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Wellow

Wellow Brook
Bristol Avon Little Avon Axe and North Somerset St catchment • Wellow • Bath and North East Somerset • ID: 53121 • Level
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Current Level
0.301 mASD
▲ Rising slightly
24h Max
0.368 mASD
24h Min
0.283 mASD
Typical Range
0.34 - 1.11
mASD
Highest Recorded
2.52 mASD
EA official record
2.28 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 12% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Rising · +2 cm over 6h
08 Oct 20:00 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.301 mASD
08 Oct 19:30 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.303 mASD
08 Oct 19:00 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.305 mASD
08 Oct 18:30 ▬ steady 0.307 mASD
08 Oct 18:15 ▬ steady 0.307 mASD
08 Oct 18:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.307 mASD
08 Oct 17:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.308 mASD
08 Oct 17:30 ▬ steady 0.309 mASD
08 Oct 17:15 ▬ steady 0.309 mASD
08 Oct 17:00 ▬ steady 0.309 mASD
08 Oct 16:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.309 mASD
08 Oct 16:30 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.308 mASD
08 Oct 16:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.306 mASD
08 Oct 15:45 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.305 mASD
08 Oct 15:30 ▲ +0.7 cm 0.303 mASD
08 Oct 15:00 ▲ +0.6 cm 0.296 mASD
08 Oct 14:30 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.290 mASD
08 Oct 14:15 ▲ +0.3 cm 0.288 mASD
08 Oct 14:00 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.285 mASD
08 Oct 13:45 0.283 mASD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Wellow
  • Watercourse: Wellow Brook
  • Nearest Town: Wellow
  • County: Bath and North East Somerset
  • Coordinates: 51°19'14"N 2°22'26"W (51.320458, -2.373786)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Jan 1966
  • Status: Active (River flow is no longer recorded at this site.)
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 53121
  • RLOI id: 3048 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 53121-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 2 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Bristol Avon Little Avon Axe and North Somerset St
  • Typical Range: 0.340 – 1.113 mASD
  • Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 14 Jan (267 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional) via EA Hydrology
  • EA Cross-check: 0.30 mASD (EA at 8 Oct 19:30)

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

Nearby Stations

Gauges connected to this river, and others nearby. A distance “by river” follows the river on the map; any other is in a straight line.

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Connected downstream

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Distances by river: OS Open Rivers. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

Storm overflows whose water reaches this gauge on the mapped river network, nearest first by distance along the river. The status is each water company's monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, not how much or what it contains.

17 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 3.8 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 15 report not discharging, and for 2 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.

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Wessex Water · into A Tributary Of Wellow Brook · 3.8 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Monitor offline: it cannot say whether it is discharging
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Wessex Water · into Wellow Brook · 4.5 km upstream along the river
41 spills · 342 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Wessex Water · into Wellow Brook · 7.1 km upstream along the river
49 spills · 407 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Wessex Water · into Wellow Brook · 7.2 km upstream along the river
14 spills · 45 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Wessex Water · into Wellow Brook · 7.2 km upstream along the river
13 spills · 38 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Wessex Water · into The Wellow Brook · 7.6 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Wessex Water · into Wellow Brook · 7.6 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now
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Wessex Water · into Wellow Brook · 7.6 km upstream along the river
10 spills · 16 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

9 more further upstream, up to 13.8 km away along the river.

Nearby, connection not known

Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.

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Wessex Water · into A Trib Of The Wellow Brook · 2.7 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now
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Wessex Water · into Trib Of Midford Brook (S) · 2.8 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
18 spills · 78 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow
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Wessex Water · into Trib Of Midford Brook (S) · 3.3 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
7 spills · 44 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Wessex Water · into Unnamed Ditch(S) · 4.6 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
27 spills · 7 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

14 other overflows within 6 km are downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so they are not listed.

These are the water companies' monitor statuses; a spill does not by itself explain a change in the gauge level. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels. Explore the sewage map →

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Rainfall & Weather

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How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 1.11 m on about 35 days. This year so far: 33 days.

2026 33 days, 2 of them high · 2 high so far
2025 20 days, 4 of them high · 4 high patchy data
2024 50 days, 10 of them high · 10 high
2023 59 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
2022 19 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
2021 21 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
2020 45 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
2019 37 days
2018 32 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2017 13 days, 1 of them high · 1 high

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out, so a year marked patchy may have run high more often than shown. The darker part is days above 1.68 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 7 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.5 km away).

13flood warnings 70flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 27 Jan 2025 — Somerset Frome from Frome to Freshford

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 1
2025 1 3
2024 7 11
2023 0 2
2020 1 2
2019 0 5
2016 1 6
2015 0 1
2014 0 5
2013 1 6
2012 2 13
2011 0 4
2009 0 1
2008 0 9
2007 0 1

Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record. See also the Wellow flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 7 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Wellow Brook at Wellow flooding today?

The current level is 0.30m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Wellow?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently rising slightly. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.

What is a normal level for the Wellow Brook at Wellow?

The typical range at this station is 0.34m to 1.11m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.11m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.

How often is this river level data updated?

Readings are supplied by the Environment Agency gauge. FloodRadar checks for updates roughly every 15 minutes; the timestamp above shows how recent the latest available reading is.

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