Todmorden Millwood water level

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

River gauge, River Calder, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.24m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST (30 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Todmorden Millwood, where the gauge shows 0.24 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.03 m to 0.76 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.10 m – 0.75 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: 0.03 m – 0.76 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.10 m – 0.75 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.11 m – 0.52 m
Highest on record: 3.98 mDecember 26, 2015
Lowest on record: −0.04 mJune 29, 2010

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

About the River Calder

The River Calder is a river in West Yorkshire, in Northern England.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 11° 9° 13 mm, 100% Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 10° 6° 15 mm, 86% Wind 31 km/h

22 Thu 8° 3° 0.3 mm, 49% Wind 20 km/h

23 Fri 12° 6° 13 mm, 94% Wind 29 km/h

24 Sat 9° 6° 2.4 mm, 86% Wind 28 km/h

25 Sun 13° 8° 3.0 mm, 88% Wind 34 km/h

26 Mon 14° 7° 21 mm, 66% Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:45 AM Sunset 06:02 PM Daylight 10 hr, 17 min First quarter 67%

Map

Other gauges on the River Calder

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
TodmordenRiver gauge, River Calder	0.48 m	Normal	+0.01 m	1.2 km
Todmorden Callis BridgeRiver gauge, River Calder	0.03 m	Normal	±0	2.9 km
Hebden BridgeRiver gauge, River Calder	0.13 m	Normal	−0.02 m	4.4 km
Portsmouth Lennox RoadRiver gauge, River Calder	0.48 m	High	+0.01 m	5.2 km
MytholmroydRiver gauge, River Calder	1.46 m	Normal	+0.01 m	6.5 km
BrearleyRiver gauge, River Calder	0.24 m	Normal	+0.01 m	7.9 km
Sowerby BridgeRiver gauge, River Calder	0.06 m	Normal	±0	11 km
Oxford RoadRiver gauge, River Calder	0.24 m	Very low	±0	13 km
Copley BridgeRiver gauge, River Calder	0.39 m	Normal	±0	14 km
Active WayRiver gauge, River Calder	0.63 m	Normal	±0	14 km
EllandRiver gauge, River Calder	0.47 m	Normal	−0.05 m	18 km
Padiham Town CentreRiver gauge, River Calder	0.31 m	Low	+0.01 m	18 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Todmorden SalfordRiver gauge, Walsden Water	0.37 m	Normal	±0	1.6 km
WalsdenRiver gauge, Walsden Water	0.04 m	Low	−0.01 m	3.2 km
NutcloughRiver gauge, Hebden Water	−0.01 m	Low	±0	5.5 km
Mytholmroyd Dauber BridgeRiver gauge, Cragg Brook	0.14 m	Normal	+0.04 m	5.9 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Calder at Todmorden Millwood?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.03 m to 0.76 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 0.24 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Todmorden Millwood today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST, the water level was 0.24 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Todmorden Millwood rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Todmorden Millwood normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Todmorden Millwood?

The highest level on record is 3.98 m on December 26, 2015. The lowest is −0.04 m on June 29, 2010.

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:L12062 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.71604, -2.07910 (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	0.24 m	2026-10-20 10:00	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Todmorden Millwood (ea:L12062). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/west-yorkshire/todmorden-millwood

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer