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Easing — down from 0.69 at 16:00, now 0.61
0.61

Killington

Lune
Lune and Wyre catchment • Killington • Westmorland and Furness • ID: 722421 • Level
(1h ago) • 4 readings/hr • 228 views

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Current Level
0.614 m
▼ Easing
24h Max
0.836 m
24h Min
0.585 m
Typical Range
0.17 - 2.30
m
Highest Recorded
4.03 m
EA official record
4.01 in our data (since Dec 1975)
Current level is 15% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Falling · -4 cm over 6h
08 Oct 01:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.614 m
08 Oct 01:15 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.615 m
08 Oct 01:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.617 m
08 Oct 00:45 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.618 m
08 Oct 00:30 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.620 m
08 Oct 00:15 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.622 m
08 Oct 00:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.624 m
07 Oct 23:45 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.625 m
07 Oct 23:30 ▼ -0.8 cm 0.627 m
07 Oct 22:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.635 m
07 Oct 22:15 ▼ -0.3 cm 0.636 m
07 Oct 22:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.639 m
07 Oct 21:45 ▼ -0.3 cm 0.640 m
07 Oct 21:30 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.643 m
07 Oct 21:15 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.645 m
07 Oct 21:00 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.647 m
07 Oct 20:45 ▼ -0.3 cm 0.649 m
07 Oct 20:30 ▼ -0.3 cm 0.652 m
07 Oct 20:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.655 m
07 Oct 20:00 0.656 m

Station Details

Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 722421
  • RLOI id: 5077 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 722421-level-stage-i-15_min-m
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: m
  • Typical rise rate: 5 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Lune and Wyre
  • Typical Range: 0.170 – 2.300 m
  • Drainage Area: 219 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: 0.61 m (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 upstream

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.

5 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 14.7 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 4 report not discharging, and for 1 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.

💧
United Utilities · into River Lune · 14.7 km upstream along the river
95 spills · 640 hours in 2025
Monitor offline: it cannot say whether it is discharging
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United Utilities · into River Lune · 17.6 km upstream along the river
61 spills · 593 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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United Utilities · into Chapel Beck · 20.9 km upstream along the river
46 spills · 292 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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United Utilities · into Chapel Beck · 20.9 km upstream along the river
75 spills · 1,149 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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United Utilities · into Lune - Headwaters To Conf Birk Beck · 28.0 km upstream along the river
29 spills · 163 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 2.30 m on about 2 days. This year so far: 0 days.

2026 0 days so far
2025 1 day
2024 3 days
2023 2 days
2022 0 days
2021 1 day
2020 5 days
2019 2 days
2018 1 day
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 2006 for the 1 flood area linked to this gauge (nearest 3.8 km away).

0flood warnings 69flood alerts

Most recent flood alert: 25 Mar 2026 — Upper River Lune

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 3
2025 0 4
2024 0 5
2023 0 4
2022 0 1
2021 0 3
2020 0 5
2019 0 3
2018 0 3
2017 0 2
2016 0 1
2015 0 7
2013 0 1
2012 0 5
2011 0 6
2010 0 3
2009 0 5
2008 0 2
2007 0 3
2006 0 3

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 Killington flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. This is the area linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Catchment Character

🌊 Steep & flashy Steep catchment sheds rain quickly — expect fast, sharp rises after 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
0.44
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,811 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +11% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.2%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
272 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
458 m³/s
5 Dec 2015 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 10.4938.704.740.9375% (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 2%Grassland 86%Arable 1%Heath/scrub 10%Urban 1%
Heath/scrub 5% → 10% 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

Non-standard compound broad-crested weir draining a wet, natural catchment with headwaters in the eastern Lake District and north west Yorkshire Dales.

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The catchment

A wet, natural and entirely rural catchment, draining the eastern Lake District fells and northwestern parts of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Silurian slates to the W, Carboniferous conglomerate and Limestone N and E. Peat moss on high moors to NW, heather moss in N. Lower valleys are Boulder Clay covered. Moorland, grass, arable farming. No significant catchment changes.

The station

A non-standard compound broad-crest weir with off-centre low flow notch, installed May 1969.

How it measures flow

Station is fully contained, no bypassing. There is some flow leakage from the left bank wing wall, which may impact upon very low flows. Station affected by stilling well leakage until 2/88. Cableway was located 30m upstream, re-built in 2003 nearer to the weir. New cableway gaugings show a good correlation with the old cableway gaugings. Flood gaugings are affected by strong turbulence and wave action. One peak flow rating applied across period of record. Originally a theoretical rating, with check gaugings, now extrapolated by hydraulic modelling.

Flow regime

Natural catchment.

The flow record

Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2019 (WINFAP Files v8).

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
Gauging structure
Operating since
1969
Station datum
82.8 mAOD
Flow record
1969–2024 · 55 yrs · 99% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1969
Hydrometric area
72
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Lune at Killington flooding today?

The current level is 0.61m, which is within the typical range of 0.17 to 2.30m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Killington?

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.

What is a normal level for the River Lune at Killington?

The typical range at this station is 0.17m to 2.30m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 2.30m 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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