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Bridge Street Shaw water level

River gauge, River Beal, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

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Water level

0.21m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.5 1.0 1.5 Highest onrecord 1.38 m

History

0.180.200.220.24mOct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 18Oct 200.180.200.220.24mOct 13Oct 17Oct 20
0.20.30.4mSep 20Sep 28Oct 5Oct 12Oct 200.20.30.4mSep 20Oct 5Oct 20
Water level Top of normal range

What this means

The River Beal at Bridge Street Shaw reads 0.21 m as of 20 Oct 2026, 13:15 BST. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.17 m and 0.38 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.01 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.17 m – 0.38 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.17 m – 0.31 m
Highest on record
1.38 mJanuary 1, 2025

Fishing and paddling

Watch the direction of travel. A rising river after rain behaves very differently from one that is dropping and clearing.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Beal

River Beal

The Beal is a small river in Greater Manchester, England, and is a tributary of the River Roch. It rises in the Beal Valley in green space between Sholver and Royton, before continuing northwards through Shaw and Crompton, Newhey, Milnrow and Belfield.

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.0 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 11° 3° – Wind 17 km/h
19 Mon 13° 7° 4.3 mm, 92% Wind 30 km/h
20 Tue 11° 6° 10 mm, 72% Wind 13 km/h
21 Wed 10° 6° 0.7 mm, 73% Wind 26 km/h
22 Thu 10° 4° 2.7 mm, 48% Wind 22 km/h
23 Fri 6° 5° – Wind 25 km/h
24 Sat 9° 4° 2.9 mm, 80% Wind 32 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:45 AM Sunset 06:03 PM Daylight 10 hr, 18 min First quarter 68%

Map

Other gauges on the River Beal

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Beal BridgeRiver gauge, River Beal 0.20 m Normal −0.03 m 1.5 km
Station RoadRiver gauge, River Beal 0.26 m Normal −0.01 m 2.9 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
DelphRiver gauge, River Tame 0.15 m Normal −0.01 m 4.9 km
Albert Royds BridgeRiver gauge, River Roch 0.36 m Normal −0.02 m 5.6 km
RochdaleRiver gauge, River Roch 0.17 m Normal −0.02 m 6.5 km
LittleboroughRiver gauge, River Roch 0.16 m Normal −0.01 m 6.6 km
UppermillRiver gauge, River Tame 0.08 m Normal −0.05 m 7.1 km
Waggon RoadRiver gauge, River Tame 0.52 m Normal −0.09 m 8.6 km
MarsdenRiver gauge, River Colne 0.27 m Normal −0.02 m 11 km
WalsdenRiver gauge, Walsden Water 0.05 m Low ±0 12 km

Questions and answers

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

What is the water level of Bridge Street Shaw today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 13:15 BST, the water level was 0.21 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Bridge Street Shaw rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.01 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Bridge Street Shaw normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Bridge Street Shaw?

The highest level on record is 1.38 m on January 1, 2025.

How often is this data updated?

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

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from the Environment Agency, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:690185 (Agency page)
Coordinates
53.58604, -2.08896 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.21 m 2026-10-20 12:15 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Bridge Street Shaw (ea:690185). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/greater-manchester/bridge-street-shaw

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

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