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Current Level
0.269 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.276 m
24h Min
0.267 m
Typical Range
0.22 - 1.90
m
Highest Recorded
3.21 m
EA official record
3.21 in our data (since Jan 1982)
Current level is 8% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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1 day
EA forecast (official)
Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. The shaded band is its 10–90% range, widened so that about 80% of recent outcomes fall inside it.
Under evaluation — not yet promoted, so treat as a second opinion.
River Flow
90 days
Daily mean discharge (m³/s) with the daily min–max band, from the EA Hydrology API. Flow is the volume of water passing the gauge — often a more direct flood signal than level.
Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 6 Oct (2 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional)via EA Hydrology
Storm overflows whose water reaches this gauge on the mapped river network, nearest first by distance along the river. The status is each water company's monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, not how much or what it contains.
1 storm overflow is traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 9.9 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 1 reports not discharging.
Northumbrian Water · into Backstone Burn · 5.1 km away in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it
3 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
3 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.
8 other overflows within 6 km are downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so they are not listed.
These are the water companies' monitor statuses; a spill does not by itself explain a change in the gauge level. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels. Explore the sewage map →
Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record.
See also the Muddleswick flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 4 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 FlashyRain runs off fast — levels rise and fall sharply, often within hours of heavy rain.
Your catchment is all the land that drains rainfall into the river above this gauge. Its character — how
steep, wet, wooded, urban or chalky that land is — decides how fast rain here turns into a rising river. A steep, bare or clay
catchment is “flashy” (rises and falls quickly, floods easily); a flat, chalk or well-wooded one is
slow and steady. The tiles below put numbers to that; the flow-duration curve reads left-to-right
from the river’s typical high flows (Q5) down to its low flows (Q95) — a steep curve means a flashy river.
The physical character of the land that drains to this gauge, and how it shapes its flood response — from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Baseflow Index
0.32
flashy — rain runs off fast
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,027 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +7% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.1%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
48.41 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
107 m³/s
6 Sep 2008 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
Daily flow (m³/s) exceeded each % of the time — a steep curve is flashy, a flat one is steady. Q5 high · Q50 median · Q95 low.
Land Cover (2023)
Woodland 10%Grassland 29%Arable 2%Heath/scrub 60%
Heath/scrub 53% → 60% since 1990
Flow affected by: surface-water abstraction.
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Broad-crested weir with central low flow flume. Heavily influenced by Derwent reservoir.
More detail
The catchment
Catchment description:An upland moorland catchment used for rough grazing. Construction of Derwent reservoir early 1960s. Geology is a mixture of Carboniferous Limestone and Millstone Grit partially overlain by Boulder Clay in lower valley and peat in headwaters. Pre-reservoir FARL2015 (for WINFAP 5.3 or later) or FARL (for earlier versions of WINFAP) should be used with these records because the peak flow data after the reservoir started impounding is rejected. Pre- and post-reservoir values for FARL2015 are 0.9988 and 0.8391, respectively. Pre- and post-reservoir values for FARL are 0.996 and 0.835, respectively.
The station
Broad-crested weir with central low flow flume; total width 15m, central flume 1.8m, no dividing walls. Low flow crest at 180.935 mAOD, broad crests are 0.75m higher. Model calibration. From 1965 flows controlled by Derwent Reservoir 2km upstream, stark contrast with previous natural regime. A good control, situated in a well-defined, straight channel; flat agricultural land on one side, steep wooded slope on the other.
How it measures flow
All flows contained within structure. Only gauged at lower flows below 10 cumecs. Original peak flow rating by flume formula, refined with physical model test and applied throughout record. Flood Studies Report grade A1.
Flow regime
Data is heavily influenced by Derwent reservoir (impounded 1965) and therefore peak flows are marked as rejected. Substantial net export of water. Burnhope Burn enters the Derwent downstream of the reservoir; flows from this are partly diverted to reservoir.
The flow record
Post-reservoir data marked as rejected. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2020 (WINFAP Files v9).
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Gauging structure
Operating since
1954
Station datum
181.0 mAOD
Flow record
1954–2024 · 70 yrs · 100% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1954
Hydrometric area
23
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Derwent at Eddys Bridge flooding today?
The current level is 0.27m, which is within the typical range of 0.22 to 1.90m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Eddys Bridge?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.
What is a normal level for the River Derwent at Eddys Bridge?
The typical range at this station is 0.22m to 1.90m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.90m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
How often is this river level data updated?
Readings are supplied by the Environment Agency gauge. FloodRadar checks for updates roughly every 15 minutes; the timestamp above shows how recent the latest available reading is.
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