Grasmere Broadgate Meadow water level

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

River gauge, River Rothay, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Directions

Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

-0.45m Down 0.08 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 20:00 BST (25 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At −0.45 m, the River Rothay at Grasmere Broadgate Meadow is at a record low.

It has now dropped past the published record low of 0.14 m (July 26, 2021). The usual range here runs from 0.15 m to 1.00 m.

The level is falling, down 0.08 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 −0.45 m and 0.62 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.15 m – 1.00 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: −0.45 m – 0.62 m
Highest on record: 1.61 mDecember 27, 2023
Lowest on record: 0.14 mJuly 26, 2021
Lowest on record: 0.60 m below the lowest level on record

On the river at Grasmere Broadgate Meadow

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 Rothay

The Rothay is a spate river of the Lake District in north-west England. Its name comes from Old Norse and translates literally as the red one. This has come to mean trout river. It rises close to Rough Crag above Dunmail Raise at a point about 1542 feet above sea level. Its catchment area covers Grasmere Common including Easedale Tarn, the southern flanks of Fairfield, and several of the fells to the east of Dunmail Raise, including Great Rigg, Rydal Fell, Scandale Fell and Heron Pike.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 21 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 11° 7° – Wind 11 km/h

18 Sun 11° 5° – Wind 10 km/h

19 Mon 14° 3° – Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 12° 3° 9.4 mm, 39% Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 11° 8° 7.7 mm, 67% Wind 25 km/h

22 Thu 9° 7° 7.6 mm, 72% Wind 38 km/h

23 Fri 9° 4° 13 mm, 87% Wind 29 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:45 AM Sunset 06:12 PM Daylight 10 hr, 27 min First quarter 42%

Map

Other gauges on the River Rothay

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Miller Bridge HouseRiver gauge, River Rothay	0.67 m	Normal	−0.09 m	4.8 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Ambleside Rydal RoadRiver gauge, Stock Ghyll	0.21 m	Normal	−0.03 m	4.7 km
Jeffy KnottsRiver gauge, River Brathay	0.97 m	Normal	−0.19 m	4.8 km
CalgarthRiver gauge, Trout Beck	0.55 m	Normal	−0.04 m	9.7 km
Glenridding VillageRiver gauge, Glenridding Beck	0.23 m	Normal	−0.04 m	10 km
Glenridding Steamer PierRiver gauge, Ullswater	0.85 m	Normal	−0.04 m	11 km
Coniston Church BridgeRiver gauge, Church Beck	0.76 m	Normal	−0.06 m	11 km
Thirlmere Reservoir (Spillway level = 16.55m)River gauge, Thirlmere Reservoir	10.95 m	Normal	−0.02 m	12 km
ThirlmereRiver gauge, St Johns Beck	0.17 m	Normal	−0.01 m	12 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 −0.45 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Grasmere Broadgate Meadow today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 20:00 BST, the water level was −0.45 m. Down 0.08 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Grasmere Broadgate Meadow rising or falling?

Down 0.08 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.30 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Grasmere Broadgate Meadow normal?

Lower than ever recorded here. Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Grasmere Broadgate Meadow?

The highest level on record is 1.61 m on December 27, 2023. The lowest is 0.14 m on July 26, 2021.

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:735003 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.46048, -3.02165 (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	−0.45 m	2026-10-17 19:00	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Grasmere Broadgate Meadow (ea:735003). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cumbria/grasmere-broadgate-meadow

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