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Easing — down from 0.23 at 19:00, now 0.20
0.20

Worksop

Ryton
Idle and Torne catchment • Worksop • Nottinghamshire • ID: 4049 • Level
(1h ago) • 3 readings/hr • 234 views

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Current Level
0.202 mASD
▼ Easing
24h Max
0.268 mASD
24h Min
0.152 mASD
Typical Range
0.15 - 1.05
mASD
Highest Recorded
2.19 mASD
EA official record
A 3.08 reading (14 Nov 2019) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 9% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Falling · -3 cm over 7h
08 Oct 01:30 ▼ -0.3 cm 0.202 mASD
08 Oct 01:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.205 mASD
08 Oct 00:45 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.206 mASD
08 Oct 00:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.208 mASD
08 Oct 00:15 ▼ -0.3 cm 0.209 mASD
07 Oct 23:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.212 mASD
07 Oct 23:30 ▼ -0.5 cm 0.213 mASD
07 Oct 22:30 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.218 mASD
07 Oct 22:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.220 mASD
07 Oct 21:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.221 mASD
07 Oct 21:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.222 mASD
07 Oct 21:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.223 mASD
07 Oct 21:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.224 mASD
07 Oct 20:30 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.225 mASD
07 Oct 20:00 ▬ steady 0.227 mASD
07 Oct 19:45 ▬ steady 0.227 mASD
07 Oct 19:30 ▬ steady 0.227 mASD
07 Oct 19:15 ▬ steady 0.227 mASD
07 Oct 19:00 ▬ steady 0.227 mASD
07 Oct 18:45 0.227 mASD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Worksop
  • Watercourse: River Ryton
  • Nearest Town: Worksop
  • County: Nottinghamshire
  • Coordinates: 53°18'33"N 1°8'17"W (53.309224, -1.138194)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 18 Jun 1970
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 4049
  • RLOI id: 2121 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 4049-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 2 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Idle and Torne
  • Typical Range: 0.149 – 1.050 mASD
  • Drainage Area: 77 km² upstream of this gauge
  • Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 6 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: 0.20 mASD (EA at 8 Oct 01:45)
  • 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 downstream

Same river system, separate branch

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.

4 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 9.9 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 4 report not discharging.

💧
Severn Trent Water · into Anston Brook · 9.9 km upstream along the river
3 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Severn Trent Water · into Anston Brook · 10.5 km upstream along the river
19 spills · 50 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Severn Trent Water · into Cramfit Brook · 14.6 km upstream along the river
41 spills · 403 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Severn Trent Water · into Cramfit Brook · 14.7 km upstream along the river
26 spills · 191 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

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 River Ryton · 1.9 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
2 spills · 2 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Owlands Wood Dyke · 4.2 km away in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it
5 spills · 37 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Millwood Brook · 5.3 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
14 spills · 7 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Millwood Brook · 5.3 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
9 spills · 81 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Severn Trent Water · into Walling Wells Brook · 5.5 km away in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it
5 spills · 44 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

3 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. 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 1.05 m on about 10 days. This year so far: 2 days.

2026 2 days so far
2025 3 days
2024 17 days
2023 11 days
2022 10 days
2021 10 days
2020 18 days
2019 11 days
2018 12 days
2017 2 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 2009 for the 5 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.7 km away).

17flood warnings 33flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 6 Jan 2025 — River Ryton at Worksop Town Centre including Shireoaks

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 3
2025 2 2
2024 3 3
2023 5 4
2022 0 2
2021 0 3
2020 2 2
2019 5 5
2018 0 2
2016 0 1
2014 0 1
2012 0 3
2009 0 2

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 Worksop flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 5 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Catchment Character

🌊 Groundwater-fed Slow and steady — fed largely by groundwater, so levels change gradually, not in sudden spikes.

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
0.75
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
675 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +4% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
6.6%
partly urbanised
Median Annual Flood
5.77 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
15.08 m³/s
20 Oct 2023 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 0.4791.450.2900.0935% (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 9%Grassland 21%Arable 54%Urban 15%Other 1%
Arable 63% → 54% since 1990

Flow affected by: groundwater abstraction, effluent returns.

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

Crump profile Flat V weir draining mixed farming, industry and forestry catchment.

More detail

The catchment

Catchment of moderate relief on dip slope of Magnesian L'st outcrop with a narrow band of Permian Marl near the gauge. Extractive industries in the west otherwise mixed farming and forestry.

The station

Crump profile Flat V weir, 4.57m at V-full, in trapezoidal channel. Downstream bridge provokes early non-modularity. Modified stage discharge curve produced for non-modularity at high flows.

How it measures flow

Two ratings applied across period of record, the reason for change unknown. Ratings fit well to gaugings which are quite scattered, however all flows are contained. Downstream bridge provokes early non-modularity. Modified stage discharge curve produced for non-modularity at high flows.

Flow regime

Significant flow augmentation via groundwater pumping and WRW, and abstractions for canal use. High baseflow component and subdued hydrographs.

The flow record

June 2007 flows should be treated with caution as levels exceeded bankfull. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in October 2018 (WINFAP Files v7).

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
Flat-V weir
Operating since
1970
Station datum
32.1 mAOD
Flow record
1970–2024 · 54 yrs · 100% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1968
Hydrometric area
28
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Ryton at Worksop flooding today?

The current level is 0.20m, which is within the typical range of 0.15 to 1.05m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Worksop?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling slightly. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.

Why is the level slowly falling?

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.

What is a normal level for the River Ryton at Worksop?

The typical range at this station is 0.15m to 1.05m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.05m 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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