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Langworth

Barlings Eau
Witham catchment • Langworth • Lincolnshire • ID: E1746 • Level
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Last Level
0.101 m
⚠ 3h ago · may be out of date
24h Max
0.109 m
24h Min
0.101 m
Typical Range
0.11 - 2.41
m
Highest Recorded
3.55 m
EA official record
3.48 in our data (since Jul 1980)
Current level is 3% of this
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Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Falling · -0.3 cm over 5h
23 Aug 20:00 ▬ steady 0.101 m
23 Aug 19:45 ▬ steady 0.101 m
23 Aug 19:30 ▬ steady 0.101 m
23 Aug 19:15 ▬ steady 0.101 m
23 Aug 19:00 ▬ steady 0.101 m
23 Aug 18:45 ▬ steady 0.101 m
23 Aug 18:30 ▬ steady 0.101 m
23 Aug 18:15 ▬ steady 0.101 m
23 Aug 18:00 ▬ steady 0.101 m
23 Aug 17:45 ▬ steady 0.101 m
23 Aug 17:30 ▬ steady 0.101 m
23 Aug 17:15 ▬ steady 0.101 m
23 Aug 17:00 ▬ steady 0.102 m
23 Aug 16:45 ▬ steady 0.102 m
23 Aug 16:30 ▬ steady 0.102 m
23 Aug 16:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.102 m
23 Aug 16:00 ▬ steady 0.103 m
23 Aug 15:45 ▬ steady 0.103 m
23 Aug 15:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.103 m
23 Aug 15:15 0.104 m

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 8 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.2 km away).

1severe warning 27flood warnings 57flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 1 Mar 2026Barlings Eau and tributaries between Langworth and Bardney

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 8 5
2025 0 2 4
2024 0 2 3
2023 0 4 4
2022 0 0 2
2021 0 0 4
2020 0 0 2
2019 0 2 6
2018 0 0 1
2016 0 0 3
2014 0 0 2
2013 0 1 3
2012 0 0 4
2010 0 0 4
2009 0 0 1
2008 0 3 3
2007 1 5 5
2006 0 0 1

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 Langworth flood history.

Nearby Stations

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Langworth
  • Watercourse: Barlings Eau
  • Nearest Town: Langworth
  • County: Lincolnshire
  • Coordinates: 53°16'32"N 0°24'10"W (53.275665, -0.402812)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Jan 1979
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
  • Station Reference: E1746
  • EA Gauge ID: E1746-level-stage-i-15_min-m
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: m
  • Typical rise rate: 1 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Witham
  • Typical Range: 0.105 – 2.410 m
  • Drainage Area: 210 km² upstream of this gauge
  • Flow Data: Available (m³/s) via EA Hydrology
  • EA Cross-check: 0.10 m (EA at 23 Aug 20:00)
  • 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

🌊 Mixed response A balance of quick runoff and slower groundwater baseflow.

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
0.53
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
662 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +7% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
1.8%
largely rural
Highest Recorded Flow
45.38 m³/s
20 Oct 2023
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 1.405.890.4870.0495% (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 3%Grassland 20%Arable 71%Urban 5%
Arable 79% → 71% since 1990

Flow affected by: groundwater abstraction, industrial / agricultural abstraction.

About this gauge

Several gauging structures have been used at this site, gauging a rural catchment with mixed geology and some artificial influences.

More detail

The catchment

Flat catchment. Mixed geology, with significant superficial deposits, predominantly Boulder Clay. Predominantly rural but with some new urban development.

The station

Ultrasonic gauge, commissioned 09/03/1999. Originally a natural section until Nov 1965, replaced by a low flow compound Crump profile weir, which ceased operating in Sept 1978 and was replaced by a flat V weir in June 1980.

How it measures flow

Cableway in early 1970s used for gauging the station rating. The structure operating since June 1980 has the theoretical rating confirmed by check gaugings. Structure drowns at about 19 cumecs.

Flow regime

Runoff influenced by gw abstraction/recharge. Runoff reduced by industrial/agricultural abstraction. Irrigation abstractions reduce summer low flows.

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
Gauging structure
Operating since
1960
Station datum
3.5 mAOD
Flow record
1960–2024 · 64 yrs · 97% complete
Hydrometric area
30
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the Barlings Eau at Langworth flooding today?

The current level is 0.10m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Langworth?

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 Barlings Eau at Langworth?

The typical range at this station is 0.11m to 2.41m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 2.41m 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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