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Ashby De La Zouch water level

River gauge, Gilwiskaw Brook, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

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Water level

0.09m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.0 0.5 1.0 Highest onrecord 1.10 m Lowest on record 0.08 m

History

0.100.150.20mOct 13Oct 14Oct 16Oct 18Oct 190.100.150.20mOct 13Oct 16Oct 19
0.100.150.20mSep 20Sep 27Oct 4Oct 12Oct 190.100.150.20mSep 20Oct 4Oct 19
Water level

What this means

Gilwiskaw Brook at Ashby De La Zouch reads 0.09 m as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:30 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 barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.07 m and 0.22 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.01 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
0.07 m – 0.22 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.07 m – 0.11 m
Highest on record
1.10 mNovember 15, 2025
Lowest on record
0.08 mNovember 7, 2025

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

17 Sat 12° 5° – Wind 18 km/h
18 Sun 12° 6° – Wind 23 km/h
19 Mon 13° 7° 2.6 mm, 81% Wind 22 km/h
20 Tue 11° 8° 3.0 mm, 43% Wind 12 km/h
21 Wed 12° 7° 1.2 mm, 55% Wind 21 km/h
22 Thu 13° 4° 0.6 mm, 45% Wind 17 km/h
23 Fri 12° 6° 18 mm, 76% Wind 34 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:39 AM Sunset 06:04 PM Daylight 10 hr, 25 min First quarter 63%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
WhitwickRiver gauge, Grace Dieu Brook 0.18 m Normal +0.01 m 7.8 km
Clifton HallRiver gauge, River Mease 0.23 m Normal +0.08 m 10 km
Temple MillRiver gauge, River Sence 0.38 m Normal +0.16 m 12 km
DrakelowRiver gauge, River Trent 1.22 m Normal +0.20 m 13 km
ShepshedRiver gauge, Black Brook 0.70 m Normal +0.02 m 14 km
WillingtonRiver gauge, River Trent 1.03 m Normal +0.20 m 14 km
PolesworthRiver gauge, River Anker 0.18 m Normal +0.05 m 15 km
EggintonRiver gauge, Egginton Brook 0.20 m Normal +0.02 m 16 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 0.09 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Ashby De La Zouch today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 00:30 BST, the water level was 0.09 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Ashby De La Zouch rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Ashby De La Zouch normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Ashby De La Zouch?

The highest level on record is 1.10 m on November 15, 2025. The lowest is 0.08 m on November 7, 2025.

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:4701 (Agency page)
Coordinates
52.73560, -1.46936 (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 0.09 m 2026-10-19 23:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Ashby De La Zouch (ea:4701). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/leicestershire/ashby-de-la-zouch

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