River Taw: water levels along the river

We have 6 gauges on the River Taw. 3 of them read below normal for the date, and none is running high.

The gauges are in Devon. Reading the gauges in order shows how a rise or a dry spell travels downstream, usually over a day or more on a big river. Autumn is often a low point for rivers after the summer, until steady rain returns.

Very lowLowNormalHighVery highFloodingNo reference yet

6 gauges

River Taw: water levels along the river
Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Updated
BarnstapleTidal gauge, River Taw	1.10 m	No reference yet	−0.08 m	33 min ago
UmberleighRiver gauge, River Taw	0.29 m	Low	−0.06 m	33 min ago
Newnham BridgeRiver gauge, River Taw	0.20 m	Very low	±0	33 min ago
Taw BridgeRiver gauge, River Taw	0.12 m	Very low	+0.01 m	33 min ago
SticklepathRiver gauge, River Taw	0.17 m	Normal	−0.02 m	33 min ago
Sticklepath GSRiver gauge, River Taw	0.08 m	Normal	−0.01 m	2 hours ago

Gauges are listed from upstream to downstream where the agency publishes river kilometres.

About the River Taw

The River Taw in England rises at Taw Head, a spring on the central northern flanks of Dartmoor, crosses North Devon and at the town of Barnstaple, formerly a significant port, empties into Barnstaple Bay in the Bristol Channel, having formed a large estuary of wide meanders which at its western end is the estuary of the River Torridge.