Bitton water level
River gauge, River Boyd, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Right now
Low for mid-October
Water level
History
20252026
What this means
At 0.12 m, the River Boyd at Bitton is below normal for mid-October.
The median for mid-October is 0.16 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.04 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.13 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 0.12 m and 0.13 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
- 0.16 m0.04 m below the median for this date
- Normal for this date
- 0.10 m – 0.33 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
- Normal range
- 0.11 m – 0.40 m
- Same day last year
- 0.13 m−0.01 m
- Lowest and highest in 30 days
- 0.12 m – 0.13 m
- Lowest and highest in 12 months
- 0.11 m – 0.81 m
- Highest on record
- 1.50 mNovember 21, 2012
- Lowest on record
- 0.04 mJuly 23, 2003
On the river at Bitton
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 Boyd
The River Boyd is a river of some 7 miles (11 km) in length which rises near Dodington in South Gloucestershire, England. It is a tributary of the Bristol Avon, running in a southerly direction and joining near Bitton. The flow rate at Bitton is an average 19.8 cubic feet per second (0.56 m3/s). It was immortalised in the 1613 poem by John Dennys of Pucklechurch The Secrets of Angling, the earliest English poetical tract on fishing: And thou sweet Boyd that with thy watry sway Dost wash the cliffes of Deington and of Weeke And through their Rockes with crooked winding way Thy mother Avon runnest soft to seeke In whose fayre streames the speckled Trout doth play The Roche the Dace the Gudgin and the Bleeke Teach me the skill with slender Line and Hooke To take each Fish of River Pond and Brooke.
Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
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.
Forecast: Open-Meteo
Map
Other gauges on the River Boyd
| Gauge | Level | Compared with normal | 24 hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WickRiver gauge, River Boyd | 0.11 m | Normal | ±0 | 3.6 km |
Nearby gauges
| Gauge | Level | Compared with normal | 24 hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keynsham, RivermeadRiver gauge, River Avon | 4.70 m | Low | ±0 | 2.1 km |
| SaltfordRiver gauge, River Avon | 0.52 m | Normal | ±0 | 3.2 km |
| Compton DandoRiver gauge, River Chew | 0.45 m | Very low | −0.01 m | 6.1 km |
| BrislingtonRiver gauge, Brislington Brook | 0.04 m | Very low | ±0 | 6.5 km |
| Bath Twerton Gate RadialRiver gauge | 15.44 m | Very low | ±0 | 6.6 km |
| Netham WeirRiver gauge, River Avon | 0.26 m | Normal | +0.01 m | 7.1 km |
| Bristol Netham LockRiver gauge, River Avon | 6.11 m | Normal | +0.01 m | 7.1 km |
| Bath Destructor BridgeRiver gauge, River Avon | 3.42 m | Normal | ±0 | 7.5 km |
Questions and answers
Is the River Boyd at Bitton higher than last year?
No, it is 0.01 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.13 m.
What is a normal level for the River Boyd at Bitton in mid-October?
The median for mid-October is 0.16 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.10 m and 0.33 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 0.12 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.
What is the water level of Bitton today?
On 17 Oct 2026, 19:00 BST, the water level was 0.12 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.
Is Bitton rising or falling?
Steady over the last 24 hours.
Is the level of Bitton 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 Bitton?
The highest level on record is 1.50 m on November 21, 2012. The lowest is 0.04 m on July 23, 2003.
For specialists
Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
- Operator
- Environment Agency
- Station code
ea:53131(Agency page)- Coordinates
51.42697, -2.45970(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 | 0.12 m | 2026-10-17 18:00 | Provisional |
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How to cite
Environment Agency: Bitton (ea:53131). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/gloucestershire/bitton
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