River info

Environment Agency's Rivercall service

You hear a menu of river names and press the appropriate number, then you get levels in metres above summer level. The readings are taken at 00:01 and recorded. These recordings are played back when you phone up this line.

Midlands Area - 0906 6197744 then press one of the numbers below for the river you want.

1 - Severn
2 - Trent
3 - Derwent, Soar
4 - Tame, Dane?
5 - Avon Teme
6 - Vyrnwy

For the Vyrnwy levels below 1 metre are a scrape, but above this and when rising can be good. If it's above 2.5 metres, the gorge can get interesting, as the eddies become boils, and the last drop can hold trees.

Clywedog, Llanidloes

Control room 01686 413207
Please be very nice. They have no obligation to give us information.

Canolfan Tryweryn

www.rivercoaching.co.uk
Water info. line - Tel:01678520826

Afon Dee

River Dee levels
Mile End Mill water gauge - 01978 710398

North Wales Rivers

Water levels in north wales Not river specific but gives you an idea of the levels.

The Bitches, Pembrokeshire

www.the-bitches.co.uk A guide to the tidal race off St Davids in Pembrokeshire

Wye & Usk Water levels

www.wyeuskfoundation.org Web cams of the water levels.

Scotish water levels

www.wheresthewater.com Real good site gives a good indication of the water levels and how it relates to paddling conditions.
SEPA SEPA site giving information on river level data.

Surf

www.wavereport.co.uk - A guide to UK surf forcasts
www.coldswell.com - splendid guide to UK surf breaks
www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/England.shtml - bouys around the UK which measure wave height.
www.a1surf.com - loads of info on UK surfing, including web cams and surf forecasts

River Hazard

Severn
6th Sept 05 Shooting above paddlers on the Severn between Melverley and Crewgreen, on the England/Wales border. At 12.15pm yesterday I was paddling about 300m downstream of the road bridge between these two villages. I heard gunshots and was surrounded by shrapnel falling into the river all around me. I veered rapidly into the right bank to take cover and shouted out loudly and repeatedly that there were people on the water.
The shooting continued - about a dozen shots in all - and was coming from the direction of Seven Oaks Farm.
Info provided by Alastair Morrison.

Clywedog
31 Jan 05 There is a tree right across the river about 1/4 of a mile below the road bridge.

Banwy
4 Sep 04 There is a large tree completely spanning the River Banwy, if my memory serves me correctly, which it's not in the habit of doing, the blockage is above the first of the three grade 2 bits. It was safely negotiated by us, in open canoes, through a curtain of branches and leaves, river right, but would be very tricky for a group of novices in kayaks, and in higher river levels it could be lethal. Info from UK river guide book community page.

Vrynwy
3 Jan 03 Tree stump in shoot river right before Dolanog bridge

If you come across any hazard while on river trips please e-mail me with the details.

River	Hazard
Severn 6th Sept 05	Shooting above paddlers on the Severn between Melverley and Crewgreen, on the England/Wales border. At 12.15pm yesterday I was paddling about 300m downstream of the road bridge between these two villages. I heard gunshots and was surrounded by shrapnel falling into the river all around me. I veered rapidly into the right bank to take cover and shouted out loudly and repeatedly that there were people on the water. The shooting continued - about a dozen shots in all - and was coming from the direction of Seven Oaks Farm. Info provided by Alastair Morrison.
Clywedog 31 Jan 05	There is a tree right across the river about 1/4 of a mile below the road bridge.
Banwy 4 Sep 04	There is a large tree completely spanning the River Banwy, if my memory serves me correctly, which it's not in the habit of doing, the blockage is above the first of the three grade 2 bits. It was safely negotiated by us, in open canoes, through a curtain of branches and leaves, river right, but would be very tricky for a group of novices in kayaks, and in higher river levels it could be lethal. Info from UK river guide book community page.
Vrynwy 3 Jan 03	Tree stump in shoot river right before Dolanog bridge