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Farley Bridge water level

River gauge, Rea Brook, Shropshire, United Kingdom

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Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.03m Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

0 1 2 Highest onrecord 2.51 m Lowest on record 0.14 m

History

0.040.060.08mOct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 16Oct 180.040.060.08mOct 11Oct 15Oct 18
0.020.040.060.08mSep 18Sep 26Oct 3Oct 10Oct 180.020.040.060.08mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18
Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Rea Brook at Farley Bridge is running at a record low at 0.03 m.

No reading on record has been lower: the old record low was 0.14 m, from September 17, 2022. The usual range here runs from 0.20 m to 1.20 m.

It has dropped 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.02 m and 0.08 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
0.20 m – 1.20 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.02 m – 0.08 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.02 m – 0.06 m
Highest on record
2.51 mOctober 20, 2023
Lowest on record
0.14 mSeptember 17, 2022
Lowest on record
0.11 m below the lowest level on record

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 Rea Brook

Rea Brook

The name Rea Brook can refer to either of two brooks in Shropshire, 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: 9.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 3° – Wind 16 km/h
19 Mon 13° 6° 2.0 mm, 78% Wind 18 km/h
20 Tue 9° 5° 2.2 mm, 79% Wind 6 km/h
21 Wed 10° 3° 3.3 mm, 61% Wind 19 km/h
22 Thu 13° 4° 2.4 mm, 53% Wind 17 km/h
23 Fri 10° 4° – Wind 28 km/h
24 Sat 9° 4° 0.9 mm, 60% Wind 32 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:43 AM Sunset 06:12 PM Daylight 10 hr, 29 min First quarter 49%

Map

Other gauges on Rea Brook

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
HookagateRiver gauge, Rea Brook 0.13 m Very low −0.01 m 7.9 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
MontfordRiver gauge, River Severn 0.87 m Normal −0.26 m 7.1 km
Hayes BasinRiver gauge, Field Drain 0.96 m Normal ±0 8.7 km
Buckley FarmRiver gauge, Pentre Brook 0.27 m Normal ±0 9.2 km
Crew GreenRiver gauge, River Severn 0.52 m Low −0.33 m 9.9 km
Cae HowelRiver gauge, River Severn 0.66 m Lowest on record −0.01 m 10 km
Cae HowelRiver gauge, New Cut 0.86 m Low −0.01 m 10 km
Welsh BridgeRiver gauge, River Severn 0.61 m Normal −0.09 m 11 km
Castle ForegateRiver gauge, Bagley Brook 0.08 m Normal ±0 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 0.03 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Farley Bridge today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST, the water level was 0.03 m. Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Farley Bridge rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Farley Bridge 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 Farley Bridge?

The highest level on record is 2.51 m on October 20, 2023. The lowest is 0.14 m on September 17, 2022.

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:2265 (Agency page)
Coordinates
52.66431, -2.90597 (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 0.03 m 2026-10-18 11:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Farley Bridge (ea:2265). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/shropshire/farley-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