Leigh Pennington Mill Bridge water level

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

River gauge, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

0.34m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 10:45 BST (35 min ago)

History

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Water level

What this means

Leigh Pennington Mill Bridge reads 0.34 m as of 20 Oct 2026, 10:45 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 risen 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.26 m and 0.62 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.06 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: 0.26 m – 0.62 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.28 m – 0.54 m

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: 2.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 13° 4° – Wind 13 km/h

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

20 Tue 12° 9° 9.3 mm, 71% Wind 8 km/h

21 Wed 11° 8° 3.0 mm, 69% Wind 25 km/h

22 Thu 12° 5° 4.2 mm, 49% Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 9° 6° – Wind 22 km/h

24 Sat 10° 6° 3.6 mm, 89% Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:46 AM Sunset 06:05 PM Daylight 10 hr, 18 min First quarter 67%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Sportsman Street, LeighRiver gauge, Westleigh Brook	0.18 m	Normal	+0.01 m	1.2 km
Lilford Park, LeighRiver gauge, Atherton Lake Brook	0.15 m	Low	−0.01 m	2.1 km
Size Bridge, TyldesleyRiver gauge, Ellenor Brook	0.15 m	Normal	+0.04 m	4.8 km
Little Woolden HallRiver gauge, Glaze Brook	0.48 m	Very low	±0	6.1 km
First AvenueRiver gauge, Borsdane Brook	0.15 m	Normal	+0.01 m	6.3 km
Ivy Street, Ashton-In-MakerfieldRiver gauge, Millingford Brook	0.26 m	Normal	+0.04 m	7.6 km
WiganRiver gauge, River Douglas	0.14 m	Low	±0	9.6 km
Causey BridgeRiver gauge, Sankey Brook	0.28 m	Normal	+0.05 m	9.6 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 0.34 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Leigh Pennington Mill Bridge today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 10:45 BST, the water level was 0.34 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Leigh Pennington Mill Bridge rising or falling?

Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.06 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Leigh Pennington Mill Bridge normal?

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

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:693011
Coordinates: 53.48841, -2.52283 (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	0.34 m	2026-10-20 09:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Leigh Pennington Mill Bridge (ea:693011). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/greater-manchester/leigh-pennington-mill-bridge

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