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River Roch at Blackford Bridge

Current River Level

0.110m

At 10:15pm, Friday 11th October BST
(9:15pm, Friday 11th October GMT)

Within the usual range for this location

Steady, no change from previous measurement at 10:00pm, Friday 11th October BST

Latest Flow

4.75 m3/s

(Daily Average)

Recorded on Wednesday 9th October

Normal flow volume

Increase, 1.95 from previous recording on Tuesday 8th October

Flood Warning Areas Covering Here

Upper River Irwell catchment with Oldham, Bolton, Rochdale, Haslingden, Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall

No current or recent warnings.

Other Nearby Flood Warning Areas

River Irwell from Buckley Wells to Radcliffe

No current or recent warnings.

River Roch at Hollins

No current or recent warnings.

River Irwell at Radcliffe

No current or recent warnings.

River Irwell at Radcliffe and Redvales

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: Blackford Bridge
  • Watercourse: River Roch
  • Nearest Town/Village: Hollins
  • Local Authority: Bury
  • Ceremonial County: Greater Manchester
  • Coordinates: 53°33'57"N 2°17'34"W (53.5659,-2.293017)
  • OS Grid: SD806077 (380690,407740)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR DWF6.CG
  • Mapcode (Global): WH97X.RM8N
  • Open Location Code: 9C5VHP84+9Q
  • Maidenhead Locator System: IO83un45
  • Environment Agency Location ID: 690205
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: 690205-level-stage-i-15_min-m
  • River Levels Online ID: 5013
  • Water Information System ID: 690205
  • Operational Area: Roch Irk Medlock
  • Catchment Area: Irwell
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Mersey and Irwell
  • Environment Agency Region: North West
  • Datum Type: Above Stage Datum (ASD)
  • Stage Datum: 62.92m 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 Roch at Blackford Bridge is between 0.07m and 2.45m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The typical recent level of the River Roch at Blackford Bridge over the past 12 months has been between 0.05m and 0.60m. It has been between these levels for at least 151 days in the past year.

The highest level ever recorded at the River Roch at Blackford Bridge is 3.36m, reached on Saturday 26th December 2015 at 3:00pm.

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 Roch at Blackford Bridge.

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