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Peaked 1.02 at 12:30, now 0.80 and rising again (0.02 m/h)
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Duddon Hall

Duddon
South Cumbria catchment • Beckfoot • Cumberland • ID: 740102 • Level
(33m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 112 views

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Current Level
0.796 m
▲ Rising (+2cm/hr)
24h Max
1.528 m
24h Min
0.400 m
Typical Range
0.11 - 1.45
m
Highest Recorded
2.61 m
EA official record
2.61 in our data (since Apr 1976)
Current level is 30% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Falling · -7 cm over 5h
09 Oct 22:30 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.796 m
09 Oct 22:15 ▲ +0.6 cm 0.794 m
09 Oct 22:00 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.788 m
09 Oct 21:45 ▲ +0.3 cm 0.790 m
09 Oct 21:30 ▲ +0.3 cm 0.787 m
09 Oct 21:15 ▲ +0.3 cm 0.784 m
09 Oct 21:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.781 m
09 Oct 20:30 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.780 m
09 Oct 20:15 ▼ -0.6 cm 0.782 m
09 Oct 20:00 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.788 m
09 Oct 19:45 ▼ -0.7 cm 0.790 m
09 Oct 19:30 ▼ -0.6 cm 0.797 m
09 Oct 19:15 ▼ -1 cm 0.803 m
09 Oct 19:00 ▼ -0.5 cm 0.814 m
09 Oct 18:45 ▼ -0.8 cm 0.819 m
09 Oct 18:30 ▼ -2 cm 0.827 m
09 Oct 18:00 ▼ -0.4 cm 0.842 m
09 Oct 17:45 ▼ -0.9 cm 0.846 m
09 Oct 17:30 ▼ -0.8 cm 0.855 m
09 Oct 17:15 0.863 m

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Duddon Hall
  • Watercourse: River Duddon
  • Nearest Town: Beckfoot
  • County: Cumberland
  • Coordinates: 54°17'43"N 3°14'15"W (54.295374, -3.237418)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Jan 1975
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 740102
  • RLOI id: 5044 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 740102-level-stage-i-15_min-m
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: m
  • Typical rise rate: 9 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: South Cumbria
  • Typical Range: 0.110 – 1.450 m
  • Drainage Area: 86 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: 0.79 m (EA at 9 Oct 22:15)
  • 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 upstream

Nearby

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

💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of this gauge on the mapped river network. That is not the same as none: the map leaves out many small streams and culverts, so an overflow it cannot place may still drain here, and not every company publishes every overflow. Those nearby are listed below.

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 Duddon Estuary · 2.9 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
77 spills · 276 hours in 2025
Monitor offline: it cannot say whether it is discharging
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United Utilities · into Duddon Estuary · 2.9 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
88 spills · 190 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow
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United Utilities · into Duddon Estuary · 4.5 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
13 spills · 60 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 1.45 m on about 6 days. This year so far: 1 day.

2026 1 day so far
2025 13 days
2024 5 days
2023 6 days
2022 6 days
2021 7 days
2020 6 days
2019 4 days
2018 2 days
2017 6 days

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 2006 for the 4 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.7 km away).

15flood warnings 306flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 1 Sep 2023 — Cumbrian coastline at Duddon estuary, at Haverigg to Duddon Bridge, Foxfield, Dunnerholme

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 6
2025 0 16
2024 0 25
2023 4 23
2022 1 13
2021 4 17
2020 5 20
2019 0 17
2018 1 10
2017 0 14
2016 0 8
2015 0 16
2014 0 5
2013 0 6
2012 0 9
2011 0 6
2010 0 8
2009 0 11
2008 0 27
2007 0 26
2006 0 23

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 Beckfoot 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.

Catchment Character

🌊 Steep & flashy Steep catchment sheds rain quickly — expect fast, sharp rises after 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
0.34
flashy — rain runs off fast
Avg Annual Rainfall
2,381 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +1% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.0%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
121 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
162 m³/s
19 Nov 2009 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 5.2418.002.720.4715% (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 12%Grassland 85%Heath/scrub 3%Other 1%

Flow affected by: surface-water abstraction, public water supply.

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

Compound broad-crested weir gauging a steep, responsive catchment.

More detail

The catchment

A steep catchment, with the river rising at Wrynose Pass and flowing through sparsely populated agricultural land. Geology composed of entirely impervious Ordovician Borrowdale Volcanics and Andesitic Lavas with patches of Boulder Clay and thin soils. Peat moss in north west. No catchment changes known.

The station

Station opened in 1967. Compound broad-crested weir, 22.9m overall, centre crest 7m and 0.3m below flanking crests of equal height.

How it measures flow

All flows contained. Lower flows are gauged by wading but section is poor due to exposed rocks and skew flows. In the past some low gaugings were undertaken in the centre notch of the weir. High flow gaugings up to 1.463m were undertaken in 1968 from a portable cableway upstream of the weir. Improvements to the gauging section and to gauging kit may explain gauging deviation trends over time. The original theoretical equation applies across the whole record, supported by gaugings.

Flow regime

Little urbanisation, but extremely flashy runoff. Abstractions for Barrow public water supply from Ulpha pumping station u/s. Variable compensation flow from Seathwaite Tarn.

The flow record

Peak flows: although 212 days missing in water year 1978/79, AMAX at 74008 Duddon at Ulpha (upstream) occurs on the same date and flows (allowing for catchment area) are comparable. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2020 (WINFAP Files v9).

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
1968
Station datum
14.8 mAOD
Flow record
1968–2024 · 56 yrs · 100% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1967
Hydrometric area
74
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Duddon at Duddon Hall flooding today?

The current level is 0.80m, which is within the typical range of 0.11 to 1.45m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Duddon Hall?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently rising. 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 Duddon at Duddon Hall?

The typical range at this station is 0.11m to 1.45m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.45m 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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