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Easing — down from 0.18 at 00:15, now 0.15
0.15

Offenham

Badsey Brook
Warwickshire Avon catchment • Aldington • Worcestershire • ID: 2023 • Level
(34m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 217 views

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Current Level
0.148 mASD
▼ Easing
24h Max
0.180 mASD
24h Min
0.122 mASD
Typical Range
0.14 - 1.11
mASD
Highest Recorded
3.65 mASD
EA official record
3.38 in our data (since May 1968)
Current level is 4% of this
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Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Falling · -1 cm over 6h
08 Oct 10:15 ▬ steady 0.148 mASD
08 Oct 10:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.148 mASD
08 Oct 09:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.149 mASD
08 Oct 09:30 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.150 mASD
08 Oct 09:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.152 mASD
08 Oct 08:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.153 mASD
08 Oct 08:30 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.154 mASD
08 Oct 08:00 ▬ steady 0.156 mASD
08 Oct 07:45 ▬ steady 0.156 mASD
08 Oct 07:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.156 mASD
08 Oct 07:15 ▬ steady 0.157 mASD
08 Oct 07:00 ▬ steady 0.157 mASD
08 Oct 06:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.157 mASD
08 Oct 06:30 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.158 mASD
08 Oct 06:15 ▬ steady 0.160 mASD
08 Oct 06:00 ▬ steady 0.160 mASD
08 Oct 05:45 ▬ steady 0.160 mASD
08 Oct 05:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.160 mASD
08 Oct 05:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.161 mASD
08 Oct 04:45 0.162 mASD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Offenham
  • Watercourse: Badsey Brook
  • Nearest Town: Aldington
  • County: Worcestershire
  • Coordinates: 52°6'3"N 1°54'37"W (52.100775, -1.910164)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 May 1968
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 2023
  • RLOI id: 2015 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 2023-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 3 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Warwickshire Avon
  • Typical Range: 0.141 – 1.112 mASD
  • Drainage Area: 96 km² upstream of this gauge
  • 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
  • EA Cross-check: 0.15 mASD (EA at 8 Oct 10:15)
  • Flow Archive: National River Flow Archive ↗

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

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Rainfall & Weather

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How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 1.11 m on about 17 days. This year so far: 24 days.

2026 24 days so far
2025 12 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2024 40 days, 8 of them high · 8 high
2023 25 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
2022 13 days
2021 15 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
2020 20 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
2019 20 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
2018 6 days
2017 4 days

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out. The darker part is days above 1.85 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2008 for the 12 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 2.0 km away).

62flood warnings 65flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 14 Nov 2025 — River Avon at Evesham

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 4
2025 5 5
2024 16 10
2023 2 2
2021 4 3
2020 5 5
2019 10 4
2018 0 2
2017 0 2
2016 4 7
2015 0 1
2014 2 3
2013 1 3
2012 13 7
2010 0 1
2008 0 6

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 Aldington flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 12 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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Catchment Character

🌊 Flashy Rain 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
0.33
flashy — rain runs off fast
Avg Annual Rainfall
666 mm/yr
1991–2020 · -2% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
3.1%
partly urbanised
Median Annual Flood
10.26 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
112 m³/s
20 Jul 2007 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 0.7413.140.3120.0795% (high)% of days exceeded95% (low)
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 7%Grassland 54%Arable 31%Urban 8%
Arable 46% → 31% since 1990

Flow affected by: public water supply, effluent returns, industrial / agricultural abstraction.

Photos

Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).

Photos © NRFA / UKCEH & the measuring authority — shown at web resolution. Full gallery on the NRFA ↗

About this gauge

Flat V weir in straightened cut with cableway replacing original trapezoidal flume (1968-95) that suffered from weed growth and poor state of repair.

More detail

The catchment

River rises from springs on Cotswolds scarp; steep headwaters. Drift free, mostly Liassic argillaceous rocks. Agriculture and horticulture dominate.

The station

Original trapezoidal flume (1968-95) replaced in 1995 (poor state of repair and weed growth problems affecting low flows). New weir is a flat V Crump profile (1:10) weir in straightened cut 5m wide, with wing walls at 0.7m and has cableway. Fish baffles added to weir in June 2018.

How it measures flow

Cableway rated with flood banks containing all but the highest flows but inundation occurs u/s. Flat V weir drowns at medium levels but rating fits gaugings well below 2m stage. Constriction upstream will increase approach velocity. Original trapezoidal flume rating supported by c/m gaugings but poor state of repair and weed growth problems affecting low flows. Two ratings applied across period of record, the most recent is valid from July 1995 when flume replaced.

Flow regime

PWS from headwater springs; river abstractions for horticulture. Sewage works short way upstream. Net result moderate, significant at low flows.

The flow record

Station closed between Dec 1994 and July 1995. Flows in June 2018 affected by fish baffle construction on weir. April 1998 flood at 3.14m, estimated as 100 cumecs, well above rating limit so considerable uncertainty in this magnitude. July 2007 flood 0.5m above April 1998. Such flows are outside design range of site and degree of rating extrapolation means peak flows are considered inaccurate. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2022 (WINFAP Files v11).

Descriptions from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH). NRFA station record ↗

Gauge Details

How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).

Gauge type
Flat-V weir
Operating since
1968
Station datum
23.9 mAOD
Flow record
1968–2024 · 56 yrs · 94% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1968
Hydrometric area
54
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the Badsey Brook at Offenham flooding today?

The current level is 0.15m, which is within the typical range of 0.14 to 1.11m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Offenham?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling slightly. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.

Why is the level slowly falling?

When little or no rain has fallen for a while, a river level gradually drops as the water stored in the ground and soil drains away with nothing to replace it. This is called baseflow recession and is normal in dry spells. Only about 8.9mm of rain has fallen nearby in the last 7 days, so the flow is being sustained mainly by groundwater. A gentle decline like this is expected and is not a sign of a problem — downstream gauges often recede a little faster than headwaters further upstream, and levels recover once rain returns.

What is a normal level for the Badsey Brook at Offenham?

The typical range at this station is 0.14m to 1.11m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.11m 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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