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Current Level
0.030 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.071 mASD
24h Min
0.029 mASD
Typical Range
0.09 - 0.36
mASD
Highest Recorded
2.23 mASD
EA official record
1.15 in our data (since May 1976)
Current level is 1% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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EA forecast (official)
Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. The shaded band is its 10–90% range, widened so that about 80% of recent outcomes fall inside it.
Under evaluation — not yet promoted, so treat as a second opinion.
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.
5 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 13.4 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 5 report not discharging.
Severn Trent Water · into Charlecote Brook · 3.1 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
8 spills · 39 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 →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.36 m
on about 32 days.
This year so far: 31 days.
202631 days, 5 of them high · 5 highso far
202519 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
202458 days, 13 of them high · 13 high
202337 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
202218 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
202132 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
202040 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
201943 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
201827 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
201714 days
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 0.69 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2008 for the 9 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.7 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 Wellesbourne flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 9 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 FlashyRain runs off fast — levels rise and fall sharply, often within hours of 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
0.32
flashy — rain runs off fast
Avg Annual Rainfall
658 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +2% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
1.2%
largely rural
Highest Daily Mean Flow
47.80 m³/s
20 Jul 2007 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
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.
Flat V Crump profile weir built in 1976 as part of flood alleviation scheme works, with flows moderately influence by effluent discharges and irrigation.
More detail
The catchment
Predominantly agricultural catchment draining Edge Hill. Some Boulder Clay to the east overlying, predominantly, argillaceous rocks of the Lower Liassic series with Mercia Mudstone closer to the gauge.
The station
Flat V Crump profile weir built in 1976 as part of flood alleviation scheme works, 7.97m wide; cross-slope 1:20, large d/s fall, all flows contained. Fish pass on right bank completed in July 2023.
How it measures flow
July 2007 flows exceeded limit of rating curve. In-channel weed growth is prevelant, extending from the measurement section upstream and affects low flow gaugings where flow conditions very slack. Weed is managed during the summer months. ADCP remote controlled gaugings carried out just upstream of fish pass, though have been carried out further upstream with mixed success. Further gaugings required across the flow range to help confirm rating curve performance post fish pass installation.
Flow regime
Flow regime has visibly changed since May 1989 with more diurnal pattern, believed due to Wellsbourne Water Mill being restored.
The flow record
Moderate influence from effluent discharges and seasonal spray irrigation.
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Dene at Wellesbourne flooding today?
The current level is 0.03m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Wellesbourne?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. 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 Dene at Wellesbourne?
The typical range at this station is 0.09m to 0.36m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.36m 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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