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Environment Agency monitoring station

Sowerby Bridge Scar Head Road

River Ryburn · Sowerby Bridge · Aire and Calder

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RiverRiver RyburnWatercourse named by the publisher
CatchmentAire and CalderEnvironment Agency catchment context
Station IDL1241Use this when checking the official source

Published location

Where is Sowerby Bridge Scar Head Road?

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

53.705940, -1.913290

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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
L1241
Station opened
28 Aug 2000, 01:00
Latitude
53.70594
Longitude
-1.91329
Source
Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API
API retrieval
30 Aug 2026, 20:54
Raw measure identifier
http://environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring/id/measures/L1241-level-stage-i-15_min-m

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