Stareton water level

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

River gauge, River Avon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.15m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST (54 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

20252026

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

What this means

The gauge at Stareton reads 0.15 m, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.01 m below the median of 0.17 m for mid-October, based on 21 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 0.13 m (+0.02 m).

The water is rising: up 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.13 m and 0.18 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: 0.17 m0.01 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.12 m – 0.36 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range: 0.11 m – 1.95 m
Same day last year: 0.13 m+0.02 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.13 m – 0.18 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.11 m – 1.53 m
Highest on record: 2.70 mJuly 12, 1968
Lowest on record: 0.05 mAugust 18, 1976

On the river at Stareton

A level in the typical range is usually good news for both anglers and canoeists, but conditions can change quickly after rain in the hills.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Avon

The River Avon is a river in the southwest of England. To distinguish it from a number of other rivers of the same name, it is often called the Bristol Avon. The name 'Avon' is from an ancestor of the Welsh word afon, meaning 'river'.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 4° – Wind 19 km/h

18 Sun 13° 6° – Wind 23 km/h

19 Mon 13° 8° 3.9 mm, 85% Wind 20 km/h

20 Tue 12° 9° 3.5 mm, 49% Wind 12 km/h

21 Wed 12° 8° 1.2 mm, 53% Wind 21 km/h

22 Thu 14° 4° 0.9 mm, 49% Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 14° 7° 19 mm, 71% Wind 34 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 06:07 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 49%

Map

Other gauges on the River Avon

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
WarwickRiver gauge, River Avon	1.11 m	Low	±0	7.1 km
RugbyRiver gauge, River Avon	0.52 m	Normal	−0.01 m	18 km
StratfordRiver gauge, River Avon	0.58 m	Normal	−0.01 m	21 km
LilbourneRiver gauge, River Avon	0.10 m	Low	±0	24 km
Bidford on AvonRiver gauge, River Avon	1.30 m	Normal	−0.04 m	31 km
EveshamRiver gauge, River Avon	0.47 m	Low	−0.01 m	40 km
PershoreRiver gauge, River Avon	3.28 m	Low	+0.01 m	46 km
Eckington SluiceRiver gauge, River Avon	1.97 m	Low	±0	52 km
BredonRiver gauge, River Avon	0.75 m	Normal	−0.01 m	53 km
Upper PoundRiver gauge, River Avon	2.23 m	Normal	±0	58 km
Great SomerfordRiver gauge, River Avon	0.14 m	Very low	±0	96 km
CorshamRiver gauge, River Avon	0.02 m	Very low	±0	112 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
KenilworthRiver gauge, Finham Brook	0.68 m	Low	±0	3.9 km
EathorpeRiver gauge, River Leam	0.23 m	Low	+0.01 m	6.2 km
Sir Henry Parkes RoadRiver gauge, Canley Brook	0.22 m	Low	−0.01 m	6.4 km
Charterhouse BridgeRiver gauge, River Sherbourne	0.15 m	Very low	±0	6.9 km
Hope Street, CoventryRiver gauge, River Sherbourne	0.41 m	Normal	±0	7.4 km
Torrington AvenueRiver gauge, Canley Brook	−0.01 m	Lowest on record	±0	8.2 km
Holyhead RoadRiver gauge, River Sherbourne	0.07 m	Normal	±0	8.9 km
Hall Green RoadRiver gauge, River Sowe	0.28 m	Normal	−0.01 m	11 km

Questions and answers

How does the River Avon at Stareton compare with last year?

It is 0.02 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.13 m.

What is a normal level for the River Avon at Stareton in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.17 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.12 m and 0.36 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 0.15 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Stareton today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST, the water level was 0.15 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Stareton rising or falling?

Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Stareton normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Stareton?

The highest level on record is 2.70 m on July 12, 1968. The lowest is 0.05 m on August 18, 1976.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:2019 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.34088, -1.51283 (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	0.15 m	2026-10-18 11:30	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Stareton (ea:2019). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/warwickshire/stareton

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