Fenay Bridge water level

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

River gauge, Fenay Beck, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.08m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 00:45 BST (52 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Fenay Beck at Fenay Bridge is running below normal at 0.08 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.10 m to 1.75 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.07 m and 0.17 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: 0.10 m – 1.75 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.07 m – 0.17 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.07 m – 0.12 m
Highest on record: 2.01 mJune 25, 2007
Lowest on record: 0.03 mAugust 9, 2003

Fishing and paddling

At low levels, many rivers become a walk-and-paddle trip. Fish hold in deeper pools and spook easily.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 6° 1.1 mm Wind 17 km/h

19 Mon 13° 8° 4.8 mm, 90% Wind 17 km/h

20 Tue 12° 9° 10 mm, 75% Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 11° 7° 0.4 mm, 52% Wind 22 km/h

22 Thu 12° 6° 1.8 mm, 64% Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 8° 5° – Wind 21 km/h

24 Sat 10° 5° 0.5 mm, 68% Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:42 AM Sunset 06:03 PM Daylight 10 hr, 22 min First quarter 54%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
ICI ColneRiver gauge, River Colne	0.13 m	Very low	±0	3.3 km
Kirkburton Riley LaneRiver gauge, Dean Bottom Beck	−0.01 m	Very low	±0	3.3 km
Queen's MillRiver gauge, River Holme	0.28 m	Low	±0	3.9 km
Ledgard BridgeRiver gauge, River Calder	0.11 m	Normal	−0.01 m	4.4 km
Colne BridgeRiver gauge, River Colne	0.29 m	Low	−0.01 m	4.4 km
Huddersfield Willow LaneRiver gauge, Grimescar Dike	0.00 m	Normal	±0	4.5 km
Huddersfield Longroyd BridgeRiver gauge, River Colne	0.26 m	Low	−0.01 m	4.5 km
Huddersfield York AvenueRiver gauge, Allison Dyke	0.09 m	High	−0.01 m	4.8 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for Fenay Beck at Fenay Bridge?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.10 m to 1.75 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 0.08 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Fenay Bridge today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 00:45 BST, the water level was 0.08 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Fenay Bridge rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Fenay Bridge 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 Fenay Bridge?

The highest level on record is 2.01 m on June 25, 2007. The lowest is 0.03 m on August 9, 2003.

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:L1113 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.63635, -1.72691 (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	0.08 m	2026-10-18 23:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Fenay Bridge (ea:L1113). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/west-yorkshire/fenay-bridge

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