Mor Brook water level

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

River gauge, Moors River, Shropshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.18m Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 18:30 BST (40 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The Moors River at Mor Brook is running below normal at 0.18 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.20 m to 0.80 m.

It has dropped 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.00 m and 0.29 m.

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

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.20 m – 0.80 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.00 m – 0.29 m
Highest on record: 3.22 mFebruary 16, 2020
Lowest on record: 0.00 mAugust 19, 2022

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 Moors River

The Moors River is a river in east Dorset, England, which starts at the point where the River Crane and the Ebblake Stream meet, at Ebblake, south of Verwood.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 6° – Wind 14 km/h

18 Sun 12° 4° – Wind 15 km/h

19 Mon 12° 7° 0.9 mm, 53% Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 13° 6° 6.9 mm, 37% Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 12° 7° 7.5 mm, 53% Wind 37 km/h

22 Thu 12° 6° 0.6 mm, 37% Wind 30 km/h

23 Fri 11° 6° 9.5 mm, 54% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:39 AM Sunset 06:13 PM Daylight 10 hr, 34 min First quarter 42%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BridgnorthRiver gauge, River Severn	0.53 m	Normal	+0.03 m	3.0 km
BurcoteRiver gauge, River Worfe	0.17 m	Normal	+0.01 m	6.2 km
Cleobury MortimerRiver gauge, Pudding Brook	0.02 m	Normal	−0.01 m	15 km
SwindonRiver gauge, Smestow Brook	1.10 m	Low	−0.14 m	15 km
Oak CottageRiver gauge, Dowles Brook	0.09 m	Low	−0.02 m	15 km
BuildwasRiver gauge, River Severn	0.58 m	Normal	+0.13 m	16 km
BewdleyRiver gauge, River Severn	0.27 m	Normal	−0.03 m	16 km
StourtonRiver gauge, River Stour	0.08 m	Very low	−0.07 m	16 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Moors River at Mor Brook?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.20 m to 0.80 m for this gauge.

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

What is the water level of Mor Brook today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 18:30 BST, the water level was 0.18 m. Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Mor Brook rising or falling?

Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.04 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Mor Brook normal?

Below the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Mor Brook?

The highest level on record is 3.22 m on February 16, 2020. The lowest is 0.00 m on August 19, 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.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:2636 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.50955, -2.42950 (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	0.18 m	2026-10-17 17:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Mor Brook (ea:2636). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/shropshire/mor-brook

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