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Gorse Street water level

River gauge, River Blakewater, Lancashire, United Kingdom

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Below the normal range

Water level

0.05m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.0 0.5 1.0 Highest onrecord 1.32 m Lowest on record 0.00 m

History

0.10.2mOct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 16Oct 18Bottom of normal range0.10.2mOct 11Oct 15Oct 18Bottom of normal range
-0.00.51.0mSep 18Sep 26Oct 3Oct 11Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range-0.00.51.0mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.05 m, the River Blakewater at Gorse Street is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.05 m to 1.00 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 0.03 m and 0.49 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
0.05 m – 1.00 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.03 m – 0.49 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.03 m – 0.25 m
Highest on record
1.32 mDecember 26, 2015
Lowest on record
0.00 mJune 15, 2009

On the river at Gorse Street

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.

About the River Blakewater

River Blakewater, Lancashire

The River Blakewater is a river running through Lancashire, originally giving the name to the town of Blackburn, which meant dark coloured stream. However, the river gradually became known as Blackwater.

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.7 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 6° 0.1 mm Wind 14 km/h
19 Mon 13° 7° 1.0 mm, 51% Wind 17 km/h
20 Tue 12° 9° 8.3 mm, 74% Wind 12 km/h
21 Wed 10° 6° 1.9 mm, 75% Wind 20 km/h
22 Thu 11° 5° 2.1 mm, 73% Wind 19 km/h
23 Fri 7° 4° – Wind 20 km/h
24 Sat 9° 4° 4.7 mm, 90% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:43 AM Sunset 06:08 PM Daylight 10 hr, 25 min First quarter 50%

Map

Other gauges on the River Blakewater

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Harrison StreetRiver gauge, River Blakewater 0.42 m Normal −0.01 m 2.4 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Blackburn WaterfallRiver gauge, River Darwen 0.48 m Low −0.04 m 3.2 km
EwoodRiver gauge, River Darwen 0.34 m Normal −0.03 m 3.3 km
Ewood Ashville Terrace NorthRiver gauge, Ewood Mill Race −0.04 m Lowest on record ±0 3.8 km
Ewood Ashville Terrace SouthRiver gauge, Ewood Mill Race 0.02 m Lowest on record −0.02 m 3.8 km
MilnshawRiver gauge, River Hyndburn 0.26 m Normal ±0 5.9 km
Hardman WayRiver gauge, River Darwen 0.07 m Normal −0.01 m 6.6 km
Darwen Clough Street OverflowRiver gauge, River Darwen 0.52 m Normal −0.01 m 7.8 km
Whalley WeirRiver gauge, River Calder 0.45 m Normal −0.05 m 7.9 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Blakewater at Gorse Street?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.05 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 0.05 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Gorse Street today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 15:30 BST, the water level was 0.05 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Gorse Street rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Gorse Street normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Gorse Street?

The highest level on record is 1.32 m on December 26, 2015. The lowest is 0.00 m on June 15, 2009.

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:713115 (Agency page)
Coordinates
53.75379, -2.45699 (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 0.05 m 2026-10-18 14:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Gorse Street (ea:713115). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/lancashire/gorse-street

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