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Merrywalks water level

River gauge, Slad Brook, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

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Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.16m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.5 1.0 Highest onrecord 1.34 m Lowest on record 0.16 m

History

0.160.180.20mOct 11Oct 13Oct 14Oct 16Oct 18Bottom of normal range0.160.180.20mOct 11Oct 14Oct 18Bottom of normal range
0.160.180.20mSep 18Sep 25Oct 3Oct 10Oct 18Bottom of normal range0.160.180.20mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18Bottom of normal range
Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Slad Brook at Merrywalks is running at a record low at 0.16 m.

No reading on record has been lower: the old record low was 0.16 m, from November 28, 2010. The usual range here runs from 0.21 m to 0.35 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.15 m and 0.19 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range
0.21 m – 0.35 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.15 m – 0.19 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.15 m – 0.17 m
Highest on record
1.34 mJune 12, 2023
Lowest on record
0.16 mNovember 28, 2010
Lowest on record
0.00 m below the lowest level on record

Fishing and paddling

At low levels, many rivers become a walk-and-paddle trip. Fish hold in deeper pools and spook easily.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

About Slad Brook

Slad Brook

Slad Brook is a small river in Gloucestershire, England. It rises in woodland to the north of Down Hill, and to the south of the village of Sheepscombe. It heads in a southerly and south-westerly direction through open countryside until it reaches the north-easterly edge of Stroud. It is then culverted beneath the town. Formerly it was a tributary of the River Frome, but was diverted into the Thames and Severn Canal as part of flood defence works shortly after the canal was abandoned in 1954.

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 4° 0.6 mm, 31% Wind 21 km/h
19 Mon 14° 7° 6.3 mm, 92% Wind 19 km/h
20 Tue 11° 5° 4.5 mm, 76% Wind 8 km/h
21 Wed 13° 5° 4.8 mm, 65% Wind 29 km/h
22 Thu 13° 5° 3.0 mm, 67% Wind 18 km/h
23 Fri 9° 4° 20 mm, 82% Wind 30 km/h
24 Sat 10° 4° 0.9 mm, 58% Wind 28 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 06:11 PM Daylight 10 hr, 32 min First quarter 48%

Map

Other gauges on Slad Brook

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Slad RoadRiver gauge, Slad Brook 0.00 m Lowest on record ±0 0.3 km
Slad Steanbridge LaneRiver gauge, Slad Brook 0.12 m Lowest on record ±0 3.5 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Ebley MillRiver gauge, River Frome (Severn) 0.12 m Low −0.03 m 2.1 km
BrimscombeRiver gauge, River Frome (Severn) 0.64 m Normal −0.01 m 2.8 km
Egypt MillRiver gauge, Nailsworth Stream 0.37 m Normal ±0 5.5 km
ChalfordRiver gauge, River Frome (Severn) 0.04 m Low ±0 6.5 km
EastingtonRiver gauge, River Frome (Severn) 0.20 m Lowest on record ±0 7.2 km
Field Court DriveRiver gauge, Dimore Brook 0.04 m Normal −0.01 m 9.3 km
Bondend RoadRiver gauge, River Twyver 0.28 m Normal ±0 9.9 km
CambridgeRiver gauge, River Cam 0.08 m Very low ±0 10 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 0.16 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Merrywalks today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 09:00 BST, the water level was 0.16 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Merrywalks rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Merrywalks normal?

Lower than ever recorded here. Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Merrywalks?

The highest level on record is 1.34 m on June 12, 2023. The lowest is 0.16 m on November 28, 2010.

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:2206 (Agency page)
Coordinates
51.74692, -2.21795 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.16 m 2026-10-18 08:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Merrywalks (ea:2206). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/gloucestershire/merrywalks

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