Helebridge water level

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

River gauge, River Neet, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.02m Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST (40 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.02 m, the River Neet at Helebridge is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.05 m to 0.45 m.

The level is falling, down 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between −0.25 m and 0.07 m.

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

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.05 m – 0.45 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: −0.25 m – 0.07 m
Highest on record: 1.28 mAugust 16, 2004
Lowest on record: −0.47 mMay 2, 2008

On the river at Helebridge

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 Neet

The River Strat is a river in the northernmost part of Cornwall in southwest England. The Strat flows for 12.7 miles (20.4 km) to the sea at Bude, having risen to the south of Kilkhampton. It flows initially in a generally southwesterly direction through Stratton to a meeting with its major tributary, the River Neet at Helebridge. The river then turns abruptly to the north-northwest, parallel to the coast which it meets at Bude Haven. The Neet rises to the east of Week St Mary and flows north and northwest to its confluence with the Strat. Other tributaries rise to the west of Week St Mary. The section downstream from the vicinity of Helebridge is accompanied by the now disused Bude Canal. The rivers are home to trout, lamprey and eels. The Strat is sometimes also referred to as the River Neet. Older forms of the name of Stratton include Straetneat, one of the meanings of which may be the 'valley of the Neat'.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 9.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 8° – Wind 13 km/h

18 Sun 13° 5° – Wind 12 km/h

19 Mon 12° 8° 3.0 mm, 37% Wind 21 km/h

20 Tue 13° 6° 0.9 mm, 37% Wind 16 km/h

21 Wed 11° 8° 9.1 mm, 71% Wind 53 km/h

22 Thu 13° 10° 6.2 mm, 67% Wind 30 km/h

23 Fri 13° 10° 17 mm, 82% Wind 41 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:45 AM Sunset 06:24 PM Daylight 10 hr, 39 min First quarter 40%

Map

Other gauges on the River Neet

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Woolstone MillRiver gauge, River Neet	0.13 m	Low	−0.02 m	2.4 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BushRiver gauge, River Strat	0.25 m	Normal	−0.02 m	4.6 km
Bridge RuleRiver gauge, River Tamar	0.44 m	Normal	−0.35 m	6.1 km
Tamarstone BridgeRiver gauge, River Tamar	0.39 m	Normal	−0.22 m	7.1 km
Crowford BridgeRiver gauge, River Tamar	0.28 m	Normal	−0.12 m	9.0 km
TrenguneRiver gauge, River Ottery	0.21 m	Low	+0.01 m	11 km
Canworthy Water BridgeRiver gauge, River Ottery	0.17 m	Very low	−0.02 m	12 km
BradworthyRiver gauge, River Waldon	0.33 m	Normal	−0.03 m	15 km
Boscastle New MillsRiver gauge, River Valency	0.83 m	Normal	±0	17 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Neet at Helebridge?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.05 m to 0.45 m for this gauge.

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

What is the water level of Helebridge today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST, the water level was 0.02 m. Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Helebridge rising or falling?

Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Helebridge normal?

Below the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Helebridge?

The highest level on record is 1.28 m on August 16, 2004. The lowest is −0.47 m on May 2, 2008.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:49111 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.80642, -4.53646 (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	0.02 m	2026-10-17 11:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Helebridge (ea:49111). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cornwall/helebridge

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