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Water Level Falling
Down from 6.58 at 13:45, now 6.50
6.50

Farndon

Dee
Dee (Cheshire) catchment • Cheshire West and Chester • ID: NRW_H067000624 • Level
Natural Resources Wales does not publish a typical range for this gauge, so FloodRadar works one out from its own history (its usual daily lows and highs). It is not an official flood threshold.
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Current Level
6.495 mAOD?
▼ Falling (-2cm/hr)
24h Max
6.669 mAOD
24h Min
6.414 mAOD
Typical Range
4.61 - 8.19
mAOD
Highest Recorded
9.10 mAOD
25 Nov 2024
Since Feb 2024
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Rising · +8 cm over 5h
27 Oct 16:45 ▬ steady 6.495 mAOD
27 Oct 16:30 ▼ -0.9 cm 6.495 mAOD
27 Oct 16:15 ▼ -0.5 cm 6.504 mAOD
27 Oct 16:00 ▼ -0.9 cm 6.509 mAOD
27 Oct 15:45 ▼ -0.6 cm 6.518 mAOD
27 Oct 15:30 ▼ -0.8 cm 6.524 mAOD
27 Oct 15:15 ▼ -1.0 cm 6.532 mAOD
27 Oct 15:00 ▼ -0.8 cm 6.542 mAOD
27 Oct 14:45 ▼ -1.0 cm 6.550 mAOD
27 Oct 14:30 ▼ -0.8 cm 6.560 mAOD
27 Oct 14:15 ▼ -0.5 cm 6.568 mAOD
27 Oct 14:00 ▼ -0.4 cm 6.573 mAOD
27 Oct 13:45 ▲ +0.7 cm 6.577 mAOD
27 Oct 13:30 ▲ +0.9 cm 6.570 mAOD
27 Oct 13:15 ▲ +2 cm 6.561 mAOD
27 Oct 13:00 ▲ +3 cm 6.539 mAOD
27 Oct 12:45 ▲ +4 cm 6.510 mAOD
27 Oct 12:30 ▲ +4 cm 6.471 mAOD
27 Oct 12:15 ▲ +2 cm 6.433 mAOD
27 Oct 12:00 6.414 mAOD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Farndon
  • Watercourse: Dee
  • County: Cheshire West and Chester
  • Coordinates: 53°4'59"N 2°52'39"W (53.083000, -2.877500)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station (inferred)
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: NRW_H067000624
  • NRW telemetry ID: H067000624 Water Level Stage
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD?
  • Typical rise rate: 34 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~12 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Dee (Cheshire)
  • Typical Range: 4.610 – 8.185 mAOD

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

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Connected downstream

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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.

64 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 19.6 km away along the river. 1 reports discharging now, 60 report not discharging, and for 3 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.

💧
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Dee · 19.6 km upstream along the river
Not discharging now · last
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Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Afon Clywedog · 26.2 km upstream along the river
Not discharging now · last
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Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Unnamed Tributary Of Afon Clywedog · 27.6 km upstream along the river
Not discharging now · last
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Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Gwenfro · 28.6 km upstream along the river
Not discharging now · last
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Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Gwenfro · 29.4 km upstream along the river
Not discharging now
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Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Gwenfro · 30.8 km upstream along the river
Not discharging now
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Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Gwenfro · 31.2 km upstream along the river
Not discharging now
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Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Gwenfro · 31.3 km upstream along the river
Monitor offline: it cannot say whether it is discharging

56 more further upstream, up to 112.5 km away along the river.

Also discharging now further upstream: Church Street Llanuwchllyn Storm Overflow (112.5 km).

Nearby, connection not known

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

💧
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Dee · 1.0 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
Not discharging now · last
💧
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Carden Brook · 4.9 km away in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map
14 spills · 22 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

7 other overflows within 6 km are downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so they are not listed.

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. Sewage & storm overflows →

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 8.19 m on about 22 days. This year so far: 6 days.

2026 6 days so far
2025 17 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
2024 26 days, 7 of them high · 7 high

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out. The darker part is days above 8.69 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2013 for the 4 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.5 km away).

1severe warning 35flood warnings 115flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 8 Dec 2024 — English River Dee at Farndon

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 0 5
2025 0 0 8
2024 0 4 19
2023 0 2 9
2022 0 1 7
2021 1 2 14
2020 0 6 11
2019 0 4 22
2018 0 1 6
2017 0 0 2
2016 0 2 2
2015 0 4 3
2014 0 6 4
2013 0 3 3

Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record.

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.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Dee at Farndon flooding today?

The current level is 6.50mAOD, which is within the typical range of 4.61 to 8.19mAOD. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Farndon?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling. 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 Dee at Farndon?

The typical range at this station is 4.61mAOD to 8.19mAOD, based on Natural Resources Wales historical data. Levels above 8.19mAOD are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.

How often is this river level data updated?

Readings are supplied by the Natural Resources Wales gauge. FloodRadar checks for updates roughly every 15 minutes; the timestamp above shows how recent the latest available reading is.

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Wales — NRW flood warnings

Wales: 0 severe flood warnings, 0 flood warnings and 5 flood alerts in force. Last successful check: 2026-10-27 17:03:02 UTC.

No current NRW warning or alert matched this gauge location.

Messages: Natural Resources Wales flood warnings API. Warning-area boundaries: Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Boundaries from DataMapWales.

River readings supplied by Natural Resources Wales. FloodRadar checks for updates every 15 minutes; the reading timestamp shows the latest available observation.

The Environment Agency’s flood-zone map covers England. In Wales the Area map’s Flood Zones layer is Natural Resources Wales’s Flood Map for Planning, drawn by FloodRadar from its copy of NRW’s shapes where it holds them: an empty patch is not an absence of flood risk. Check NRW for official Welsh flood warnings and information.