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Maesbrook water level

River gauge, Flood Channel, Shropshire, United Kingdom

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Right now

Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.07m Steady over the last 24 hours

0 1 Highest onrecord 1.75 m Lowest on record 0.07 m

History

History
0.10.20.3mOct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 15Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.10.20.3mOct 10Oct 14Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.10.20.30.4mSep 17Sep 25Oct 2Oct 10Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.10.20.30.4mSep 17Oct 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
-0.00.51.0mJanMarMayJulSepNov2026-0.00.51.0mJanAprJulOct2026

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

What this means

The Flood Channel at Maesbrook is running at a record low at 0.07 m.

No reading on record has been lower: the old record low was 0.07 m, from May 13, 2007. The median for mid-October is 0.14 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.07 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.32 m, a difference of −0.25 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly.

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

Median for this date
0.14 m0.07 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.08 m – 0.37 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.11 m – 1.26 m
Same day last year
0.32 m−0.25 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.07 m – 0.07 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.07 m – 1.12 m
Highest on record
1.75 mOctober 30, 2000
Lowest on record
0.07 mMay 13, 2007
Lowest on record
0.00 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.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 9.7 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 4° – Wind 14 km/h
18 Sun 12° 2° – Wind 15 km/h
19 Mon 13° 5° 2.1 mm, 48% Wind 18 km/h
20 Tue 11° 4° 3.3 mm, 37% Wind 6 km/h
21 Wed 11° 5° 6.0 mm, 47% Wind 32 km/h
22 Thu 12° 6° 1.2 mm, 39% Wind 28 km/h
23 Fri 11° 4° 13 mm, 78% Wind 33 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:42 AM Sunset 06:15 PM Daylight 10 hr, 33 min First quarter 41%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
LlanyblodwelRiver gauge, River Tanat 0.32 m Low −0.11 m 5.1 km
Cae HowelRiver gauge, New Cut 0.87 m Low −0.01 m 5.7 km
Crew GreenRiver gauge, River Severn 0.80 m Normal +0.41 m 5.7 km
Cae HowelRiver gauge, River Severn 0.66 m Lowest on record −0.01 m 5.7 km
Hayes BasinRiver gauge, Field Drain 0.96 m Normal ±0 7.2 km
Buckley FarmRiver gauge, Pentre Brook 0.27 m Normal ±0 7.5 km
MontfordRiver gauge, River Severn 1.11 m Normal +0.38 m 13 km
YeatonRiver gauge, River Perry 0.12 m Low +0.01 m 13 km

Questions and answers

Is the Flood Channel at Maesbrook higher than last year?

No, it is 0.25 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.32 m.

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 0.07 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Maesbrook today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 15:15 BST, the water level was 0.07 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Maesbrook rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Maesbrook 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 Maesbrook?

The highest level on record is 1.75 m on October 30, 2000. The lowest is 0.07 m on May 13, 2007.

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:2832 (Agency page)
Coordinates
52.77969, -3.03787 (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 0.07 m 2026-10-17 14:15 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Maesbrook (ea:2832). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/shropshire/maesbrook

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.