Stanwell Gate 2 (Airport Way) water level

Name: Stanwell Gate 2 (Airport Way) water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, Surrey, United Kingdom

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Surface elevation

20.80m Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 18:45 BST (29 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Surface elevation

What this means

The latest river level reported for Stanwell Gate 2 (Airport Way) is 20.80 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The water is rising: up 0.06 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 20.72 m and 20.82 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.05 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: 20.72 m – 20.82 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 20.76 m – 20.79 m

On the river at Stanwell Gate 2 (Airport Way)

There is no published typical range for this gauge yet, so anglers and canoeists are best guided by the trend.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 13° 10° 1.2 mm, 67% Wind 14 km/h

20 Tue 13° 10° 11 mm, 92% Wind 15 km/h

21 Wed 11° 7° 11 mm, 53% Wind 35 km/h

22 Thu 14° 6° 1.9 mm, 77% Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 14° 8° 13 mm, 80% Wind 37 km/h

24 Sat 13° 7° 2.8 mm, 64% Wind 26 km/h

25 Sun 17° 12° 1.3 mm, 63% Wind 21 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:33 AM Sunset 06:03 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 61%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Stanwell MillRiver gauge, River Colne	0.70 m	Very high	+0.05 m	0.8 km
PoyleRiver gauge, Poyle Channel	1.50 m	Normal	+0.01 m	1.6 km
Horton MillRiver gauge, Colne Brook	0.13 m	Normal	+0.02 m	1.7 km
Staines AshRiver gauge, River Ash	0.11 m	Very high	+0.01 m	2.5 km
Staines Trading EstateRiver gauge, River Colne	1.21 m	Normal	+0.02 m	2.9 km
Pound Mill, StainesRiver gauge, Wraysbury River	0.11 m	Normal	+0.02 m	3.0 km
Hythe EndRiver gauge, Colne Brook	0.48 m	Normal	+0.04 m	3.0 km
Bell WeirRiver gauge, River Thames	0.27 m	Very high	+0.01 m	3.3 km

Questions and answers

Is Stanwell Gate 2 (Airport Way) really 20.80 m deep?

No. 20.80 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 Stanwell Gate 2 (Airport Way) today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 18:45 BST, the surface elevation was 20.80 m. Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Stanwell Gate 2 (Airport Way) rising or falling?

Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Stanwell Gate 2 (Airport Way) normal?

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

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:2869TH
Coordinates: 51.46276, -0.51145 (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	20.80 m	2026-10-19 17:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Stanwell Gate 2 (Airport Way) (ea:2869TH). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/surrey/stanwell-gate-2-airport-way

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