Environment Agency monitoring station
Penistone
River Don · Penistone · Don and Rother catchment
EA station reference
L0509
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 Don
- Catchment
- Don and Rother
- Nearest named place
- Penistone
- EA opening date
- 22 May 2000
- Coordinates
- 53.52745, -1.64576
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 Don and its tributaries from Penistone to Kelham Island in SheffieldDesignated alert area · EA ref 123WAF970
- Wortley Top Forge, Huthwaite including Forge LaneDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF610
- Thurgoland including Cheesebottom Farm and Cheesebottom sewage works. Oxspring including Oxspring Wire MillsDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF606
- Thurlstone including Plumpton Mills on Saville LaneDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF601
- Darton including Church Street, Church Close, Mill Lane and Barnsley Road. Barugh including Dearne Hall RoadDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF400
- Deepcar including the sewage treatment worksDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF611
- Penistone including Water Hall Lane and Wentworth MeadowsDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF605
- Millhouse Green including Birks Lane. Thurlstone upstream of Thurlstone Bridge and including Windmill Lane and the Old Corn MillDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF600
- Thurgoland including Old Mill Lane and the Old Wire MillDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF608
- Thurlstone including Hoyle Mill Lane. Penistone including Barnsley RoadDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF603
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.