Finchetts Gutter Clifton Drive water level

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

River gauge, Cheshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

3.79m Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 16:15 BST (37 min ago)

History

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Water level

What this means

The latest river level reported for Finchetts Gutter Clifton Drive is 3.79 m. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

The level is falling, down 0.06 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 3.56 m and 3.95 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to 0.00 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: 3.56 m – 3.95 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 3.59 m – 3.94 m

On the river at Finchetts Gutter Clifton Drive

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

18 Sun 13° 3° – Wind 12 km/h

19 Mon 14° 7° 0.9 mm, 45% Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 11° 4° 3.6 mm, 72% Wind 7 km/h

21 Wed 9° 3° 2.7 mm, 75% Wind 23 km/h

22 Thu 13° 4° 3.9 mm, 54% Wind 12 km/h

23 Fri 10° 4° – Wind 28 km/h

24 Sat 10° 5° 2.3 mm, 71% Wind 31 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:44 AM Sunset 06:11 PM Daylight 10 hr, 27 min First quarter 51%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Knolls Bridge, ChesterRiver gauge, Finchett's Gutter	5.82 m	Very high	±0	2.3 km
Bridge TraffordRiver gauge, River Gowy	0.27 m	Normal	−0.01 m	7.4 km
Chase Way, Ellesmere PortRiver gauge, Rivacre Brook	0.16 m	Low	±0	7.8 km
Pickerings CutRiver gauge, River Weaver	4.80 m	Normal	−0.04 m	21 km
Winster DriveRiver gauge, Netherley Brook	0.49 m	Normal	−0.03 m	22 km
Acton BridgeRiver gauge, River Weaver	2.61 m	Normal	−0.02 m	23 km
Acton LaneRiver gauge, Arrowe Brook	0.13 m	Normal	−0.01 m	26 km
Davis RoadRiver gauge, River Birket	0.66 m	Normal	−0.11 m	26 km

Questions and answers

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 3.79 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Finchetts Gutter Clifton Drive today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 16:15 BST, the water level was 3.79 m. Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Finchetts Gutter Clifton Drive rising or falling?

Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Finchetts Gutter Clifton Drive 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:067650
Coordinates: 53.19801, -2.92199 (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	3.79 m	2026-10-18 15:15	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Finchetts Gutter Clifton Drive (ea:067650). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cheshire/finchetts-gutter-clifton-drive

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