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Environment Agency monitoring station

Pen Leach, Leigh

Pen Leach Brook · Leigh · Lower Mersey

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RiverPen Leach BrookWatercourse named by the publisher
CatchmentLower MerseyEnvironment Agency catchment context
Station ID693028Use this when checking the official source

Published location

Where is Pen Leach, Leigh?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

53.499161, -2.492661

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What this reading tells you

It is the latest value published for this monitoring instrument at the stated observation time. The unit published unit is retained from the Environment Agency measure record.

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Technical record and provenance
Station reference
693028
Station opened
20 Jun 2003, 01:00
Latitude
53.499161
Longitude
-2.492661
Source
Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API
API retrieval
30 Aug 2026, 20:54

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