Environment Agency monitoring station
Ledgard Bridge
River Calder · Mirfield · Aire and Calder catchment
EA station reference
L1307
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 Calder
- Catchment
- Aire and Calder
- Nearest named place
- Mirfield
- EA opening date
- 18 May 2000
- Coordinates
- 53.67158, -1.69723
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.
- Hunsworth and Moorend including Whitehall Road, Hunsworth Lane, Riverside Drive, Balme Road, Brooklyn Road, Cliffe Lane and Brookfield ViewDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF280
- The River Spen, Blacup Beck, Lands Beck and Canker Dyke in Cleckheaton and Liversedge, Batley Beck from Birstall to Dewsbury, and Chickenley BeckDesignated alert area · EA ref 123WAF984
- Bradley including Lower Quarry Road and Colne Bridge RoadDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF329
- Batley including Bradford Road, Bridge Street, lower section of Smithies Moor lane, Lea Road and towards Wilton Park entrance crossing Bradford RoadDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF366
- Properties situated off the A62 and along Springbank Road, Queens Square and Woodland RoadDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF345
- Land around the River Colne and Fenay Beck and its tributaries including Crowhill, Slaithwaite and WessendenDesignated alert area · EA ref 123WAF965
- Brookfoot area including Grove Terrace, Grove Cottages and Brookfoot Business ParkDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF324
- Dalton including Albany Road to Dalton Works including Long Lane, Briggate, Sutton Avenue, Sutton Drive and Nettleton RoadDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF292
- Huddersfield including the Syngenta WorksDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF357
- Healey Mills area and Horbury Bridge including Horbury Bridge Mill area, Bridge Road, Parklands Drive, Quarry Hill Industrial Estate, Riverside Industrial Estate, Wakefield Commercial Park, Albert Mills and Horbury Station JunctionDesignated warning area · EA ref 123FWF373
Nearby monitoring stations
Use nearby instruments for context, but do not compare absolute station-datum values as if they shared the same baseline.
- Kirkburton Riley LaneDean Bottom Beck6.9 km
- Copley BridgeRiver Calder12.0 km
- Wakefield Henry Street BridgeAlverthorpe Beck11.9 km
- Batley CarlinghowBatley Beck6.4 km
- Sowerby Bridge Scar Head RoadRiver Ryburn14.7 km
- Wakefield Grasmere RoadAlverthorpe Beck11.1 km
- Queen's MillRiver Holme6.9 km
- Liversedge Halifax RoadLands Beck4.3 km
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.