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Wellow water level

River gauge, Wellow Brook, Somerset, United Kingdom

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Right now

Very low for mid-October

Water level

0.28m Steady over the last 24 hours

0 1 2 Highest onrecord 2.52 m Lowest on record 0.21 m

History

History
0.30.50.81.0mOct 16Oct 16Oct 17Oct 17Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.30.50.81.0mOct 16Oct 17Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.51.01.5mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.51.01.5mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.51.01.5mJanMarMayJulSepNov20260.51.01.5mJanAprJulOct2026

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

What this means

At 0.28 m, Wellow Brook at Wellow is far below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.51 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.23 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.31 m, a difference of −0.03 m. The lowest reading on record is 0.21 m (August 26, 1976).

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.25 m and 0.30 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
0.51 m0.23 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.33 m – 0.86 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.34 m – 1.11 m
Same day last year
0.31 m−0.03 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.25 m – 0.30 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.27 m – 1.50 m
Highest on record
2.52 mJuly 10, 1968
Lowest on record
0.21 mAugust 26, 1976

On the river at Wellow

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 Wellow Brook

Wellow Brook

The Wellow Brook is a small river in Somerset, England.

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

17 Sat 13° 5° – Wind 16 km/h
18 Sun 13° 5° 0.2 mm, 25% Wind 19 km/h
19 Mon 14° 7° 1.6 mm, 75% Wind 19 km/h
20 Tue 13° 8° 7.5 mm, 59% Wind 10 km/h
21 Wed 14° 8° 3.9 mm, 67% Wind 25 km/h
22 Thu 14° 6° 2.6 mm, 68% Wind 18 km/h
23 Fri 14° 8° 27 mm, 81% Wind 34 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 06:12 PM Daylight 10 hr, 34 min First quarter 45%

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Other gauges on Wellow Brook

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
WeltonRiver gauge, Wellow Brook −0.06 m Lowest on record ±0 8.3 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
MidfordRiver gauge, Midford Brook 0.42 m Low −0.01 m 3.9 km
TellisfordRiver gauge, Somerset Frome 0.47 m Low +0.01 m 6.6 km
PulteneyRiver gauge 17.23 m Normal ±0 7.0 km
Bath Twerton Gate RadialRiver gauge 15.42 m Very low −0.01 m 7.1 km
Bath Destructor BridgeRiver gauge, River Avon 3.40 m Low −0.01 m 7.1 km
Bradford on AvonRiver gauge, River Avon 1.04 m Normal ±0 7.9 km
VallisRiver gauge, Mells River 0.07 m Low −0.01 m 9.0 km
BathfordRiver gauge, River Avon 0.74 m Normal ±0 10 km

Questions and answers

Is Wellow Brook at Wellow higher than last year?

No, it is 0.03 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.31 m.

What is a normal level for Wellow Brook at Wellow in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.51 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.33 m and 0.86 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 0.28 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Wellow today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 02:00 BST, the water level was 0.28 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Wellow rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Wellow 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 Wellow?

The highest level on record is 2.52 m on July 10, 1968. The lowest is 0.21 m on August 26, 1976.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:53121 (Agency page)
Coordinates
51.32046, -2.37379 (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 0.28 m 2026-10-18 01:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Wellow (ea:53121). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/somerset/wellow

How we check values

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