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Ladock water level

River gauge, Tresillian River, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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Right now

Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

-0.05m Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours

0 1 Highest onrecord 1.59 m Lowest on record -0.03 m

History

History
-0.00.10.2mOct 10Oct 12Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Bottom of normal range-0.00.10.2mOct 10Oct 13Oct 17Bottom of normal range
-0.00.10.2mSep 17Sep 24Oct 2Oct 9Oct 17Bottom of normal range-0.00.10.2mSep 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 Tresillian River at Ladock is running at a record low at −0.05 m.

No reading on record has been lower: the old record low was −0.03 m, from August 21, 2011. The median for mid-October is 0.07 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.12 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was −0.02 m, a difference of −0.03 m.

It has dropped 0.04 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between −0.07 m and 0.06 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

Median for this date
0.07 m0.12 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.00 m – 0.22 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.03 m – 0.85 m
Same day last year
−0.02 m−0.03 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
−0.07 m – 0.06 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
−0.07 m – 0.96 m
Highest on record
1.59 mDecember 22, 2012
Lowest on record
−0.03 mAugust 21, 2011
Lowest on record
0.02 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: 3.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 7° – Wind 16 km/h
18 Sun 13° 5° – Wind 14 km/h
19 Mon 11° 8° 2.7 mm, 59% Wind 16 km/h
20 Tue 14° 8° – Wind 12 km/h
21 Wed 12° 10° 7.0 mm, 59% Wind 39 km/h
22 Thu 14° 10° 3.8 mm, 60% Wind 21 km/h
23 Fri 14° 10° 22 mm, 76% Wind 40 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:46 AM Sunset 06:26 PM Daylight 10 hr, 41 min First quarter 38%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
TrenowthRiver gauge, River Fal 0.21 m Low −0.05 m 4.5 km
TregonyRiver gauge, River Fal 0.27 m Normal −0.08 m 6.9 km
Idless DamRiver gauge, River Allen 0.04 m Low −0.01 m 7.9 km
TruroRiver gauge, River Kenwyn 0.09 m Very low −0.03 m 9.4 km
GwillsRiver gauge, River Gannel 0.04 m Very low −0.02 m 10 km
MolingeyRiver gauge, St Austell River 0.62 m Normal −0.01 m 12 km
Bolingey Cocks BridgeRiver gauge, Bolingey Stream 0.22 m Normal −0.03 m 13 km
PentewanRiver gauge, St Austell River 1.17 m Normal −0.01 m 13 km

Questions and answers

Is the Tresillian River at Ladock higher than last year?

No, it is 0.03 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was −0.02 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 −0.05 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Ladock today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 08:00 BST, the water level was −0.05 m. Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Ladock rising or falling?

Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Ladock 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 Ladock?

The highest level on record is 1.59 m on December 22, 2012. The lowest is −0.03 m on August 21, 2011.

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:48116 (Agency page)
Coordinates
50.32114, -4.96175 (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 −0.05 m 2026-10-17 07:00 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Ladock (ea:48116). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/cornwall/ladock

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.