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Current Level
0.356 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.407 mASD
24h Min
0.355 mASD
Typical Range
0.42 - 0.77
mASD
Highest Recorded
1.40 mASD
EA official record
1.42 in our data (since Jun 1994)
Current level is 25% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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1 day
EA forecast (official)
Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. The shaded band is its 10–90% range, widened so that about 80% of recent outcomes fall inside it.
Under evaluation — not yet promoted, so treat as a second opinion.
River Flow
90 days
Daily mean discharge (m³/s) with the daily min–max band, from the EA Hydrology API. Flow is the volume of water passing the gauge — often a more direct flood signal than level.
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
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.
2 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 1.3 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 2 report not discharging.
Wessex Water · into Trib Of Rivr Sheppey(S) · 5.9 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
8 spills · 29 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
4 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 →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.77 m
on about 36 days.
This year so far: 27 days.
202627 days, 1 of them high · 1 highso far
202535 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
202466 days, 16 of them high · 16 high
202359 days, 9 of them high · 9 high
202213 days
202124 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
202053 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
201929 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
201828 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
201716 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 1.02 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2010 for the 1 flood
area linked to this gauge (nearest 3.0 km away).
15flood warnings0flood alerts
Most recent flood warning:
22 Jun 2026
— River Sheppey
Year by year
Year
Warnings
Alerts
2026
2
0
2025
1
0
2024
6
0
2016
1
0
2012
4
0
2010
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 Wookey 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.
🌊 Groundwater-fedSlow 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
0.69
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,035 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +11% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
3.6%
partly urbanised
Highest Daily Mean Flow
6.02 m³/s
18 Feb 2024 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
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.
Flume gauge on the River Axe installed to measure medium and low flows.
More detail
The catchment
Axe rises as underground river from cave at Wookey Hole. Geology includes measures of Old Red Sandstone, Carboniferous Limestone and Triassic conglomerates. Complex structure with numerous springs and swallows due to fissured limestones with impermeable beds. Catchment area probably underestimated: northern and western limits of topographic catchment approximate to the underground catchment but the eastern limit of the latter likely to lie considerably farther east than the former. Land use is rural.
The station
Also known as Henley, owned by Bristol water.
How it measures flow
Flume gauge installed to measure medium and low flows. Data from 50s/60s considered bad. Leaking sluice gate, 0.8-0.9m goes over the top of gate.
Flow regime
Abstraction and discharge u/s for mirror pool and paper mill.
The flow record
Data from 1956-1968. Reopened on 01/06/1994 at same site.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Flume
Operating since
1956
Station datum
30.5 mAOD
Flow record
1956–2024 · 68 yrs · 45% complete
Hydrometric area
52
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Axe at Wookey flooding today?
The current level is 0.36m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Wookey?
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 Axe at Wookey?
The typical range at this station is 0.42m to 0.77m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.77m 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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