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Live levels from 4 monitoring stations across Lancashire, Leicestershire, Liverpool City Region, West Yorkshire, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Stainland Board Millsplace estimated | 0.18 m 27m ago | Normal |
| Station | Level now | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Haydock West End Roadplace estimated | 0.08 m 27m ago | Normal |
| Station | Level now | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chorley Haworth Roadplace estimated | 0.17 m 27m ago | Normal |
| Station | Level now | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Shepshedplace estimated | 0.67 mASD 27m ago | Normal |
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.
Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins Black Brook above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
No gauged tributary joins Black Brook above Stainland Board Mills on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Below Stainland Board Mills, its water next reaches Elland, a gauge on River Calder, 8.9 km by river downstream.
No gauged tributary joins Black Brook above Haydock West End Road on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
No gauge below Haydock West End Road is known on the river map.
No gauged tributary joins Black Brook above Chorley Haworth Road on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Below Chorley Haworth Road, its water next reaches Pincock Brow, a gauge on River Yarrow, 12.6 km by river downstream.
Joins Black Brook above Shepshed, its highest gauge, no more than 10.4 km by river above Shepshed.
| Whitwicktidalstructure | 0.20 mASD 27m ago | Normal |
Its water passes every gauge on Black Brook, from Shepshed down.
Below Shepshed, its water next reaches Kegworth, a gauge on River Soar, 11.9 km 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.
None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Stainland Board Mills on the river map. That is not the same as none: the map leaves out many small streams and culverts, so an overflow it cannot place may still drain here, and not every company publishes every overflow.
Within 3 km of one of Black Brook’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
7 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below Black Brook’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.
None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Haydock West End Road on the river map. That is not the same as none: the map leaves out many small streams and culverts, so an overflow it cannot place may still drain here, and not every company publishes every overflow.
Within 3 km of one of Black Brook’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
7 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
1 storm overflow is traced upstream of Chorley Haworth Road, Black Brook’s lowest gauge on the river map: on Black Brook itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflow traced upstream of Chorley Haworth Road: 0 spills over 0 hours.
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 Black Brook includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of Black Brook’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
8 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below Black Brook’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.
3 storm overflows are traced upstream of Shepshed, Black Brook’s lowest gauge on the river map: on Black Brook itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Shepshed: 93 spills over 1,024 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 Black Brook includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of Black Brook’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
4 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below Black Brook’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: © Yorkshire Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Live status: © United Utilities storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Live status: © Severn Trent 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.
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.
3 sampling points on the Black Brook and the streams that join it above Stainland Board Mills, and below it. 1 has a sample from the last 12 months; 2 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Brook upstream of Scammonden Reservoir | Black Burne Brook | 5.2 km | Last sampled 6 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| Black Brook downstream of Upper Firth House Mill | Black Brook | 2.1 km | 15 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago | Oxygen 102.3%Temp 11.3 °CpH 8.12Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Brook at Greetland | Black Brook | 5.1 km | 25 Apr 2025 · 17 months ago | Oxygen 105.1%Temp 9.1 °CpH 8.18Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
No Environment Agency sampling point is placed on the Black Brook or the streams above its lowest gauge on the mapped rivers. That is not the same as none: the river map leaves out many small streams.
2 sampling points on the Black Brook and the streams that join it above Chorley Haworth Road, and below it. 0 have a sample from the last 12 months; 0 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Brook upstream of T Witter | Black Brook | 1.6 km | Last sampled 16 Mar 2018, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Brook above confluence with Yarrow | Black Brook | 1.8 km | Last sampled 8 Dec 2006, before the imported period |
8 sampling points on the Black Brook and the streams that join it above Shepshed, and below it. 7 have a sample from the last 12 months; 7 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Brook Inlet Blackbrook Reservoir | Black Brook | 7.5 km | 20 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago | Oxygen 104.8%Temp 8.1 °CpH 8.17Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Grace Dieu Brook upstream of Grace Dieu PS | Grace Dieu Brook | 7.1 km | 3 Sep 2026 · 35 days ago | Oxygen 98.5%Temp 17 °CpH 8.25Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Grace Dieu Brook upstream of Snarrows sewage treatment works | Grace Dieu Brook | 6.9 km | 1 Sep 2026 · 37 days ago | Oxygen 99.2%Temp 16 °CpH 8.17Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Grace Dieu Brook downstream of Snarrows sewage treatment works | Grace Dieu Brook | 5.1 km | 1 Sep 2026 · 37 days ago | Oxygen 86.2%Temp 16.1 °CpH 7.87Ammonia 0.032 mg/l |
| Black Brook downstream of Blackbrook Reservoir | Black Brook | 4.4 km | Last sampled 6 Sep 2023, before the imported period | |
| Grace Dieu Brook at Woodlands Farm | Grace Dieu Brook | 1.9 km | 3 Sep 2026 · 35 days ago | Oxygen 90.1%Temp 17.3 °CpH 7.95Ammonia 0.033 mg/l |
| Black Brook at Shepshed | Black Brook | 1.7 km | 9 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago | Oxygen 98.5%Temp 8.5 °CpH 8.03Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Brook at Dishley | Black Brook | 4.0 km | 1 Sep 2026 · 37 days ago | Oxygen 95.8%Temp 14.8 °CpH 7.92Ammonia 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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