Current River Level: 1.268m, falling To navigate, press the arrow keys.
How high is the River Severn at the moment?
Current River Level: 0.946m, steady
The usual range of the River Severn at Welsh Bridge is between 0.42m and 2.70m.
How high is the River Severn now in Worcester?
Current River Level: 1.381m, falling.
Has the River Severn flooded today?
River Severn at Gloucester
No current or recent warnings.
How high is the River Severn in Bewdley?
Station summary
The highest level in our forecast is 1.32m at 6:15pm tomorrow.
What is the fastest rising river in the UK?
The River Sprint
The River Sprint is the fastest rising river in England, and frequently floods in Longsleddale valley, making the road impassable.
River Sprint.
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| • location | confluence with River Kent |
When was the last time the River Severn froze?
Big freeze
The second part of the 19th century saw a long sustained drop in temperatures, and the River Severn froze over in 1855, 1883 or 1885, and 1879.
What is the deepest part of the River Severn?
The river has a water depth range of between six inches at it’s source through to over fifty feet during one of it’s tidal surges. The river’s drainage basin on the Bristol Channel covers an area of three hundred and forty six square miles.
How far up the Severn does the bore go?
The Severn Bore is an impressive tidal wave of water which works its way up the Severn Estuary over a distance of 25 miles between Awre and Gloucester.
Does the River Severn have strong current?
The Severn Estuary has the second highest tidal range in the world. Currents are strong with Spring rates of upto 8 knots in the vicinity of the Second Severn Crossing. The funnel-shape of the Estuary and River produces the regular, sometimes spectacular, Severn bore.
When was the worst flood recorded along the Severn?
October 1998: this was the largest event in the Severn Uplands region for 30 years. Communities affected included Shrewsbury, Ironbridge, Bridgnorth, Bewdley and Worcester. Autumn 2000 was the wettest recorded in England and Wales for 270 years.
Which towns are affected by flooding from the River Severn?
Major incidents have been declared in Bewdley, Worcestershire, and Ironbridge, Shropshire, where severe flood warnings are in place – indicating a risk to life. Large parts of Shrewsbury town centre are also under water. There are also dozens of less-severe flood warnings in Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Can I fish the River Severn for free?
800 yards of free fishing for rod license holders on the river Severn at Llanidloes, accessed off the A470 at the sewage works located to the east of the town. Brown Trout and Grayling.
Where is the best place to see the Severn Bore?
Newnham-on-Severn is also one of the best places to see the Severn Bore. There is a small car park with a long stretch of raised bank to walk along and view the bore from.
Has Bewdley river peaked?
The typical recent level of the River Severn at Bewdley over the past 12 months has been between 0.19m and 2.50m. It has been between these levels for at least 150 days in the past year. The highest level ever recorded at the River Severn at Bewdley is 5.56m, reached on Thursday 2nd November 2000 at 11:00am.
Is Bewdley flooded at the moment?
There are no flood warnings or alerts in this area. This service tells you your risk of flooding from rivers, the sea and groundwater.
Which river is the cleanest in the UK?
It might surprise you to know that the River Thames is considered one of the world’s cleanest rivers running through a city. What’s even more surprising is that it reached that status just 60 years after being declared “biologically dead” by scientists at London’s Natural History Museum.
What is the most contaminated river in the UK?
Clyde
Potentially toxic levels of pharmaceutical drugs have been found in a quarter of river locations examined across the world — with the Clyde the most contaminated in the UK, a study found. Researchers surveyed more than 1,000 sites on 258 rivers worldwide.
Which river is the deepest in UK?
The River Thames
The River Thames is the deepest river in the UK. Important ports in the UK grew up at the mouth of navigable rivers including Liverpool (The River Mersey), Bristol (The River Severn), Newcastle (The River Tyne) and Glasgow (The River Clyde).
What is the oldest bridge still standing on the River Severn?
Ironbridge, also spelled Iron-bridge, structure that is generally considered the first cast iron bridge, spanning the River Severn at Ironbridge, near Coalbrookdale, in Shropshire, England.
How polluted is the Severn?
In 2021, there were more than 20,000 reports of water companies disposing untreated sewage into the River Severn alone. Pull back to look at all of England’s rivers and seas and this number jumps to well over 370,000.