveton BroadTidal gauge, River Bure 0.51 m Normal +0.02 m 16 km
Stone Road FarmRiver gauge, River Tud 0.20 m Normal −0.01 m 16 km
Ranworth BroadTidal gauge, River Bure 0.47 m Normal +0.02 m 19 km
SouthburghRiver gauge, Blackwater River 0.54 m Lowest on record ±0 19 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Yare at Colney?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.16 m to 0.90 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 0.13 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Colney today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST, the water level was 0.13 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Colney rising or falling?

Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Colney normal?

Below the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Colney?

The highest level on record is 1.58 m on December 25, 2020. The lowest is 0.07 m on September 18, 1991.

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:E23073 (Agency page)
Coordinates
52.62792, 1.22308 (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 0.13 m 2026-10-17 09:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Colney (ea:E23073). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/norfolk/colney

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