River Cain · Afon Cain

Both gauges on the River Cain are normal and rising.

Read from 2 river-level gauges at 12:00 on 28 October 2026 GMT, and read again every fifteen minutes.

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Every gauge on the River Cain, right now

Gauge km above
the mouth		 Level
now		 Against
its record		 Percentile Trend
Llanfyllin Cainnear Pentre-llymry 13 0.52 m Normal 91st ▲rising
Llansantffraidnear Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain 3 1.01 m Normal 78th ▲rising

The percentile is where a gauge's latest reading sits in its own record of readings, not how full the channel is. A river sits low most of the time, so a high percentile takes surprisingly little water: at Beddgelert on the Glaslyn, with thirty-six years of record, the ninety-fourth percentile is about 1.05 m - 1.38 m below the highest level ever recorded there.

The course of the River Cain

normalLlansantffraid River StationLlanfyllin Cain River StationLlansantffraidLlanfyllin CainWhere it is in Wales
The course of the River Cain, drawn from Ordnance Survey Open Rivers. Each gauge is coloured by where its level sits today. A grey dot is a gauge we do not rank, and a hollow ring is one that is not reporting. North is up.

About this river

From its highest reach down to its mouth near Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, the Afon Cain runs 14 km. Its gauges hold between 10 and 14 years of readings, and that is what today's levels are compared with.

This is not a flood-warning service. For flood warnings in Wales go to Natural Resources Wales; in England, the Environment Agency. In an emergency call 999. The map cannot see the sea, surface water, drains, or any one address.