Chestnut Road water level

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

River gauge, Worsley Brook, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.07m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 06:45 BST (36 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.07 m, Worsley Brook at Chestnut Road is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.07 m to 1.64 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.05 m and 0.75 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: 0.07 m – 1.64 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.05 m – 0.75 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.05 m – 0.45 m
Highest on record: 2.14 mJanuary 1, 2025
Lowest on record: 0.06 mJanuary 27, 2011

On the river at Chestnut Road

Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 6° – Wind 13 km/h

19 Mon 14° 8° 1.4 mm, 38% Wind 21 km/h

20 Tue 12° 9° 9.4 mm, 71% Wind 7 km/h

21 Wed 11° 7° 1.7 mm, 69% Wind 19 km/h

22 Thu 12° 5° 3.9 mm, 49% Wind 15 km/h

23 Fri 8° 6° – Wind 22 km/h

24 Sat 11° 6° 3.2 mm, 89% Wind 28 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:44 AM Sunset 06:06 PM Daylight 10 hr, 22 min First quarter 56%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Size Bridge, TyldesleyRiver gauge, Ellenor Brook	0.08 m	Low	±0	5.2 km
KearsleyRiver gauge, River Irwell	0.78 m	Normal	−0.03 m	5.8 km
Littleton Road RiverRiver gauge, River Irwell	0.80 m	Low	−0.02 m	5.9 km
Flixton BridgeRiver gauge, River Mersey	0.32 m	Low	−0.04 m	6.1 km
Ashton WeirRiver gauge, River Mersey	0.39 m	Normal	−0.01 m	6.5 km
Manchester RacecourseRiver gauge, River Irwell	0.90 m	Normal	−0.03 m	6.9 km
FarnworthRiver gauge, River Croal	0.09 m	Low	−0.01 m	7.1 km
Adelphi WeirRiver gauge, River Irwell	0.24 m	Normal	−0.02 m	7.3 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for Worsley Brook at Chestnut Road?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.07 m to 1.64 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 0.07 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Chestnut Road today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 06:45 BST, the water level was 0.07 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Chestnut Road rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Chestnut Road normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Chestnut Road?

The highest level on record is 2.14 m on January 1, 2025. The lowest is 0.06 m on January 27, 2011.

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:690350 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.49407, -2.37556 (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	0.07 m	2026-10-19 05:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Chestnut Road (ea:690350). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/greater-manchester/chestnut-road

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