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Duffield

Ecclesbourne
Derbyshire Derwent catchment • Windley • Derbyshire • ID: 4055 • Level
(29m ago) • 2 readings/hr • 130 views

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Current Level
0.117 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.122 mASD
24h Min
0.114 mASD
Typical Range
0.14 - 0.90
mASD
Highest Recorded
2.99 mASD
7 Oct 2020
Since Sep 1971
Current level is 4% of this
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Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Rising · +0.2 cm over 6h
23 Aug 23:00 ▬ steady 0.117 mASD
23 Aug 22:45 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.117 mASD
23 Aug 21:30 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.115 mASD
23 Aug 21:15 ▬ steady 0.114 mASD
23 Aug 21:00 ▬ steady 0.114 mASD
23 Aug 20:45 ▬ steady 0.114 mASD
23 Aug 20:30 ▬ steady 0.114 mASD
23 Aug 20:15 ▬ steady 0.114 mASD
23 Aug 20:00 ▬ steady 0.114 mASD
23 Aug 19:45 ▬ steady 0.114 mASD
23 Aug 19:30 ▬ steady 0.114 mASD
23 Aug 19:15 ▬ steady 0.114 mASD
23 Aug 19:00 ▬ steady 0.114 mASD
23 Aug 18:45 ▬ steady 0.114 mASD
23 Aug 18:30 ▬ steady 0.114 mASD
23 Aug 18:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.114 mASD
23 Aug 18:00 ▬ steady 0.115 mASD
23 Aug 17:45 ▬ steady 0.115 mASD
23 Aug 17:30 ▬ steady 0.115 mASD
23 Aug 17:15 0.115 mASD

Rainfall & Weather

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 21 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 2.2 km away).

2severe warnings 76flood warnings 313flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 27 Jan 2026River Derwent at Darley Abbey, Folly Road

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 1 18
2025 0 7 21
2024 0 6 48
2023 2 26 42
2022 0 5 18
2021 0 5 15
2020 0 7 17
2019 0 11 32
2018 0 0 8
2017 0 0 2
2016 0 0 15
2015 0 0 5
2014 0 1 9
2013 0 2 5
2012 0 3 18
2011 0 1 1
2010 0 1 5
2009 0 0 5
2008 0 0 9
2007 0 0 18
2006 0 0 2

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 Windley flood history.

Nearby Stations

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Duffield
  • Watercourse: River Ecclesbourne
  • Nearest Town: Windley
  • County: Derbyshire
  • Nearest reservoir: Carsington (9.8 km) · 75.5% full (as of 17 Aug 2026)
  • Coordinates: 52°59'54"N 1°31'31"W (52.998306, -1.525391)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Sep 1971
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
  • Station Reference: 4055
  • EA Gauge ID: 4055-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 2 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Derbyshire Derwent
  • Typical Range: 0.142 – 0.900 mASD
  • Drainage Area: 50 km² upstream of this gauge
  • Flow Data: Available (m³/s) via EA Hydrology
  • EA Cross-check: 0.12 mASD (EA at 23 Aug 22:45)
  • 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.

Catchment Character

🌊 Fairly flashy Responds fairly quickly to rain, with moderate baseflow between events.

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
0.46
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
904 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +7% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
2.3%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
14.40 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Recorded Flow
25.13 m³/s
20 Oct 2023
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 0.6522.200.3430.0995% (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 6%Grassland 82%Arable 7%Urban 5%
Grassland 76% → 82% since 1990

Flow affected by: public water supply, effluent returns.

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

Crump profile Flat V (1:10) weir set in sloping sidewalls - station closed 1983-1989.

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The catchment

Moderate relief catchment, solid geology Coal Measures. Minor Boulder Clay cover in mid-catchment. Essentially rural; Wirksworth in headwaters.

The station

Crump profile Flat V (1:10) weir set in sloping (1:1) 1.25m high sidewalls, 7.2m wide at V-full. Likely to be modular to structure full. Closed 1983-89. High flows gauged from d/s bridge - bridge downstream may restrict flood flows. Adjustable pre-barrage to improve fish passage installed on weir apron in Jan 2013. Remains modular to structure full. Pre-barrage to improve fish passage installed on weir apron in 2013. Remains modular to structure full.

How it measures flow

Two ratings applied across period of record. Rating should not be applied beyond bankfull. Gauged at low flows only. High flows gauged from d/s bridge. Adjustable pre-barrage to improve fish passage installed on weir apron in Jan 2013. Bridge downstream may restrict flood flows.

Flow regime

PWS abstraction and WRW discharge balance to yield substantially natural regime.

The flow record

Good high flows site - station closed 1983-89. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2019 (WINFAP Files v8).

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
1971
Station datum
69.4 mAOD
Flow record
1971–2024 · 53 yrs · 85% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1970
Hydrometric area
28
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Ecclesbourne at Duffield flooding today?

The current level is 0.12m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Duffield?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, updated roughly every 15 minutes.

What is a normal level for the River Ecclesbourne at Duffield?

The typical range at this station is 0.14m to 0.90m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.90m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.

How often is this river level data updated?

Readings are taken by the Environment Agency gauge roughly every 15 minutes and FloodRadar refreshes its data continuously, so the level shown is normally less than an hour old.

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