Locks Weir water level

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

River gauge, River Ribble, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.23m Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 18:45 BST (34 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

20252026

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

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Locks Weir, where the gauge shows 0.23 m.

The median for mid-October is 0.26 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.03 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.11 m, a difference of +0.12 m.

It is still going down, by 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.08 m – 1.01 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: 0.26 m0.03 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.17 m – 0.47 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range: 0.11 m – 1.40 m
Same day last year: 0.11 m+0.12 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.08 m – 1.01 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.00 m – 0.80 m
Highest on record: 1.57 mNovember 2, 2020
Lowest on record: 0.01 mFebruary 22, 2006

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

About the River Ribble

The River Ribble is a river that flows through North Yorkshire and Lancashire in Northern England. It has a length of approximately 75 miles from its source near Selside in Ribblesdale to its estuary on the Irish Sea.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 10° 2° – Wind 9 km/h

18 Sun 11° 3° – Wind 16 km/h

19 Mon 13° 6° 0.6 mm, 49% Wind 20 km/h

20 Tue 11° 9° 3.1 mm, 49% Wind 18 km/h

21 Wed 10° 5° 1.7 mm, 67% Wind 22 km/h

22 Thu 10° 4° 3.9 mm, 59% Wind 20 km/h

23 Fri 9° 5° 33 mm, 88% Wind 32 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:09 PM Daylight 10 hr, 28 min First quarter 42%

Map

Other gauges on the River Ribble

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Penny BridgeRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.47 m	Normal	−0.07 m	2.1 km
Arnford WeirRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.44 m	Normal	−0.05 m	10 km
Low MoorRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.61 m	Normal	−0.13 m	25 km
HenthornRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.58 m	Normal	−0.08 m	28 km
New Jumbles RockRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.47 m	Normal	−0.09 m	30 km
Ribchester SchoolRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.28 m	Normal	−0.15 m	35 km
SamlesburyRiver gauge, River Ribble	1.22 m	Normal	−0.13 m	42 km
Walton-Le-DaleRiver gauge, River Ribble	0.28 m	Normal	−0.12 m	45 km
PenworthamRiver gauge, River Ribble	1.89 m	Normal	±0	47 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
HellifieldRiver gauge, Hellifield Beck	0.27 m	Lowest on record	±0	9.4 km
Bentham BridgeRiver gauge, River Wenning	0.32 m	Low	−0.04 m	15 km
Skirfare BridgeRiver gauge, River Skirfare	0.24 m	Normal	−0.03 m	16 km
Gargrave High StreetRiver gauge, River Aire	0.38 m	Normal	−0.03 m	16 km
Bolton by Bowland Hellifield rdRiver gauge, Kirk Beck	0.09 m	Normal	−0.04 m	16 km
KettlewellRiver gauge, River Wharfe	0.33 m	Normal	−0.04 m	16 km
Netherside HallRiver gauge, River Wharfe	0.52 m	Normal	−0.06 m	17 km
Low BenthamRiver gauge, River Wenning	0.76 m	Normal	−0.04 m	17 km

Questions and answers

Is the River Ribble at Locks Weir higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.12 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.11 m.

What is a normal level for the River Ribble at Locks Weir in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.26 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.17 m and 0.47 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 0.23 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Locks Weir today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 18:45 BST, the water level was 0.23 m. Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Locks Weir rising or falling?

Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.23 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Locks Weir normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Locks Weir?

The highest level on record is 1.57 m on November 2, 2020. The lowest is 0.01 m on February 22, 2006.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:710151 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.08435, -2.28046 (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	0.23 m	2026-10-17 17:45	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Locks Weir (ea:710151). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/locks-weir

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