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Fosse Bridge

Coln
Cotswolds catchment • Fossebridge • Gloucestershire • ID: 0630TH • Level
(55m ago) • 1 reading/hr • 135 views

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Current Level
0.027 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.028 mASD
24h Min
0.026 mASD
Typical Range
0.02 - 0.28
mASD
Highest Recorded
0.42 mASD
EA official record
0.43 in our data (since Oct 1990)
Current level is 6% of this
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Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Steady over 13h
08 Oct 13:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.027 mASD
08 Oct 12:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.026 mASD
08 Oct 11:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.027 mASD
08 Oct 10:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.026 mASD
08 Oct 09:00 ▬ steady 0.027 mASD
08 Oct 08:00 ▬ steady 0.027 mASD
08 Oct 07:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.027 mASD
08 Oct 06:00 ▬ steady 0.028 mASD
08 Oct 05:00 ▬ steady 0.028 mASD
08 Oct 04:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.028 mASD
08 Oct 03:00 ▬ steady 0.027 mASD
08 Oct 02:00 ▬ steady 0.027 mASD
08 Oct 01:45 ▬ steady 0.027 mASD
08 Oct 01:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.027 mASD
08 Oct 01:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.028 mASD
08 Oct 01:00 ▬ steady 0.027 mASD
08 Oct 00:45 ▬ steady 0.027 mASD
08 Oct 00:30 ▬ steady 0.027 mASD
08 Oct 00:15 ▬ steady 0.027 mASD
08 Oct 00:00 0.027 mASD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Fosse Bridge
  • Watercourse: River Coln
  • Nearest Town: Fossebridge
  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Coordinates: 51°47'59"N 1°53'7"W (51.799654, -1.885239)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Jan 1990
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 0630TH
  • RLOI id: 7025 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 0630TH-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 1 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Cotswolds
  • Typical Range: 0.017 – 0.280 mASD
  • Drainage Area: 82 km² upstream of this gauge
  • Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 6 Oct (2 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional) via EA Hydrology
  • EA Cross-check: 0.03 mASD (EA at 8 Oct 13:00)
  • Flow Archive: National River Flow Archive ↗

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

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1 other overflow within 6 km is downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so it is 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 →

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Rainfall & Weather

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How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.28 m on about 20 days. This year so far: 48 days.

2026 48 days, 21 of them high · 21 high so far
2025 7 days
2024 62 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
2023 25 days
2022 0 days
2021 54 days, 14 of them high · 14 high
2020 36 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
2019 0 days
2018 0 days
2017 0 days

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out. The darker part is days above 0.33 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 1 flood area linked to this gauge (nearest 6.3 km away).

16flood warnings 0flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 3 Mar 2026 — River Coln from Fossebridge to Quennington

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 12 0
2021 1 0
2020 1 0
2014 1 0
2012 1 0

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 Fossebridge flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. This is the area linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Catchment Character

🌊 Groundwater-fed Slow and steady — fed largely by groundwater, so levels change gradually, not in sudden spikes.

Your catchment is all the land that drains rainfall into the river above this gauge. Its character — how steep, wet, wooded, urban or chalky that land is — decides how fast rain here turns into a rising river. A steep, bare or clay catchment is “flashy” (rises and falls quickly, floods easily); a flat, chalk or well-wooded one is slow and steady. The tiles below put numbers to that; the flow-duration curve reads left-to-right from the river’s typical high flows (Q5) down to its low flows (Q95) — a steep curve means a flashy river.

The physical character of the land that drains to this gauge, and how it shapes its flood response — from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).

Baseflow Index
0.87
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
938 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +15% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.6%
largely rural
Highest Daily Mean Flow
4.72 m³/s
15 Feb 2014 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 0.5971.980.3370.0425% (high)% of days exceeded95% (low)
Daily flow (m³/s) exceeded each % of the time — a steep curve is flashy, a flat one is steady. Q5 high · Q50 median · Q95 low.
Land Cover (2023)
Woodland 16%Grassland 46%Arable 36%Urban 2%
Arable 46% → 36% since 1990

Flow affected by: groundwater abstraction.

About this gauge

Gauging station, located in the upper River Coln, situated above structures at Bibury (39020) and Fairford (39110).

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The catchment

A rural, dip-slope, catchment developed on the Oolitic L'st of the Cotswolds.

The station

Crump-profile crest, 7.8m wide (constructed on original overfall).

How it measures flow

Modular until high flows but submerged in floods as flow is restricted by a d/s culvert and construction under a d/s bridge. Some bypassing also occurs. Intermittent flow in small bypass channel not measured.

Flow regime

Baseflow-dominated regime.

Descriptions from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH). NRFA station record ↗

Gauge Details

How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).

Gauge type
Crump weir
Operating since
1990
Station datum
116.7 mAOD
Flow record
1990–2024 · 34 yrs · 100% complete
Hydrometric area
39
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Coln at Fosse Bridge flooding today?

The current level is 0.03m, which is within the typical range of 0.02 to 0.28m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Fosse Bridge?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. 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 River Coln at Fosse Bridge?

The typical range at this station is 0.02m to 0.28m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.28m 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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