Bristol Avon Little Avon Axe and North Somerset St catchment
• Easton Grey • Wiltshire • ID: 53135 • Level
(21m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 138 views
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Current Level
0.167 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.171 m
24h Min
0.166 m
Typical Range
0.15 - 0.55
m
Highest Recorded
1.27 m
EA official record
A 1.46 reading (14 Feb 2020) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 13% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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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 8 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.
4 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 5.7 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 4 report not discharging.
Wessex Water · into Luckington Brook · 11.7 km upstream along the river
94 spills · 1,904 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 →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.55 m
on about 26 days.
This year so far: 31 days.
202631 days, 3 of them high · 3 highso far
202530 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
202454 days, 11 of them high · 11 high
202360 days, 11 of them high · 11 high
20226 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
202114 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
202029 days, 8 of them high · 8 high
201922 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
201811 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
20176 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 0.72 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2020 for the 3 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.0 km away).
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 Easton Grey flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 3 areas 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
0.72
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
897 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +1% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.9%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
7.40 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
10.10 m³/s
25 Nov 2012 · 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.
Land Cover (2023)
Woodland 7%Grassland 41%Arable 49%Urban 3%
Grassland 51% → 41% since 1990
Flow affected by: groundwater abstraction.
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Flat V Crump profile weir installed in 1976. Artificial influences produced lowest flows on record.
More detail
The catchment
Geology: The catchment upstream is predominantly Oolitic limestone with Coal Measures. Land use is rural.
The station
Station is located 3km upstream of Malmsbury and was opened in 1976. Flat V Crump profile weir, crest 7m broad.
How it measures flow
Full range station. Fossebridge upstream used for gauging flows. Theoretical rating applied across period of record. Bypassing found at high flows, and will be modelled.
Flow regime
Runoff heavily influenced by groundwater abstraction/recharge. Artificial influences produced lowest flows on record in 11/1978. Flows augmented by ground water scheme with minor augmentation from effluent returns. Stream support upstream. Gate activity upstream may affect flows.
The flow record
Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2019 (WINFAP Files v8).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Sherston Avon at Fosseway flooding today?
The current level is 0.17m, which is within the typical range of 0.15 to 0.55m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Fosseway?
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 Sherston Avon at Fosseway?
The typical range at this station is 0.15m to 0.55m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.55m 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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