Chorley Haworth Road water level

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

River gauge, Black Brook, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.19m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST (36 min ago)

History

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Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Black Brook at Chorley Haworth Road is at 0.19 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.16 m to 1.00 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.17 m and 0.29 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: 0.16 m – 1.00 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.17 m – 0.29 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.17 m – 0.26 m
Highest on record: 1.24 mSeptember 20, 2025
Lowest on record: 0.13 mMay 10, 2022

Fishing and paddling

Paddlers and anglers can expect the river much as they know it, though a heavy shower upstream can change that within hours.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.0 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 15° 7° 0.2 mm, 91% Wind 23 km/h

20 Tue 12° 10° 9.6 mm, 100% Wind 11 km/h

21 Wed 11° 7° 20 mm, 85% Wind 27 km/h

22 Thu 10° 4° 1.4 mm, 63% Wind 22 km/h

23 Fri 9° 5° 30 mm, 94% Wind 41 km/h

24 Sat 10° 7° 2.5 mm, 76% Wind 28 km/h

25 Sun 14° 8° 23 mm, 83% Wind 41 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:47 AM Sunset 06:05 PM Daylight 10 hr, 18 min First quarter 69%

Map

Other gauges on Black Brook

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Haydock West End RoadRiver gauge, Black Brook	0.16 m	No reference yet	+0.07 m	22 km
Stainland Board MillsRiver gauge, Black Brook	0.21 m	Normal	−0.02 m	47 km
ShepshedRiver gauge, Black Brook	0.70 m	Normal	−0.05 m	131 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Pincock BrowRiver gauge, River Yarrow	0.14 m	Normal	+0.04 m	4.3 km
Eccleston Heskin BridgeRiver gauge, Syd Brook	0.59 m	Normal	+0.02 m	7.0 km
Croston DamRiver gauge, River Yarrow	0.60 m	Low	−0.34 m	7.4 km
Horwich Pearl BrookRiver gauge, Pearl Brook	0.30 m	Normal	±0	7.6 km
Red RockRiver gauge, River Douglas	0.19 m	Normal	+0.04 m	8.1 km
Bamber BridgeRiver gauge, River Lostock	0.15 m	Normal	+0.01 m	8.7 km
CrostonRiver gauge, River Yarrow	0.32 m	Normal	+0.03 m	9.8 km
Littlewood BridgeRiver gauge, River Lostock	0.66 m	High	+0.10 m	10 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for Black Brook at Chorley Haworth Road?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.16 m to 1.00 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 0.19 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Chorley Haworth Road today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST, the water level was 0.19 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Chorley Haworth Road rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Chorley Haworth Road normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Chorley Haworth Road?

The highest level on record is 1.24 m on September 20, 2025. The lowest is 0.13 m on May 10, 2022.

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:700405 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.65471, -2.61208 (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	0.19 m	2026-10-20 14:00	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Chorley Haworth Road (ea:700405). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/lancashire/chorley-haworth-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