Environment Agency monitoring station
Bathford
River Avon · Batheaston · Bristol Avon Little Avon Axe and North Somerset St catchment
EA station reference
53129
Live measurement feed
Water level over the last seven days
Readings show measured change at this instrument. A station reading is not a flood warning and, without an official threshold, does not prove that the river is safe or dangerous.
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Station location
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About this station
- Monitors
- River Avon
- Catchment
- Bristol Avon Little Avon Axe and North Somerset St
- Nearest named place
- Batheaston
- EA opening date
- 1 January 1998
- Coordinates
- 51.40161, -2.31045
Nearby designated monitoring areas
Directory areas whose reference point is within approximately 10 km. Proximity does not mean this station controls that area or that a warning is active.
- Grosvenor Bridge Road, Forester Avenue, Henrietta Gardens, Pulteney Road, Ferry Lane, the bus station, Victoria Bridge Road and Brassmill Lane in the Locksbrook areaDesignated warning area · EA ref 112FWFAVN60C
- Upstream at Bathampton Bridge and Sports Fields to riverside properties at Twerton and Locksbrook. Including Pulteney Weir and nearby Sports Centre and Cricket GroundDesignated warning area · EA ref 112FWFAVN60A
- Dolmeads area including Broadway Street and Archway Street, Dorchester Street, Manvers Street, Kingsmead area including Avon Street, James Street West and East Twerton including Lower Bristol Road and Brassmill Lane trading estateDesignated warning area · EA ref 112FWFAVN60D
- Grosvenor and Kensington Meadows, St Johns Road, Henrietta Park, North Parade Road, the A36 and other riverside roads in KingsmeadDesignated warning area · EA ref 112FWFAVN60B
- Greenland Mills, Norden, Grist Court, Kingston Square, Bridge Yard, Lamb Yard, Bridge Street, Silver Street, Bull Pit, St Margarets Street, Church Street and Pound LaneDesignated warning area · EA ref 112FWFAVN55A
- Bristol Avon from Challymead Bridge to Bathford Bridge not including Bradford on Avon. Including Whaddon, Staverton, Avoncliff, Limpley Stoke and ClavertonDesignated warning area · EA ref 112FWFAVN50A
Nearby monitoring stations
Use nearby instruments for context, but do not compare absolute station-datum values as if they shared the same baseline.
Source and limits: station directory and readings from the Environment Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. API readings can be delayed or unavailable. For warnings and emergency advice, use the official GOV.UK flood service.