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Audlem

Weaver
Weaver and Dane catchment • Coxbank • Cheshire East • ID: 680301 • Level
(32m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 102 views

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Current Level
0.120 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.120 m
24h Min
0.104 m
Typical Range
0.11 - 2.00
m
Highest Recorded
2.87 m
EA official record
2.83 in our data (since Apr 1973)
Current level is 4% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Rising · +0.7 cm over 5h
09 Oct 19:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.120 m
09 Oct 19:00 ▬ steady 0.119 m
09 Oct 18:45 ▬ steady 0.119 m
09 Oct 18:30 ▬ steady 0.119 m
09 Oct 18:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.119 m
09 Oct 18:00 ▬ steady 0.118 m
09 Oct 17:45 ▬ steady 0.118 m
09 Oct 17:30 ▬ steady 0.118 m
09 Oct 17:15 ▬ steady 0.117 m
09 Oct 17:00 ▬ steady 0.117 m
09 Oct 16:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.117 m
09 Oct 16:30 ▬ steady 0.116 m
09 Oct 16:15 ▬ steady 0.116 m
09 Oct 16:00 ▬ steady 0.116 m
09 Oct 15:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.116 m
09 Oct 15:30 ▬ steady 0.115 m
09 Oct 15:15 ▬ steady 0.115 m
09 Oct 15:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.115 m
09 Oct 14:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.114 m
09 Oct 14:30 0.113 m

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Audlem
  • Watercourse: River Weaver
  • Nearest Town: Coxbank
  • County: Cheshire East
  • Coordinates: 52°59'1"N 2°31'8"W (52.983736, -2.518888)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Apr 1973
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 680301
  • RLOI id: 5009 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 680301-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: Weaver and Dane
  • Typical Range: 0.107 – 2.000 m
  • Drainage Area: 207 km² upstream of this gauge
  • Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 7 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: 0.12 m (EA at 9 Oct 19:15)
  • 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.

Nearby Stations

Gauges connected to this river, and others nearby. A distance “by river” follows the river on the map; any other is in a straight line.

Connected downstream

Same river system, separate branch

Distances by river: OS Open Rivers. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

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.

2 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 8.5 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 2 report not discharging.

💧
United Utilities · into Sales Brook · 8.5 km upstream along the river
14 spills · 45 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
United Utilities · into River Weaver · 11.2 km upstream along the river
12 spills · 28 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

Nearby, connection not known

Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.

💧
United Utilities · into Swanback Mill Brook · 970 m away in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it
23 spills · 62 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
United Utilities · into Trib River Weaver · 5.1 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
1 spill · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

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 →

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Rainfall & Weather

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How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 2.00 m on about 12 days. This year so far: 2 days.

2026 2 days so far
2025 13 days
2024 31 days
2023 15 days
2022 6 days
2021 13 days
2020 18 days
2019 15 days
2018 0 days
2017 1 day

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 5 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 7.3 km away).

60flood warnings 46flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 6 Jan 2025 — River Weaver at Nantwich Riverside

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2025 3 6
2024 15 9
2023 11 4
2022 0 1
2021 10 6
2020 5 5
2019 7 5
2016 0 2
2013 4 3
2012 5 4
2007 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 Coxbank flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 5 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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
0.50
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
737 mm/yr
1991–2020 · -3% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.7%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
14.23 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
47.08 m³/s
20 Oct 2023 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 1.725.830.8630.2325% (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 4%Grassland 70%Arable 22%Urban 2%Other 1%
Grassland 78% → 70% since 1990

Flow affected by: public water supply, groundwater abstraction, 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

Velocity area station with thin-plate weir draining a predominantly rural catchment on the Cheshire Plain.

More detail

The catchment

A mostly flat catchment in the Cheshire Plain developed on post glacial deposits over keuper marl, Lias clay and sand; largely impermeable. In the extreme north-west, Triassic sandstones are exposed. The catchment is widely covered with glacial deposits of clays, sands and gravels. Land use is predominantly rural, consisting of mixed farmland with only a few villages. No catchment changes known.

The station

Velocity area station (from 1936) with rectangular thin-plate low flow weir with broad-crested flanking crests (from 1951). Level recording installed downstream of the weir in 1951, moved upstream of the weir in March 1969.

How it measures flow

At high flows, the weir drowns, flows spill out of right bank at approx 2.5m, and the rating is insensitive. Spot gaugings used to derive rating for low to medium flows. Some scatter in gaugings. Changes in channel maintenance are thought to have reduced capacity over the years. One peak flow ratings applied; before and after October 1969. Cableway present. Flood Studies Report grade B.

Flow regime

Minor groundwater abstractions and returns.

The flow record

Gauged daily flows during the period when level measurement was downstream of the weir (1951-1969) are poor, with no reliable rating. Flows from 1973 onwards reprocessed in 2002, with substantial reduction in high flows. Revised data from 1/1977 to 12/2008 loaded in 03/2010; annual runoff typically 7% lower. Peak flows data available from October 1969. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in October 2018 (WINFAP Files v7) and in August 2024 (WINFAP Files v13).

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
1952
Station datum
44.7 mAOD
Flow record
1953–2024 · 71 yrs · 98% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1936
Hydrometric area
68
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Weaver at Audlem flooding today?

The current level is 0.12m, which is within the typical range of 0.11 to 2.00m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Audlem?

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 Weaver at Audlem?

The typical range at this station is 0.11m to 2.00m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 2.00m 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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