West Quay water level

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

Tidal gauge, River Parrett, Somerset, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

2.62m Down 0.66 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 11:30 BST (50 min ago)

History

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Surface elevation

What this means

The latest water level reported for West Quay is 2.62 m. There is no published reference for this tidal gauge yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

The level is falling, down 0.66 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 1.06 m and 6.75 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.24 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.06 m – 6.75 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.32 m – 3.01 m
Highest on record: 8.09 mJanuary 3, 2014

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

17 Sat 14° 8° – Wind 16 km/h

18 Sun 13° 6° – Wind 20 km/h

19 Mon 15° 8° 0.4 mm, 79% Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 14° 9° 4.0 mm, 65% Wind 13 km/h

21 Wed 14° 10° 9.8 mm, 71% Wind 37 km/h

22 Thu 14° 8° 4.2 mm, 71% Wind 22 km/h

23 Fri 13° 10° 22 mm, 92% Wind 59 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:15 PM Daylight 10 hr, 35 min First quarter 49%

Map

Other gauges on the River Parrett

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Dunball TidalTidal gauge, River Parrett	2.66 m	No reference yet	+0.53 m	3.7 km
West Sedgemoor Pumping StationRiver gauge, River Parrett	4.57 m	Low	−0.06 m	11 km
Gaw BridgeRiver gauge, River Parrett	0.24 m	Normal	±0	22 km
ChiselboroughRiver gauge, River Parrett	0.05 m	Normal	±0	28 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
CanningtonRiver gauge, Cannington Brook	0.30 m	Normal	±0	4.7 km
Northmoor Pumping StationRiver gauge, Northmoor Main Drain	2.20 m	Normal	±0	5.2 km
Westonzoyland PSRiver gauge	2.44 m	Very low	±0	5.9 km
Northmoor DrainRiver gauge, Northmoor Main Drain	3.19 m	Normal	±0	6.7 km
Saltmoor PSRiver gauge	3.30 m	Very low	±0	8.3 km
Baltmoor Wall Saltmoor BarrierRiver gauge, Saltmoor Main Drain	3.66 m	Very low	±0	8.9 km
Beerwall UpstreamRiver gauge, River Sowy	3.91 m	Low	±0	11 km
West Sedgemoor Pumping StationRiver gauge, West Sedgemoor Drain	4.63 m	Normal	±0	11 km

Questions and answers

Is West Quay really 2.62 m deep?

No. 2.62 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of West Quay today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 11:30 BST, the surface elevation was 2.62 m. Down 0.66 m over the last 24 hours.

Is West Quay rising or falling?

Down 0.66 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.24 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of West Quay normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at West Quay?

The highest level on record is 8.09 m on January 3, 2014.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from the Environment Agency, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:52124 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.12989, -3.00162 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: ODN
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
Surface elevation	2.62 m	2026-10-18 10:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: West Quay (ea:52124). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/somerset/west-quay

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