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Current Level
0.128 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.131 m
24h Min
0.124 m
Typical Range
0.15 - 1.70
m
Highest Recorded
2.01 m
31 Jul 2019
Since Apr 1969
Current level is 6% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. Shown with its calibrated 10–90% confidence band. Under evaluation —
not yet promoted, so treat as a second opinion.
River Flow
90 days
Daily mean discharge (m³/s) with the daily min–max band, from the EA Hydrology API. Flow is the volume of water passing the gauge — often a more direct flood signal than level.
Long Term
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Falling · -0.2 cm over 6h
24 Aug 00:00▬ steady0.128 m
23 Aug 23:45▬ steady0.128 m
23 Aug 23:30▬ steady0.128 m
23 Aug 23:15▬ steady0.128 m
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.128 m
23 Aug 22:45▬ steady0.128 m
23 Aug 21:30▬ steady0.128 m
23 Aug 21:15▬ steady0.128 m
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.128 m
23 Aug 20:45▬ steady0.128 m
23 Aug 20:30▬ steady0.128 m
23 Aug 20:15▼ -0.1 cm0.128 m
23 Aug 20:00▬ steady0.129 m
23 Aug 19:45▼ -0.1 cm0.129 m
23 Aug 19:30▬ steady0.130 m
23 Aug 19:15▬ steady0.130 m
23 Aug 19:00▬ steady0.130 m
23 Aug 18:45▬ steady0.130 m
23 Aug 18:30▬ steady0.130 m
23 Aug 18:150.130 m
Rainfall & Weather
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 15 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.4 km away).
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 Compstall flood history.
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
🌊 Steep & flashySteep 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
0.48
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,219 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +7% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
2.5%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
61.96 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Recorded Flow
82.60 m³/s
21 Dec 1991
Flow-Duration Curve
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.
Compound Crump weir draining a Pennine catchment with flows affected by upstream reservoirs.
More detail
The catchment
Catchment rises in the Pennines. Geology comprises Millstone Grit and Boulder Clay in the lower catchment with peat covered steeper slopes in the headwaters, including Kinder Scout. A predominantly rural catchment, with small industrial towns in the main valley. No catchment changes known.
The station
Compound Crump weir opened March 1969, 19m wide overall with centre crest 7 m wide flanked by two crests 5.5 m wide and 0.40 m higher; divide piers are 0.4 m wide. Wing walls 2.9m, divide piers 2.1m high.
How it measures flow
All flows are contained within the structure. High flows have been gauged from a bridge upstream by handline. The weir has a bypass sluice for maintenance. Considerable debris, including trees, may be trapped on the divide piers at high flows; debris was observed to raise levels during the September and early October 2008 events (shown in station photographs and by the upstream/downstream stage relationship). Theoretical rating considered good in low flow crest below 0.5m but is consistently 20% less than gaugings above this; downstream recorder, installed 8/2006, confirms drowning a little below 1.5m. One peak flow rating applied across period of record, based on gaugings, with modelled top-end. Recent high gaugings by ADCP confirm earlier current metering. More high flow gaugings needed.
Flow regime
Several reservoirs in catchment - Kinder, Combs, Todd Brook, Errwood and Fernilee - control approximately 32% of catchment in total. Moderate disturbance to flow regime.
The flow record
Gauged daily flow data for 1969 and 1970 are of lower quality and are missing from 1971-1975 because of system failure. Peak flows: the event in 1973 is also the highest on record at Brinksway (downstream of the confluence with the Tame and Etherow), but the level at Marple Bridge could have been affected by debris, and there is a vague report about a canal breach at the time. Pumping into Todd Brook (max. rate 5 cumecs) to drain Toddbrook Reservoir during emergency repairs began 1/08/2019 and continued until end Sept. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2020 (WINFAP Files v9). Exceptionally low flows in summer 2023.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Gauging structure
Operating since
1969
Station datum
74.4 mAOD
Flow record
1969–2024 · 55 yrs · 91% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1969
Hydrometric area
69
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Goyt at Marple Bridge flooding today?
The current level is 0.13m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Marple Bridge?
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 River Goyt at Marple Bridge?
The typical range at this station is 0.15m to 1.70m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.70m 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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