Cringle Brook Debris Screen water level

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

River gauge, Cringle Brook, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

0.02m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 11:30 BST (45 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal range

What this means

The latest river level reported for Cringle Brook Debris Screen is 0.02 m. 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. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.01 m and 0.20 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to 0.00 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: 0.01 m – 0.20 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.01 m – 0.10 m
Highest on record: 2.03 mSeptember 13, 2016

On the river at Cringle Brook Debris Screen

There is no published typical range for this gauge yet, so anglers and canoeists are best guided by the trend.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 5° 0.1 mm Wind 15 km/h

19 Mon 14° 8° 0.6 mm, 63% Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 12° 9° 9.1 mm, 69% Wind 6 km/h

21 Wed 11° 8° 0.8 mm, 63% Wind 14 km/h

22 Thu 12° 6° 3.9 mm, 45% Wind 14 km/h

23 Fri 9° 7° – Wind 19 km/h

24 Sat 11° 6° 1.5 mm, 89% Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:43 AM Sunset 06:06 PM Daylight 10 hr, 23 min First quarter 58%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
London RoadRiver gauge, River Medlock	0.08 m	Low	−0.01 m	4.1 km
NorthendenRiver gauge, River Mersey	0.29 m	Very low	±0	4.1 km
Didsbury RiverRiver gauge, River Mersey	2.70 m	Very low	±0	4.3 km
BrinkswayRiver gauge, River Mersey	0.54 m	Normal	+0.02 m	4.4 km
Gurney StreetRiver gauge, River Medlock	0.28 m	Normal	+0.06 m	4.7 km
PortwoodRiver gauge, River Tame	0.14 m	Normal	+0.02 m	5.2 km
Adelphi WeirRiver gauge, River Irwell	0.23 m	Normal	−0.02 m	6.2 km
Collyhurst WeirRiver gauge, River Irk	0.17 m	Normal	+0.04 m	6.2 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 0.02 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Cringle Brook Debris Screen today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 11:30 BST, the water level was 0.02 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Cringle Brook Debris Screen rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Cringle Brook Debris Screen 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 Cringle Brook Debris Screen?

The highest level on record is 2.03 m on September 13, 2016.

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:692830 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.43843, -2.21583 (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	0.02 m	2026-10-19 10:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Cringle Brook Debris Screen (ea:692830). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/greater-manchester/cringle-brook-debris-screen

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