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Lenton water level

River gauge, River Leen, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Low for mid-October

Water level

0.09m Steady over the last 24 hours

Flow
0.32 m³/s
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 Highest onrecord 1.62 m Lowest on record 0.02 m

History

0.10.2mOct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.10.2mOct 10Oct 14Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.10.2mSep 18Sep 25Oct 2Oct 10Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.10.2mSep 18Oct 2Oct 17Bottom of normal range
-0.00.51.0mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range-0.00.51.0mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.20.40.6mJanMarMayJulSepNov20260.20.40.6mJanAprJulOct2026

20252026

Water level Normal range (10–90 %) Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Leen at Lenton is running below normal at 0.09 m.

The median for mid-October is 0.11 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.02 m below typical. A year ago it stood at 0.09 m as well.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.08 m and 0.26 m.

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

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.11 m0.02 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.09 m – 0.27 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.08 m – 1.00 m
Same day last year
0.09 m0.00 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.08 m – 0.26 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.07 m – 0.63 m
Highest on record
1.62 mOctober 13, 1979
Lowest on record
0.02 mAugust 25, 1976

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.

About the River Leen

River Leen

The River Leen is a 15-mile (24 km) long tributary of the River Trent that flows through Nottinghamshire, and the city of Nottingham in the East Midlands of England.

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 7° – Wind 18 km/h
18 Sun 13° 7° – Wind 20 km/h
19 Mon 14° 8° 3.9 mm, 91% Wind 24 km/h
20 Tue 12° 9° 5.1 mm, 53% Wind 14 km/h
21 Wed 12° 8° 3.9 mm, 50% Wind 19 km/h
22 Thu 14° 5° 0.6 mm, 45% Wind 17 km/h
23 Fri 12° 7° 18 mm, 71% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:35 AM Sunset 06:07 PM Daylight 10 hr, 32 min First quarter 44%

Map

Other gauges on the River Leen

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
BulwellRiver gauge, River Leen 0.30 m Very low −0.02 m 6.8 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Clifton BridgeRiver gauge, River Trent 0.97 m Normal +0.04 m 2.8 km
WollatonRiver gauge, Tottle Brook 0.46 m Normal −0.01 m 2.9 km
Day BrookRiver gauge 0.02 m Very low −0.02 m 4.4 km
TrowellRiver gauge, Boundary Brook 0.33 m Normal ±0 6.0 km
Thackeray's Lane ParkRiver gauge, Day Brook 0.01 m Very low 6.0 km
ColwickRiver gauge, River Trent 1.10 m Normal +0.10 m 7.1 km
SandiacreRiver gauge, River Erewash 0.17 m Normal ±0 7.3 km
CarltonRiver gauge, Ouse Dyke 0.16 m Normal ±0 7.7 km

Questions and answers

Is the River Leen at Lenton higher than last year?

It is about the same as on this day last year, when the reading was 0.09 m.

What is a normal level for the River Leen at Lenton in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.11 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.09 m and 0.27 m, based on 21 years of records.

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 Lenton today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 22:30 BST, the water level was 0.09 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Lenton rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Lenton normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Lenton?

The highest level on record is 1.62 m on October 13, 1979. The lowest is 0.02 m on August 25, 1976.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:4435 (Agency page)
Coordinates
52.94818, -1.18334 (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 2026-10-17 21:30 Provisional
Flow 0.32 m³/s 2026-10-17 21:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Lenton (ea:4435). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/nottinghamshire/lenton

How we check values

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