Thorney Mill Road, West Drayton (Temporary) water level

Name: Thorney Mill Road, West Drayton (Temporary) water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, River Colne, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.07m Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 14:30 BST (27 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.07 m, the River Colne at Thorney Mill Road, West Drayton (Temporary) is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.09 m to 0.47 m.

The water is rising: up 0.06 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between −0.02 m and 0.11 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: 0.09 m – 0.47 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: −0.02 m – 0.11 m
Highest on record: 0.80 mSeptember 23, 2024
Lowest on record: 0.03 mOctober 12, 2021

On the river at Thorney Mill Road, West Drayton (Temporary)

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 the River Colne

The Colne is a river and a tributary of the River Thames in England. Just over half its course is in south Hertfordshire. Downstream, it forms the boundary between Buckinghamshire and the London Borough of Hillingdon. The confluence with the River Thames is on the Staines reach at Staines-upon-Thames.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 13° 9° 0.5 mm, 63% Wind 12 km/h

20 Tue 13° 9° 8.2 mm, 92% Wind 15 km/h

21 Wed 14° 8° 5.5 mm, 53% Wind 33 km/h

22 Thu 13° 6° 3.4 mm, 85% Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 13° 8° 16 mm, 90% Wind 38 km/h

24 Sat 12° 7° 8.5 mm, 64% Wind 26 km/h

25 Sun 18° 12° 6.2 mm, 63% Wind 32 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:33 AM Sunset 06:02 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 59%

Map

Other gauges on the River Colne

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
West DraytonRiver gauge, River Colne	0.43 m	Normal	+0.02 m	0.1 km
Farlows BridgeRiver gauge, River Colne	0.36 m	Low	+0.01 m	2.1 km
Iver, Clisbys BridgeRiver gauge, River Colne	0.33 m	Normal	+0.03 m	3.1 km
Stanwell MillRiver gauge, River Colne	0.71 m	Very high	+0.04 m	4.1 km
WillowbankRiver gauge, River Colne	0.82 m	Very low	+0.04 m	6.5 km
Denham ColneRiver gauge, River Colne	0.13 m	Low	+0.02 m	7.2 km
Staines Trading EstateRiver gauge, River Colne	1.21 m	Normal	+0.02 m	7.4 km
Moor LaneRiver gauge, River Colne	7.46 m	Normal	+0.01 m	15 km
WatfordRiver gauge, River Colne	0.19 m	Normal	+0.01 m	20 km
London ColneyRiver gauge, River Colne	1.09 m	Normal	±0	28 km
Poole StreetRiver gauge, River Colne	0.09 m	Normal	+0.02 m	92 km
Great YeldhamRiver gauge, River Colne	0.18 m	Normal	+0.07 m	92 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
YiewsleyRiver gauge, Frays River	0.76 m	Very low	+0.02 m	1.0 km
Uxbridge, Philpots BridgeRiver gauge, River Pinn	0.84 m	Normal	+0.09 m	1.9 km
PoyleRiver gauge, Poyle Channel	1.50 m	Normal	+0.01 m	3.4 km
UxbridgeRiver gauge, River Pinn	0.10 m	Normal	+0.07 m	3.7 km
Horton MillRiver gauge, Colne Brook	0.13 m	Normal	+0.02 m	4.6 km
Cranford ParkRiver gauge, River Crane	0.09 m	Normal	+0.04 m	5.1 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Colne at Thorney Mill Road, West Drayton (Temporary)?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.09 m to 0.47 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 0.07 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Thorney Mill Road, West Drayton (Temporary) today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 14:30 BST, the water level was 0.07 m. Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Thorney Mill Road, West Drayton (Temporary) 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 Thorney Mill Road, West Drayton (Temporary) normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Thorney Mill Road, West Drayton (Temporary)?

The highest level on record is 0.80 m on September 23, 2024. The lowest is 0.03 m on October 12, 2021.

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:2885BTH (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.50114, -0.48394 (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	0.07 m	2026-10-19 13:30	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Thorney Mill Road, West Drayton (Temporary) (ea:2885BTH). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/buckinghamshire/thorney-mill-road-west-drayton-temporary

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