Duddon Hall water level

Name: Duddon Hall water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, River Duddon, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.42m Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 02:00 BST (35 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

20252026

Water level Normal range (10–90 %) Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Duddon Hall, where the gauge shows 0.42 m.

That puts it 0.01 m below the median of 0.43 m for mid-October, based on 21 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 0.22 m (+0.20 m).

It is still going down, by 0.06 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.28 m – 1.52 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.43 m0.01 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.21 m – 0.72 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range: 0.11 m – 1.45 m
Same day last year: 0.22 m+0.20 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.28 m – 1.52 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.11 m – 1.33 m
Highest on record: 2.61 mNovember 19, 2009
Lowest on record: 0.05 mAugust 30, 1976

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

About the River Duddon

The Duddon is a river of north-west England. It rises at a point 1,289 feet (393 m) above sea level near the Three Shire Stone at the highest point of Wrynose Pass. The river descends to the sea over a course of about 15 miles (24 km) before entering the Irish Sea at the Duddon Sands. In total, from source to the westernmost part of Duddon Sands, its length is 43 kilometres (27 mi). For its entire length the Duddon forms the boundary between the historic counties of Lancashire and Cumberland and since local government re-organisation in 1974 the Duddon has been in the ceremonial county of Cumbria.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 18 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 5° – Wind 11 km/h

19 Mon 14° 6° – Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 11° 3° 11 mm, 73% Wind 8 km/h

21 Wed 10° 5° 3.6 mm, 71% Wind 25 km/h

22 Thu 11° 4° 9.0 mm, 73% Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 8° 4° – Wind 25 km/h

24 Sat 10° 7° 5.9 mm, 89% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:47 AM Sunset 06:11 PM Daylight 10 hr, 23 min First quarter 45%

Map

Other gauges on the River Duddon

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
UlphaRiver gauge, River Duddon	0.54 m	Normal	−0.06 m	5.3 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Brown HoweRiver gauge, Coniston Water	1.11 m	High	−0.06 m	9.6 km
Low NibthwaiteRiver gauge, River Crake	0.57 m	Normal	−0.04 m	10.0 km
Cropple HowRiver gauge, River Esk	0.54 m	Normal	−0.05 m	10 km
Coniston Church BridgeRiver gauge, Church Beck	0.76 m	Normal	−0.04 m	13 km
Town Beck Debris ScreenRiver gauge, Town Beck	0.05 m	Normal	±0	14 km
AllotmentsRiver gauge, Town Beck	0.15 m	Normal	−0.02 m	15 km
Fitz BridgeRiver gauge, Dragley Beck	0.17 m	Normal	−0.02 m	15 km
GalesykeRiver gauge, River Irt	0.60 m	Normal	−0.08 m	15 km

Questions and answers

How does the River Duddon at Duddon Hall compare with last year?

It is 0.20 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.22 m.

What is a normal level for the River Duddon at Duddon Hall in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.43 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.21 m and 0.72 m, based on 21 years of records.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.42 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Duddon Hall today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 02:00 BST, the water level was 0.42 m. Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Duddon Hall rising or falling?

Down 0.06 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.29 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Duddon Hall normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Duddon Hall?

The highest level on record is 2.61 m on November 19, 2009. The lowest is 0.05 m on August 30, 1976.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:740102 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.29537, -3.23742 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Environment Agency data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.42 m	2026-10-18 01:00	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Duddon Hall (ea:740102). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cumbria/duddon-hall

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