Lavington Avenue Debris Screen water level

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

River gauge, Chorlton Brook, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

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Water level

0.27m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST (37 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal range

What this means

Chorlton Brook at Lavington Avenue Debris Screen reads 0.27 m as of 20 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It has risen 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.09 m and 0.34 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.02 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: 0.09 m – 0.34 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.09 m – 0.26 m
Highest on record: 3.99 mDecember 24, 2010

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.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 8.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 4° 0.2 mm Wind 14 km/h

19 Mon 14° 8° 1.1 mm, 63% Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 12° 9° 8.9 mm, 69% Wind 8 km/h

21 Wed 11° 7° 1.0 mm, 63% Wind 15 km/h

22 Thu 12° 6° 3.9 mm, 45% Wind 15 km/h

23 Fri 9° 6° – Wind 19 km/h

24 Sat 11° 6° 2.3 mm, 89% Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:45 AM Sunset 06:04 PM Daylight 10 hr, 19 min First quarter 68%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BrinkswayRiver gauge, River Mersey	0.57 m	Normal	−0.01 m	1.9 km
Didsbury RiverRiver gauge, River Mersey	2.76 m	Very low	+0.04 m	2.8 km
NorthendenRiver gauge, River Mersey	0.31 m	Low	+0.02 m	4.2 km
PortwoodRiver gauge, River Tame	0.13 m	Low	−0.02 m	4.8 km
StanneylandsRiver gauge, Dean	0.16 m	Low	+0.02 m	6.2 km
Northern MoorRiver gauge, Baguley Brook	0.21 m	Normal	+0.01 m	6.8 km
PoyntonRiver gauge, Poynton Brook	0.22 m	High	±0	7.4 km
WilmslowRiver gauge, River Bollin	0.20 m	Low	−0.02 m	7.5 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 0.27 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Lavington Avenue Debris Screen today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST, the water level was 0.27 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Lavington Avenue Debris Screen rising or falling?

Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Lavington Avenue 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 Lavington Avenue Debris Screen?

The highest level on record is 3.99 m on December 24, 2010.

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:692675 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.39464, -2.19438 (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	0.27 m	2026-10-20 11:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Lavington Avenue Debris Screen (ea:692675). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/greater-manchester/lavington-avenue-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