Environment Agency monitoring station
Shepshed
Black Brook · Shepshed · Soar catchment
EA station reference
4196
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
- Black Brook
- Catchment
- Soar
- Nearest named place
- Shepshed
- EA opening date
- 20 November 2002
- Coordinates
- 52.78322, -1.27955
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.
- River Soar at Cotes and Loughborough Moors including farms around Loughborough MoorsDesignated warning area · EA ref 034FWFSOCOTES
- Lower River Soar in Leicestershire including tributaries from Cossington to Redhill at the River TrentDesignated alert area · EA ref 034WAF428
- Grace Dieu Brook at Whitwick and Thringstone including junction on Ashby Road and Snarrow's RoadDesignated warning area · EA ref 034FWFGDWHITWICK
- Loughborough urban watercourses and local tributaries to the River Soar including: Black Brook, Wood Brook, Burleigh Brook, Grace Dieu Brook, Hermitage Brook, Long Whatton Brook, King's Brook and Kingston BrookDesignated alert area · EA ref 034WAF426
- River Soar at Ratcliffe on Soar including areas near the railway at Kingston on SoarDesignated warning area · EA ref 034FWFSORATSOAR
- River Soar at Sutton Bonnington including riverside properties around the Main StreetDesignated warning area · EA ref 034FWFSOSUTTBONN
- River Soar at Zouch Island including Zouch Farm and riverside properties on the Zouch Road to HathernDesignated warning area · EA ref 034FWFSOZOUCH
- River Trent at Sawley Marina, including Sawley Lock including low lying farmsDesignated warning area · EA ref 034FWFTRSAWMARIN
- Black Brook at Thorpe Acre including properties around Warwick Way near Derby RoadDesignated warning area · EA ref 034FWFBBTHORACRE
- River Trent at Cavendish Bridge including properties around the B5010 London RoadDesignated warning area · EA ref 034FWFTRCAVBRDG
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.