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Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Pimlico Brook in England, United Kingdom, built from official government gauge data.
Pimlico Brook is a gauged river in England.
With no watershed named for this page, the station note is the river itself and its seasonal rhythm. The pattern here is straightforward for a temperate stream: higher water tends to arrive in late autumn and winter, then the level eases down into spring and early summer.
For people living beside it, the useful point is timing. The brook’s typical high month is December at 0.24 m (0.78 ft), while its typical low month is May at 0.13 m (0.44 ft). That is a modest range on paper, but it is enough to matter for a small crossing, a culvert, or a low bank that sees regular wetting.
The highest level in the record is 0.59 m (1.93 ft) in December 2021. The lowest is 0.02 m (0.05 ft) in June 2018. That spread tells you the brook can move a long way between dry-weather flow and the sharper peaks that come with wetter periods.
The typical annual swing is 10.4 cm (4.1 in). For a brook this size, that is the number to keep in mind if you keep a dock edge, a pump intake, or a footbridge close to the waterline. It is not the full story, but it is the everyday loading that repeats from year to year.
This station has 16 years on record, so the seasonal pattern is based on a decent local history rather than a short sample.
The hero number on this page should be read against the median for the same calendar day, not as a raw height on its own. That comparison matters because a river in December is expected to sit higher than it does in May, and the same elevation can mean very different things depending on the season.
For Pimlico Brook, the best context comes from the Environment Agency station record and its 16 years on record. A daily median shows whether the brook is running above or below its usual level for this date, which is what a neighbour needs to judge wet ground, bank storage, or a small rise that may still be normal for the season.
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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