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Ewood Ashville Terrace South water level

River gauge, Ewood Mill Race, Lancashire, United Kingdom

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Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.01m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 Highest onrecord 0.86 m Lowest on record 0.03 m

History

-0.000.020.040.06mOct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 19Oct 20Bottom of normal range-0.000.020.040.06mOct 13Oct 17Oct 20Bottom of normal range
-0.000.050.10mSep 20Sep 28Oct 5Oct 13Oct 20Bottom of normal range-0.000.050.10mSep 20Oct 5Oct 20Bottom of normal range
Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.01 m, the Ewood Mill Race at Ewood Ashville Terrace South is at a record low.

It has now dropped past the published record low of 0.03 m (August 25, 2022). The usual range here runs from 0.03 m to 1.40 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 −0.04 m and 0.09 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range
0.03 m – 1.40 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
−0.04 m – 0.09 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
−0.03 m – 0.07 m
Highest on record
0.86 mJanuary 1, 2025
Lowest on record
0.03 mAugust 25, 2022
Lowest on record
0.02 m below the lowest level on record

On the river at Ewood Ashville Terrace South

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

20 Tue 12° 10° 5.2 mm, 100% Wind 16 km/h
21 Wed 10° 6° 11 mm, 97% Wind 27 km/h
22 Thu 11° 6° 6.4 mm, 67% Wind 22 km/h
23 Fri 12° 7° 13 mm, 96% Wind 26 km/h
24 Sat 12° 7° 15 mm, 88% Wind 30 km/h
25 Sun 11° 8° 4.2 mm, 97% Wind 33 km/h
26 Mon 17° 8° 9.0 mm, 72% Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:47 AM Sunset 06:04 PM Daylight 10 hr, 17 min Waxing gibbous 70%

Map

Other gauges on the Ewood Mill Race

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Ewood Ashville Terrace NorthRiver gauge, Ewood Mill Race −0.04 m Lowest on record ±0 0.1 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
EwoodRiver gauge, River Darwen 0.35 m Normal +0.02 m 0.7 km
Blackburn WaterfallRiver gauge, River Darwen 0.50 m Low +0.03 m 1.3 km
Harrison StreetRiver gauge, River Blakewater 0.43 m Normal +0.01 m 2.1 km
Hardman WayRiver gauge, River Darwen 0.09 m Normal +0.02 m 3.8 km
Gorse StreetRiver gauge, River Blakewater 0.05 m Normal +0.01 m 3.8 km
Darwen Clough Street OverflowRiver gauge, River Darwen 0.54 m Normal +0.02 m 5.2 km
MilnshawRiver gauge, River Hyndburn 0.26 m Normal ±0 8.7 km
Ribchester SchoolRiver gauge, River Ribble 0.16 m Low −0.01 m 9.9 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 0.01 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Ewood Ashville Terrace South today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 19:00 BST, the water level was 0.01 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Ewood Ashville Terrace South rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.04 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Ewood Ashville Terrace South normal?

Lower than ever recorded here. Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Ewood Ashville Terrace South?

The highest level on record is 0.86 m on January 1, 2025. The lowest is 0.03 m on August 25, 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.

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:713207a (Agency page)
Coordinates
53.72557, -2.48974 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.01 m 2026-10-20 18:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Ewood Ashville Terrace South (ea:713207a). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/lancashire/ewood-ashville-terrace-south

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