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Church Stretton

Ash Brook 🌊 Tidal
Teme catchment • Church Stretton • Shropshire • ID: 2705 • 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.
(45m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 160 views

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Current Level
0.160 mASD
▼ Falling (+17cm/hr)
24h Max
0.202 mASD
24h Min
0.031 mASD
Typical Range
0.02 - 0.35
mASD
Highest Recorded
0.59 mASD
EA official record
A 1.32 reading (7 Feb 2014) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 27% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

🌍 floodradar.co.uk
1 day

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 · +11 cm over 5h
08 Oct 19:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.160 mASD
08 Oct 19:30 ▲▲ +9 cm 0.161 mASD
08 Oct 19:15 ▼▼ -8 cm 0.074 mASD
08 Oct 19:00 ▼ -2 cm 0.157 mASD
08 Oct 18:45 ▲▲ +8 cm 0.176 mASD
08 Oct 18:30 ▼ -4 cm 0.098 mASD
08 Oct 18:15 ▲▲ +8 cm 0.135 mASD
08 Oct 18:00 ▲ +0.7 cm 0.055 mASD
08 Oct 17:45 ▲ +1 cm 0.048 mASD
08 Oct 17:30 ▬ steady 0.037 mASD
08 Oct 17:15 ▲ +0.5 cm 0.037 mASD
08 Oct 17:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.032 mASD
08 Oct 16:45 ▬ steady 0.031 mASD
08 Oct 16:30 ▼ -1 cm 0.031 mASD
08 Oct 16:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.044 mASD
08 Oct 16:00 ▼ -2 cm 0.043 mASD
08 Oct 15:30 ▼ -1 cm 0.065 mASD
08 Oct 15:15 ▲ +2 cm 0.076 mASD
08 Oct 15:00 ▲ +0.8 cm 0.057 mASD
08 Oct 14:45 0.049 mASD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Church Stretton
  • Watercourse: Ash Brook
  • Nearest Town: Church Stretton
  • County: Shropshire
  • Coordinates: 52°32'26"N 2°48'6"W (52.540500, -2.801605)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 2 May 2008
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 2705
  • RLOI id: 2199 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 2705-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 27 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: Teme
  • Typical Range: 0.020 – 0.350 mASD
  • EA Cross-check: 0.16 mASD (EA at 8 Oct 19:30)

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

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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

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of this gauge on the mapped river network. That is not the same as none: the map leaves out many small streams and culverts, so an overflow it cannot place may still drain here, and not every company publishes every overflow. Those nearby are listed below.

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 Trib Of Quinny Brook · 3.5 km away in a straight line · several watercourses close by, nothing to choose between them
162 spills · 3,257 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Severn Trent Water · into Trib Of Quinny Brook · 3.5 km away in a straight line · several watercourses close by, nothing to choose between them
35 spills · 178 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. 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 0.35 m on about 18 days. This year so far: 5 days.

2026 5 days, 3 of them high · 3 high so far
2025 7 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
2024 4 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2023 2 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2022 137 days, 9 of them high · 9 high
2021 0 days
2020 1 day
2019 4 days
2018 4 days
2017 1 day

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out. The darker part is days above 0.53 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Ash Brook at Church Stretton flooding today?

The current level is 0.16m, which is within the typical range of 0.02 to 0.35m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Church Stretton?

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.

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. Only about 6.4mm of rain has fallen nearby in the last 7 days, so the flow is being sustained mainly by groundwater. 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 Ash Brook at Church Stretton?

The typical range at this station is 0.02m to 0.35m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.35m 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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