Samlesbury water level

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

River gauge, River Ribble, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

1.13m Down 0.09 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 19:45 BST (39 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 1.13 m, the River Ribble at Samlesbury is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 1.14 m to 4.83 m.

The level is falling, down 0.09 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.93 m and 3.16 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: 1.14 m – 4.83 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.93 m – 3.16 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.94 m – 2.41 m
Highest on record: 6.56 mDecember 26, 2015
Lowest on record: 0.76 mSeptember 10, 2001

On the river at Samlesbury

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 Ribble

The River Ribble is a river that flows through North Yorkshire and Lancashire in Northern England. It has a length of approximately 75 miles from its source near Selside in Ribblesdale to its estuary on the Irish Sea.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 3° – Wind 14 km/h

19 Mon 14° 5° 0.5 mm, 51% Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 12° 8° 9.9 mm, 74% Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 11° 7° 3.0 mm, 75% Wind 28 km/h

22 Thu 12° 5° 4.2 mm, 73% Wind 19 km/h

23 Fri 9° 4° – Wind 25 km/h

24 Sat 10° 4° 4.7 mm, 90% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:44 AM Sunset 06:09 PM Daylight 10 hr, 25 min First quarter 52%

Map

Other gauges on the River Ribble

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Walton-Le-DaleRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.19 m	Normal	−0.09 m	4.1 km
PenworthamRiver gauge, River Ribble	1.88 m	Lowest on record	±0	6.4 km
Ribchester SchoolRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.20 m	Normal	−0.08 m	7.7 km
New Jumbles RockRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.42 m	Normal	−0.04 m	13 km
HenthornRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.53 m	Normal	−0.05 m	16 km
Low MoorRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.53 m	Normal	−0.07 m	18 km
Arnford WeirRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.40 m	Normal	−0.04 m	35 km
Penny BridgeRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.42 m	Normal	−0.05 m	40 km
Locks WeirRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.19 m	Low	−0.03 m	42 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Blue BridgeRiver gauge, River Darwen	0.29 m	Low	−0.04 m	3.6 km
Bamber BridgeRiver gauge, River Lostock	0.15 m	Normal	−0.02 m	5.8 km
Ribchester Sarmatian BridgeRiver gauge, Boyces Brook	0.07 m	Normal	−0.01 m	7.8 km
Blackburn WaterfallRiver gauge, River Darwen	0.48 m	Very low	−0.04 m	9.1 km
Harrison StreetRiver gauge, River Blakewater	0.41 m	Normal	−0.01 m	9.2 km
EwoodRiver gauge, River Darwen	0.34 m	Low	−0.03 m	9.8 km
Ewood Ashville Terrace NorthRiver gauge, Ewood Mill Race	−0.04 m	Lowest on record	±0	10 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Ribble at Samlesbury?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 1.14 m to 4.83 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 1.13 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Samlesbury today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 19:45 BST, the water level was 1.13 m. Down 0.09 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Samlesbury rising or falling?

Down 0.09 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.41 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Samlesbury 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 Samlesbury?

The highest level on record is 6.56 m on December 26, 2015. The lowest is 0.76 m on September 10, 2001.

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:713019 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.76911, -2.62472 (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	1.13 m	2026-10-18 18:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Samlesbury (ea:713019). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/lancashire/samlesbury

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