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Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Langford Brook at Langford Village in England, United Kingdom, built from official government gauge data.
Langford Brook at Langford Village is a gauged river in England.
Langford Brook has 22 years on record, so the station gives a useful view of how this reach behaves from year to year. For cottagers and anyone with a garden or bank-side structure, the main pattern is the seasonal one: the highest typical month is January at 0.5 m (1.65 ft), and the lowest typical month is September at 0.29 m (0.95 ft). That seasonal swing is 21.3 cm (8.4 in), which is enough to matter for shallow margins, access, and anything set close to the waterline.
The records also show that this brook can move outside its typical range. The highest level on record is 1.47 m (4.83 ft) in October 2020, and the lowest is 0.04 m (0.11 ft) in October 2013. Those two readings are a reminder that a small brook can still give both high water and very low water, and that the difference between ordinary conditions and extremes is not large in absolute terms, but it is large enough to change how the channel, banks, and shallow spots behave.
For anglers, the January high often means more water over the margins and a different set of holding spots than in late summer. September, by contrast, is the month when the brook is typically at its lowest. If you keep an intake, a crossing, or a dock on this reach, the 21.3 cm (8.4 in) annual swing is the figure to keep in mind.
The hero number on this page is most useful when set beside the median for this calendar day, not just the raw level on its own. A reading can look ordinary or unusual depending on the time of year, and this station’s 22-year record is what gives that context. The data are from the Environment Agency, which is the agency to trust for this gauge’s day-to-day level history.
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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The level right now, in feet or metres, updated as the source agency publishes new readings - for many stations that is every five to fifteen minutes. How today compares to typical: every location carries its own typical-for-this-date band built from its historical record, so a reading is never just a number - it is above, below, or near what this water usually does on this calendar day. Which way it is moving: a measured RISING, FALLING, or STEADY verdict computed from the gauge's own recent readings, with the rate of change - the difference between a flood ending and one beginning. What comes next: level forecasts up to 72 hours ahead, driven by the gauge's recent behaviour, upstream water, and quantitative precipitation forecasts, alongside live radar, lightning, and weather for the surrounding region.
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