The River Level link on the home page gives the current height of the River Severn at Barbourne. If you want to know what that means in terms of getting on the river at the club, read Robin’s handy guide below.
All of these values are of course only approximations to the river level.
River Level |
Water Level at the Club |
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1.0m & under |
Able to launch from the landing stage – OK |
|
1.15m |
Water over one end of the landing stage |
|
1.38m |
10cm over landing stage, able to launch OK |
|
1.48m |
On concrete lower deck – wet feet! |
|
1.52m |
+5cm concrete lower deck, not deep enough – still wet feet! |
|
1.68m |
+10cm concrete lower deck, deep enough for boat to float – dry feet! |
|
2.12m |
Half way up steps – have to portage around the lock at Diglis |
|
4.28m |
Almost on the car park – dry feet! |
|
4.37m |
5cm on the car park – not deep enough for boats, wet feet! |
|
4.70m |
Just in the boat house!! |
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