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Barlings Eau water levels

Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Lincolnshire, updated every 15 minutes.

1stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
LangworthLangworth0.12 m 8h agoNormal

Stations are listed from source to mouth as the water flows, traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers) and the Environment Agency’s own links between its gauges. A distance “by river” is along the river, and is shown only where the map traces the path.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Barlings Eau above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.

1 gauged tributary, 1 gauge

Nettleham Beck

Joins the Barlings Eau above Langworth, its highest gauge, no more than 5.9 km by river above Langworth.

Nettleham0.04 m 1h agoLow

Its water passes every gauge on the Barlings Eau, from Langworth down.

Where the Barlings Eau goes

Below Langworth, its water next reaches LANGWORTH BRIDGE GS, 50 m by river downstream.

Tributaries and where they join are traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers, edition 2026-04) and the Environment Agency’s links between its gauges. The map holds distances between gauges, not the junctions themselves, so a junction is placed between two gauges, and no further up than the tributary’s own lowest gauge. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Streams without a gauge

Named streams on the river map that flow into the Barlings Eau and have no gauge of their own. Each has a page with what is known about it: the next gauge downstream, and any storm overflows or water-sampling points placed on it.

Storm overflows upstream

3 storm overflows are traced upstream of Langworth, the Barlings Eau’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Barlings Eau itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 3 not discharging
  • 0 offline or silent: 0 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 0 no live feed

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Langworth: 113 spills over 1,625 hours in total, across all 3.

Each overflow is listed in the stretch above the first gauge its water reaches, from the source down, as on the Gauges tab. A stretch of the Barlings Eau includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Langworth, the Barlings Eau’s highest gauge3 overflows
  • Mettleham STW, Inlet Sewer Not discharging
    Anglian Water · into Nettleham Beck · 5.9 km by river above Langworth · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Nettleham STW Not discharging
    Anglian Water · into Nettleham Beck · 5.8 km by river above Langworth · 2025: 109 spills, 1,585 h
  • Scothern TPS Not discharging
    Anglian Water · into Scothern Fen Drain · 5.3 km by river above Langworth · 2025: 4 spills, 41 h

1 other overflow within 3 km of these gauges is placed below the Barlings Eau’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.

A status is the water company’s own monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, never how much or why, and a spill does not by itself explain a change in a river level. A status older than two hours is shown as unknown. Annual figures are the official returns: 12/24-hour spills for England and Wales, overflow events for Scotland (Scottish Water counts differently, so the two cannot be compared). “No data” means the monitor produced no usable data that year, not zero. Overflows are placed on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels: an overflow the map cannot place may still drain here. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Sewage in Britain’s rivers →

Live status: © Anglian Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Annual figures for England: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Water samples

Dated samples taken by the Environment Agency, not live readings. Results are published days to months after the sample is taken, and many points are sampled only a few times a year, or have not been sampled for years.

18 sampling points on the Barlings Eau and the streams that join it above Langworth. 11 have a sample from the last 12 months; 13 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Langworth Barlings Eau 18 points, 13 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Mill Lane Drain at Mill Laneunnamed stream13 km8 Sep 2026 · 30 days agoOxygen 101.5% May 2026Temp 12.7 °C May 2026pH 7.96 May 2026Ammonia 0.014 mg/l May 2026
West Torrington Beck at East Torringtonunnamed stream13 kmLast sampled 6 Dec 2022, before the imported period
Legsby Brookunnamed stream12 km17 Apr 2026 · 6 months agoOxygen 138.2%Temp 12.2 °CpH 8.58Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Barlings Eau near Faldingworthunnamed stream11 km11 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 82.5%Temp 8.2 °CpH 7.81Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Lissington off the B1202unnamed stream10 kmLast sampled 11 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Barling Eau Mill Houseunnamed stream9.7 kmLast sampled 18 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Faldingworth Beckunnamed stream9.1 km8 Sep 2026 · 30 days agoOxygen 39.1% Jun 2026Temp 14.3 °C Jun 2026pH 7.67 Jun 2026Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l Jun 2026
Holton Cum Beckering upstreamunnamed stream8.3 kmLast sampled 11 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Legsby Beckunnamed stream7.2 km8 Sep 2026 · 30 days agoOxygen 43.2%Temp 14.9 °CpH 7.66Ammonia 0.049 mg/l
Barlings Eau Snarford BridgeBarlings Eau6.1 kmLast sampled 30 Mar 2017, before the imported period
Scothern FenScothern Fen Drain5.4 km3 Sep 2026 · 35 days agoOxygen 91.4%Temp 18 °CpH 7.71Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Nettleham Beck Sudbrook ParkNettleham Beck4.0 km1 Mar 2024 · 2.6 years agoOxygen 97.1%Temp 7.5 °CpH 8.02Ammonia 0.16 mg/l
Faldingworth Beck Drain A158unnamed stream2.0 km7 Sep 2026 · 31 days agoOxygen 66.4%Temp 17.8 °CpH 7.86Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Barlings Eau Stainton BridgeBarlings Eau1.8 km4 Mar 2024 · 2.6 years agoOxygen 97.7%Temp 7 °CpH 8.03Ammonia 0.081 mg/l
Torrington Beck downstream of Woodlands Farm Trackunnamed stream1.7 km10 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 94.6%Temp 8.5 °CpH 8.03Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Lissington Beck Stainton Bridgeunnamed stream1.2 km7 Sep 2026 · 31 days agoOxygen 46.8%Temp 18 °CpH 7.79Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Legsby Beck Stainton Bridgeunnamed stream1.1 km10 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 89.7%Temp 8.1 °CpH 7.83Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Nettleham Beck Langworth BridgeNettleham Beck0.5 km7 Sep 2026 · 31 days agoOxygen 89.1%Temp 17.1 °CpH 8.11Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l

Distances are along the river to the gauge named. England's samples only.

FloodRadar does not grade these results: there is no overall score, and official river classifications are a separate dataset. A sample taken downstream of an overflow does not by itself show where anything in it came from. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels.

Water samples: Environment Agency Water Quality Archive, © Environment Agency and/or database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

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