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River Wear at Chester-Le-Street

Current River Level

0.530m

At 5:45am, Sunday 22nd December GMT

Within the usual range for this location

Steady, no change from previous measurement at 5:30am, Sunday 22nd December GMT

Latest Flow

12.88 m3/s

(Daily Average)

Recorded on Thursday 19th December

Normal flow volume

Decrease, -0.57 from previous recording on Wednesday 18th December

Flood Warning Areas Covering Here

Lower River Wear

No current or recent warnings.

Other Nearby Flood Warning Areas

Moors Burn at Sedgeletch and Rainton Bridge, Houghton-le-Spring

No current or recent warnings.

Moors Burn at Dairy Lane, Houghton-le-Spring

No current or recent warnings.

Moors Burn at Brookside and North Road, Houghton-le-Spring

No current or recent warnings.

River Wear at Upper Durham

No current or recent warnings.

Seven Day Level Chart

Long Term Level Chart

Darker blue shaded areas on long term data indicate maximum and minimum levels for the date (you may need to zoom in closer to see them).

Long term data may have gaps where the API data was not available.

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Location and Technical Data

  • Monitoring Station: Chester-Le-Street
  • Watercourse: River Wear
  • Nearest Town/Village: Little Lumley
  • Local Authority: Durham
  • Ceremonial County: Durham
  • Coordinates: 54°51'17"N 1°33'38"W (54.854785,-1.560716)
  • OS Grid: NZ283512 (428300,551200)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR KDJ9.XH
  • Mapcode (Global): WHC4C.072L
  • Open Location Code: 9C6WVC3Q+WP
  • Maidenhead Locator System: IO94fu25
  • Environment Agency Location ID: 024009
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: 024009-level-stage-i-15_min-m
  • River Levels Online ID: 8046
  • Water Information System ID: 024009
  • Operational Area: Wear Lower and Estuary
  • Catchment Area: Wear
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Wear
  • Environment Agency Region: North East
  • Datum Type: Above Stage Datum (ASD)
  • Stage Datum: 5.46m AOD

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

The usual range of the River Wear at Chester-Le-Street is between 0.29m and 3.00m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The typical recent level of the River Wear at Chester-Le-Street over the past 12 months has been between 0.32m and 1.28m. It has been between these levels for at least 151 days in the past year.

The highest level ever recorded at the River Wear at Chester-Le-Street is 4.06m, reached on Saturday 18th July 2009 at 11:00am.

Note that this data may not take account of recent measurements, as we wait until a level has been verified by the Environment Agency before adding it to our records.

View the catchment for River Wear at Chester-Le-Street.

Nearby Monitoring Locations

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