Ladybower Reservoir Level water level

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

River gauge, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

12.81m Up 0.12 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 11:30 BST (31 min ago)

History

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Water level

What this means

The latest river level reported for Ladybower Reservoir Level is 12.81 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The water is rising: up 0.12 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 10.17 m and 12.81 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.67 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: 10.17 m – 12.81 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 10.10 m – 12.70 m

On the river at Ladybower Reservoir Level

There is no published typical range for this gauge yet, so anglers and canoeists are best guided by the trend.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 8.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 10° 7° 0.1 mm Wind 17 km/h

19 Mon 11° 8° 6.8 mm, 98% Wind 22 km/h

20 Tue 11° 9° 11 mm, 76% Wind 9 km/h

21 Wed 12° 3° 3.1 mm, 58% Wind 30 km/h

22 Thu 10° 3° – Wind 15 km/h

23 Fri 8° 4° 43 mm, 82% Wind 36 km/h

24 Sat 10° 5° 4.6 mm, 67% Wind 23 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:39 AM Sunset 06:06 PM Daylight 10 hr, 27 min First quarter 49%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Yorkshire BridgeRiver gauge, River Derwent	0.30 m	Very low	±0	0.5 km
Mytham BridgeRiver gauge, River Derwent	0.79 m	Very low	±0	3.5 km
BradwellRiver gauge, Bradwell Brook	0.01 m	Lowest on record	±0	4.9 km
Goosehill Bridge, CastletonRiver gauge, Peakshole Water	0.05 m	Lowest on record	±0	5.9 km
Perryfoot Farm, CastletonRiver gauge, Little Bull Pit Swallet	0.09 m	Low	−0.02 m	10 km
Loxley Rowell BridgeRiver gauge, River Loxley	0.07 m	Low	±0	11 km
Sheffield Oakbrook RoadRiver gauge, Porter Brook	0.05 m	Normal	±0	12 km
Dore Twenty Well LaneRiver gauge, River Sheaf	0.35 m	Normal	−0.01 m	13 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 12.81 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Ladybower Reservoir Level today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 11:30 BST, the water level was 12.81 m. Up 0.12 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Ladybower Reservoir Level rising or falling?

Up 0.12 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.67 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Ladybower Reservoir Level normal?

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

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:4092
Coordinates: 53.36571, -1.69955 (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	12.81 m	2026-10-18 10:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Ladybower Reservoir Level (ea:4092). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/derbyshire/ladybower-reservoir-level

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