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Get notified about Shardlow — tick as many as you like, they all share the notify settings below.
Each one is saved as its own alert — pause or remove them individually any time.
Not an emergency service — if in danger call 999. Alerts rely on EA/SEPA data and are best-efforts. Terms
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Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 40 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.2 km away).
Most recent flood warning: 3 Mar 2026 — River Soar at Zouch Island
| Year | Severe | Warnings | Alerts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 23 | 10 |
| 2025 | 0 | 18 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 31 | 11 |
| 2023 | 1 | 41 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 21 | 8 |
| 2020 | 0 | 18 | 7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 31 | 15 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 0 | 22 | 11 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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 Shardlow flood history.
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Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.
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).
Flow affected by: surface-water abstraction, reservoir influence, public water supply, groundwater abstraction.
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
27 Nov 2012 Downstream view to gauging station, in flood
1992 Former Time Of Flight Ultrasonic flow gauge
1992 View of left bank Ultrasonic transducer racks
1992 Right bank upstream transducer rack
1992 Right bank Upstream view of Ultrasonic flow gauge
1992 Downstream right bank ultrasonic transducer
1992 View of measuring section taken from Cavendish bridge
1992 Upstream staff gauge
Spot gauging
Bankfull
Photos © NRFA / UKCEH & the measuring authority — shown at web resolution. Full gallery on the NRFA ↗
Sidelooker horizontal ADCP, using index velocity method to derive flows from 15/02/2008 onwards. Velocity Index gauge replaced multipath cross-configuration Ultrasonic Time of Flight gauge in 1991. Prior to 1991, gauge had a non-operational velocity-area rating which was not suitable to process flow due to being subject to variable backwater influence of the River Derwent and weed growth.
Descriptions from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH). NRFA station record ↗
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
The current level is 0.47m, which is within the typical range of 0.41 to 1.70m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
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.
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. 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.
The typical range at this station is 0.41m to 1.70m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.70m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
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.
Free live river-level widget — ideal for parish councils, angling clubs and local sites. Updates automatically.
Postcodes within 5 km with properties in the Environment Agency’s rivers-and-sea flood-risk bands:
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