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Warwick

Avon
Warwickshire Avon catchment • Warwick • Warwickshire • ID: 2091 • Level
(35m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 175 views

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Current Level
1.096 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
1.102 mASD
24h Min
1.089 mASD
Typical Range
0.40 - 1.46
mASD
Highest Recorded
3.95 mASD
10 Apr 1998
Since May 1972
Current level is 28% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Rising · +0.7 cm over 6h
24 Aug 00:15 ▬ steady 1.096 mASD
24 Aug 00:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 1.096 mASD
23 Aug 23:45 ▬ steady 1.095 mASD
23 Aug 23:30 ▲ +0.1 cm 1.094 mASD
23 Aug 23:15 ▬ steady 1.093 mASD
23 Aug 23:00 ▬ steady 1.093 mASD
23 Aug 22:45 ▲ +0.2 cm 1.092 mASD
23 Aug 21:30 ▲ +0.1 cm 1.090 mASD
23 Aug 21:15 ▬ steady 1.089 mASD
23 Aug 21:00 ▬ steady 1.089 mASD
23 Aug 20:45 ▬ steady 1.089 mASD
23 Aug 20:30 ▬ steady 1.089 mASD
23 Aug 20:15 ▬ steady 1.089 mASD
23 Aug 20:00 ▬ steady 1.089 mASD
23 Aug 19:45 ▬ steady 1.089 mASD
23 Aug 19:30 ▬ steady 1.089 mASD
23 Aug 19:15 ▬ steady 1.089 mASD
23 Aug 19:00 ▬ steady 1.089 mASD
23 Aug 18:45 ▬ steady 1.089 mASD
23 Aug 18:30 1.089 mASD

Rainfall & Weather

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2008 for the 15 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.7 km away).

171flood warnings 110flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 27 Feb 2026Gog Brook at Warwick

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 6 8
2025 12 5
2024 38 25
2023 16 16
2022 0 1
2021 5 4
2020 12 9
2019 13 12
2018 1 2
2017 0 1
2016 9 3
2015 0 1
2014 6 4
2013 12 4
2012 36 5
2011 5 1
2010 0 3
2009 0 1
2008 0 5

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 Warwick flood history.

Nearby Stations

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Warwick
  • Watercourse: River Avon
  • Nearest Town: Warwick
  • County: Warwickshire
  • Nearest reservoir: Draycote (16.3 km) · 78.5% full (as of 17 Aug 2026)
  • Coordinates: 52°17'6"N 1°33'46"W (52.284932, -1.562658)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 17 May 1972
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
  • Station Reference: 2091
  • EA Gauge ID: 2091-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 1 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Warwickshire Avon
  • Typical Range: 0.399 – 1.463 mASD
  • Drainage Area: 1,012 km² upstream of this gauge
  • Flow Data: Available (m³/s) via EA Hydrology
  • EA Cross-check: 1.10 mASD (EA at 24 Aug 00:15)
  • 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.

Catchment Character

🌊 Fairly flashy Responds fairly quickly to rain, with moderate baseflow between events.

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
0.42
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
683 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +1% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
7.3%
partly urbanised
Median Annual Flood
77.22 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Recorded Flow
131 m³/s
3 Jan 2024
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 8.6128.364.852.855% (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 4%Grassland 41%Arable 38%Urban 16%Other 1%
Arable 41% → 38% since 1990

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

An open channel site gauging a mainly low lying agricultural catchment.

More detail

The catchment

The catchment is a mainly low relief and largely agricultural but has built up areas at Rugby and Leamington. The geology is mainly Lower Lias and Keuper Marl.

The station

An open channel site, with the river impounded 1.5 km downstream of the site, it has very limited navigation and has a small seasonal weed growth effect.

How it measures flow

Site rarely bypassed. Cross section considered to be stable. Multiple peak flow ratings applied across period of record. Dramatic shift in ratings a result of datum change in 1981. Ratings fit well to corresponding gaugings.

Flow regime

Responsive regime with evident artificial influences. Influences at low flows come from public water supply and returns on the River Leam.

The flow record

Station closed 22/06/1983 to 01/06/1984. Chart data for 29/12/1982 to 02/01/1986 examined for POTs. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2020 (WINFAP Files v9). Missing data in January 2019 due to sluice gate movement. Flow calculation switched off from July 2020 due to underestimation of flows, rating review in progress.

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
Velocity–area
Operating since
1986
Station datum
46.1 mAOD
Flow record
2000–2024 · 24 yrs · 99% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1972
Hydrometric area
54
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Avon at Warwick flooding today?

The current level is 1.10m, which is within the typical range of 0.40 to 1.46m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Warwick?

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 Avon at Warwick?

The typical range at this station is 0.40m to 1.46m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.46m 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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