Rose 0.05 m since 04:30 — peaked 0.97 at 10:45, now 0.96 and easing
0.96
Miller Bridge House
Rothay
South Cumbria catchment
• Miller Bridge • Westmorland and Furness • ID: 735022 • Level
(21m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 126 views
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Current Level
0.962 m
▲▼ Crested · peaked 0.97
24h Max
0.972 m
24h Min
0.910 m
Typical Range
0.41 - 1.70
m
Highest Recorded
3.71 m
EA official record
3.68 in our data (since Jan 1976)
Current level is 26% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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1 day
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.
River Flow
90 days
Daily mean discharge (m³/s) with the daily min–max band, from the EA Hydrology API. Flow is the volume of water passing the gauge — often a more direct flood signal than level.
Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 8 Oct (2 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional)via EA Hydrology
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.
United Utilities · into Grasmere Lake · 4.2 km away in a straight line · discharges to a loch, lake or reservoir
53 spills · 408 hours in 2025
Discharging nowsince
2 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 1.70 m
on about 6 days.
This year so far: 1 day.
20261 day so far
202510 days, 8 of them high · 8 high
20248 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
20239 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
20224 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
20219 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
20208 days, 8 of them high · 8 high
20194 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
20182 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
20174 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 1.87 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 8 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.2 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 Miller Bridge flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 8 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 Steep & flashySteep 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
0.41
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
2,795 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +15% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.4%
largely rural
Highest Daily Mean Flow
141 m³/s
5 Dec 2015 · 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.
Steep, wet catchment draining Borrowdale Volcanics with intermittent Boulder Clay. Predominantly rural catchment; gauging station immediately d/s of Ambleside.
The station
Velocity area station. Natural catchment, containing Rydal Water and Grasmere.
How it measures flow
Initially a loose boulder control, but rating was unstable because of the mobile bed. Data quality poor. A wooden low flow control was installed 2/91 but deteriorating (2002). New timber control constructed July 2006. Flood berm on left bank. High flows not contained (flows down road and across field). Gaugings taken 170m d/s or by wading.
The flow record
Revised data from 20/07/2006 to 31/12/2007 loaded on 11/08/2009 due to new rating: medium and low flows substantially reduced; 2007 runoff reduced by 20%.
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Rothay at Miller Bridge House flooding today?
The current level is 0.96m, which is within the typical range of 0.41 to 1.70m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Miller Bridge House?
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 Rothay at Miller Bridge House?
The typical range at this station is 0.41m to 1.70m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.70m 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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📮 Flood risk by postcode near this gauge
Postcodes within 5 km with properties in the Environment Agency’s rivers-and-sea flood-risk bands: