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Torksey

Trent 🌊 Tidal
Lower Trent and Erewash catchment • Torksey • Lincolnshire • ID: 4065 • Level
This gauge is tidally influenced — levels rise and fall with each tide, so rapid changes here are normal and don't necessarily indicate flooding.
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Current Level
2.914 mAOD?
▲ Rising (+46cm/hr)
24h Max
3.228 mAOD
24h Min
2.155 mAOD
Typical Range
1.40 - 4.65
mAOD
Measured rhythm
every 12.4 hours · about 1.2 m
Highest Recorded
7.42 mAOD
EA official record
7.42 in our data (since Aug 1972)
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Flood predictions aren't generated for tidal gauges — their levels are driven by the tide, not by catchment rainfall, so the forecast models would have no skill here.

Recent Readings

Rising · +45 cm over 5h
25 Oct 08:00 ▲▲ +23 cm 2.914 mAOD
25 Oct 07:30 ▲▲ +14 cm 2.682 mAOD
25 Oct 07:15 ▲▲ +13 cm 2.546 mAOD
25 Oct 07:00 ▲ +3 cm 2.412 mAOD
25 Oct 06:45 ▼ -0.3 cm 2.381 mAOD
25 Oct 06:30 ▼ -0.7 cm 2.384 mAOD
25 Oct 06:15 ▼ -0.3 cm 2.391 mAOD
25 Oct 06:00 ▼ -0.2 cm 2.394 mAOD
25 Oct 05:45 ▼ -0.2 cm 2.396 mAOD
25 Oct 05:30 ▼ -1 cm 2.398 mAOD
25 Oct 05:15 ▼ -0.9 cm 2.410 mAOD
25 Oct 05:00 ▲ +0.8 cm 2.419 mAOD
25 Oct 04:45 ▼ -0.9 cm 2.411 mAOD
25 Oct 04:30 ▼ -1 cm 2.420 mAOD
25 Oct 04:15 ▼ -0.4 cm 2.433 mAOD
25 Oct 04:00 ▼ -1 cm 2.437 mAOD
25 Oct 03:45 ▬ steady 2.448 mAOD
25 Oct 03:30 ▼ -1 cm 2.448 mAOD
25 Oct 03:15 ▼ -0.9 cm 2.459 mAOD
25 Oct 03:00 2.468 mAOD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Torksey
  • Watercourse: River Trent
  • Nearest Town: Torksey
  • County: Lincolnshire
  • Coordinates: 53°17'37"N 0°45'4"W (53.293511, -0.750996)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Aug 1972
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 4065
  • RLOI id: 2128 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 4065-level-stage-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD?
  • Typical rise rate: 80 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Lower Trent and Erewash
  • Typical Range: 1.400 – 4.650 mAOD
  • EA Cross-check: 2.68 mAOD (EA at 25 Oct 07:30)

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.

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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.

860 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 13.4 km away along the river. 13 report discharging now, 815 report not discharging, and for 32 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.

💧
Severn Trent Water · into Tuxford Beck · 13.4 km upstream along the river
4 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.
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Severn Trent Water · into Ditch Trib. Of Laneham Beck · 13.5 km upstream along the river
2 spills · 3 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Severn Trent Water · into The Fleet · 20.6 km upstream along the river
34 spills · 679 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Severn Trent Water · into The Fleet · 21.6 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Severn Trent Water · into Moorhouse Beck · 26.6 km upstream along the river
54 spills · 555 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Severn Trent Water · into River Trent · 32.5 km upstream along the river
8 spills · 118 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Severn Trent Water · into River Trent · 32.5 km upstream along the river
3 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Severn Trent Water · into River Trent · 33.3 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now

852 more further upstream, up to 215.2 km away along the river.

Also discharging now further upstream: Ilkeston (Hallam Fields) WwTW (92.8 km), Pinxton Sewage Treatment Works (115.4 km), Ambergate (Hagwood) Pumping St (133.7 km), Wirksworth Sewage Treatment Works (137.2 km), Darley Bridge CSO (150.5 km), Baslow STW (162.1 km) and 7 more.

Nearby, connection not known

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

💧
Severn Trent Water · into Unnamed Trib Of Laneham Beck · 3.1 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
30 spills · 202 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. 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 4.65 m on about 42 days. This year so far: 46 days.

2026 46 days, 6 of them high · 6 high so far
2025 39 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
2024 78 days, 16 of them high · 16 high
2023 67 days, 14 of them high · 14 high
2022 29 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
2021 32 days, 14 of them high · 14 high
2020 46 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
2019 58 days, 12 of them high · 12 high
2018 26 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2017 7 days

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out. The darker part is days above 6.06 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 12 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 2.8 km away).

14flood warnings 246flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 8 Jan 2025 — River Trent at Dunham-on-Trent

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 21
2025 1 12
2024 4 19
2023 2 15
2022 0 7
2021 1 13
2020 0 8
2019 1 17
2018 0 11
2017 0 2
2016 1 7
2015 0 3
2014 0 8
2013 0 7
2012 4 13
2011 0 3
2010 0 9
2009 0 9
2008 0 19
2007 0 36
2006 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 Torksey flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 12 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the River Trent at Torksey flooding today?

The current level is 2.91m, which is within the typical range of 1.40 to 4.65m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Torksey?

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 Trent at Torksey?

The typical range at this station is 1.40m to 4.65m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 4.65m 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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