Environment Agency monitoring station
Penkridge
River Penk · Penkridge · Staffordshire Trent Valley catchment
EA station reference
4053
Live measurement feed
Water level over the last seven days
Readings show measured change at this instrument. A station reading is not a flood warning and, without an official threshold, does not prove that the river is safe or dangerous.
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Station location
Blue point = monitoring instrument, not a reported flood.
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About this station
- Monitors
- River Penk
- Catchment
- Staffordshire Trent Valley
- Nearest named place
- Penkridge
- EA opening date
- 1 August 1971
- Coordinates
- 52.72780, -2.11767
Nearby designated monitoring areas
Directory areas whose reference point is within approximately 10 km. Proximity does not mean this station controls that area or that a warning is active.
- Ridings Brook at Rumer Hill, Cannock including parts of Rumer Hill Road, Walsall Road and St Johns RoadDesignated warning area · EA ref 033FWF3RID001
- Low-lying land and roads between Great Bridgeford and Shugborough on the River Sow, between Coven and Stafford on the River Penk, on the Sandyford Brook, on the Rising Brook, on the Ridings Brook and on the Saredon BrookDesignated alert area · EA ref 033WAF312
- River Penk at SomerfordDesignated warning area · EA ref 033FWF3PENK003
- River Penk at Stafford including Queensville areaDesignated warning area · EA ref 033FWF3STAFFPENK
- River Sow St. Thomas areaDesignated warning area · EA ref 033FWF3SOW002
- River Penk at CovenDesignated warning area · EA ref 033FWF3PENK001
- Saredon Brook at Wedges Mills, CannockDesignated warning area · EA ref 033FWF3SARE001
- Rising Brook, StaffordDesignated warning area · EA ref 033FWF3RISE001
- Ridings Brook at Bridgetown, Cannock including parts of Walsall Road and Longford Industrial EstateDesignated warning area · EA ref 033FWF3RID002
- River Penk at Congreve and Water Eaton including Engleton Mill Lane at BrewoodDesignated warning area · EA ref 033FWF3PENK004
Nearby monitoring stations
Use nearby instruments for context, but do not compare absolute station-datum values as if they shared the same baseline.
Source and limits: station directory and readings from the Environment Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. API readings can be delayed or unavailable. For warnings and emergency advice, use the official GOV.UK flood service.