Kendal Buttery Well Road water level

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

River gauge, Blind Beck, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.08m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 23:45 BST (29 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The gauge at Kendal Buttery Well Road reads 0.08 m, a normal level.

The usual range here runs from 0.05 m to 0.80 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.03 m and 0.21 m.

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

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.05 m – 0.80 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.03 m – 0.21 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.07 m – 0.19 m
Highest on record: 0.42 mJanuary 21, 2024
Lowest on record: 0.01 mAugust 23, 2022

On the river at Kendal Buttery Well Road

A level in the typical range is usually good news for both anglers and canoeists, but conditions can change quickly after rain in the hills.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 13° 10° 12 mm, 100% Wind 9 km/h

21 Wed 12° 8° 3.0 mm, 88% Wind 23 km/h

22 Thu 9° 2° 3.9 mm, 39% Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 11° 7° 9.1 mm, 75% Wind 25 km/h

24 Sat 10° 7° 4.9 mm, 96% Wind 19 km/h

25 Sun 14° 8° 9.1 mm, 92% Wind 32 km/h

26 Mon 14° 8° 22 mm, 75% Wind 21 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:49 AM Sunset 06:04 PM Daylight 10 hr, 15 min Waxing gibbous 72%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Victoria BridgeRiver gauge, River Kent	1.31 m	Normal	±0	0.9 km
Stock Beck, Jewsons YardRiver gauge, Stock Beck	0.26 m	Low	±0	1.2 km
Calder Drive, KendalRiver gauge, Stock Beck	0.19 m	Low	±0	1.4 km
Whitbarrow CloseRiver gauge, Stock Beck	0.01 m	Very low	±0	1.9 km
Mint BridgeRiver gauge, River Mint	0.38 m	Normal	±0	2.5 km
Sprint Mill, KendalRiver gauge, River Sprint	0.26 m	Normal	+0.01 m	3.9 km
BowstonRiver gauge, River Kent	0.26 m	Normal	+0.01 m	4.6 km
SedgwickRiver gauge, River Kent	0.43 m	Normal	+0.01 m	4.8 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for Blind Beck at Kendal Buttery Well Road?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.05 m to 0.80 m for this gauge.

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 0.08 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Kendal Buttery Well Road today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 23:45 BST, the water level was 0.08 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Kendal Buttery Well Road rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.10 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Kendal Buttery Well Road normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Kendal Buttery Well Road?

The highest level on record is 0.42 m on January 21, 2024. The lowest is 0.01 m on August 23, 2022.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:730525 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.32299, -2.74885 (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	0.08 m	2026-10-20 22:45	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Kendal Buttery Well Road (ea:730525). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cumbria/kendal-buttery-well-road

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer