Gaw Bridge water level

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

River gauge, River Parrett, Somerset, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.23m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 07:45 BST (34 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Parrett at Gaw Bridge is at 0.23 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.23 m to 2.80 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.23 m and 0.34 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: 0.23 m – 2.80 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.23 m – 0.34 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.24 m – 0.30 m
Highest on record: 3.84 mSeptember 13, 1999
Lowest on record: 0.16 mMay 15, 2009

Fishing and paddling

Paddlers and anglers can expect the river much as they know it, though a heavy shower upstream can change that within hours.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

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.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.7 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 3° – Wind 19 km/h

19 Mon 14° 7° 3.8 mm, 88% Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 12° 7° 0.6 mm, 83% Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 12° 4° 0.9 mm, 48% Wind 29 km/h

22 Thu 15° 7° 3.2 mm, 80% Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 11° 8° 21 mm, 80% Wind 36 km/h

24 Sat 11° 6° 2.4 mm, 64% Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:40 AM Sunset 06:15 PM Daylight 10 hr, 35 min First quarter 47%

Map

Other gauges on the River Parrett

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
ChiselboroughRiver gauge, River Parrett	0.05 m	Normal	±0	5.7 km
West Sedgemoor Pumping StationRiver gauge, River Parrett	4.53 m	Low	−0.01 m	11 km
West QuayTidal gauge, River Parrett	1.25 m	No reference yet	−0.02 m	22 km
Dunball TidalTidal gauge, River Parrett	0.94 m	No reference yet	−0.19 m	25 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
MidelneyRiver gauge, River Isle	1.41 m	Normal	±0	4.5 km
MidelneyRiver gauge, West Moor Drain	0.99 m	Normal	−0.01 m	4.5 km
Long LoadRiver gauge, Witcombe Bottom Main Drain	7.42 m	Very high	+0.01 m	4.6 km
Huish Episcopi Pumping StationRiver gauge, Longload Main Drain	1.26 m	Normal	−0.03 m	6.2 km
Huish Episcopi Pumping StationRiver gauge, River Yeo	1.69 m	Normal	+0.01 m	6.2 km
Westover Pumping StationRiver gauge, Huish Level Rhyne	1.03 m	Normal	+0.02 m	7.1 km
IlchesterRiver gauge, River Yeo	0.07 m	Normal	−0.01 m	8.3 km
Ashford MillRiver gauge, River Isle	0.09 m	Low	±0	8.4 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Parrett at Gaw Bridge?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.23 m to 2.80 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 0.23 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Gaw Bridge today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 07:45 BST, the water level was 0.23 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Gaw Bridge rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Gaw Bridge normal?

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

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

The highest level on record is 3.84 m on September 13, 1999. The lowest is 0.16 m on May 15, 2009.

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:52119 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.97604, -2.79355 (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

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.23 m	2026-10-18 06:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Gaw Bridge (ea:52119). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/somerset/gaw-bridge

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer