Bourton Windrush water level
River gauge, River Windrush, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Right now
Low for mid-October
Water level
History
20252026
What this means
At 0.09 m, the River Windrush at Bourton Windrush is below normal for mid-October.
The median for mid-October is 0.10 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.01 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.10 m, a difference of −0.01 m.
It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.09 m and 0.11 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
- 0.10 m0.01 m below the median for this date
- Normal for this date
- 0.08 m – 0.16 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
- Normal range
- 0.08 m – 0.24 m
- Same day last year
- 0.10 m−0.01 m
- Lowest and highest in 30 days
- 0.09 m – 0.11 m
- Lowest and highest in 12 months
- 0.09 m – 0.35 m
- Highest on record
- 0.60 mJuly 20, 2007
- Lowest on record
- 0.06 mNovember 11, 2011
On the river at Bourton Windrush
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 Windrush
The River Windrush is a tributary of the River Thames in central England. It rises near Snowshill in Gloucestershire and flows south east for 65 km (40 mi) via Burford and Witney to meet the Thames at Newbridge in Oxfordshire.
Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
Weather at the gauge
Rain in the last 3 days: 1.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.
Forecast: Open-Meteo
Map
Other gauges on the River Windrush
| Gauge | Level | Compared with normal | 24 hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WorshamRiver gauge, River Windrush | 0.27 m | Very low | ±0 | 17 km |
| WitneyRiver gauge, River Windrush | 0.50 m | Low | ±0 | 22 km |
| Newbridge GSRiver gauge, River Windrush | 3.48 m | Low | ±0 | 31 km |
Nearby gauges
| Gauge | Level | Compared with normal | 24 hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourton DicklerRiver gauge, River Dikler | 0.07 m | Low | ±0 | 2.3 km |
| Evenlode BridgeRiver gauge, River Evenlode | 0.40 m | Low | ±0 | 9.4 km |
| ShiptonRiver gauge, River Evenlode | 0.60 m | Normal | ±0 | 12 km |
| MoretonRiver gauge, River Evenlode | 0.11 m | Normal | ±0 | 12 km |
| Fosse BridgeRiver gauge, River Coln | 0.03 m | Low | ±0 | 13 km |
| BiburyRiver gauge, River Coln | 0.05 m | Very low | ±0 | 15 km |
| ToddingtonRiver gauge, River Isbourne | 0.32 m | Normal | ±0 | 18 km |
| Broadway Flood Storage AreaRiver gauge, Badsey Brook | 0.78 m | Normal | ±0 | 18 km |
Questions and answers
Is the River Windrush at Bourton Windrush higher than last year?
No, it is 0.01 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.10 m.
What is a normal level for the River Windrush at Bourton Windrush in mid-October?
The median for mid-October is 0.10 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.08 m and 0.16 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 0.09 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.
What is the water level of Bourton Windrush today?
On 18 Oct 2026, 10:30 BST, the water level was 0.09 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.
Is Bourton Windrush rising or falling?
Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.
Is the level of Bourton Windrush normal?
Low for mid-October. Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year.
What is the highest water level ever recorded at Bourton Windrush?
The highest level on record is 0.60 m on July 20, 2007. The lowest is 0.06 m on November 11, 2011.
For specialists
Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
- Operator
- Environment Agency
- Station code
ea:1020TH(Agency page)- Coordinates
51.88669, -1.76791(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 | 0.09 m | 2026-10-18 09:30 | Provisional |
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How to cite
Environment Agency: Bourton Windrush (ea:1020TH). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/gloucestershire/bourton-windrush
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