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Bow Brook water levels

Live levels from 2 monitoring stations across Worcestershire, updated every 15 minutes.

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0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
FeckenhamFeckenham0.10 mASD 44m agoNormal▽
29.1 km by river
Besford BridgePershore0.13 mASD 44m agoLow—

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 Bow 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 Bow Brook above Besford Bridge on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where Bow Brook goes

Below Besford Bridge, its water next reaches Eckington Sluice, a gauge on River Avon, 7.9 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.

Streams without a gauge

Named streams on the river map that flow into Bow Brook 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

5 storm overflows are traced upstream of Besford Bridge, Bow Brook’s lowest gauge on the river map: on Bow Brook itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 5 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 Besford Bridge: 148 spills over 2,050 hours in total, across all 5.

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 Bow Brook includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Between Feckenham and Besford Bridge5 overflows
  • Hanbury STW Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Seeley Brook · 26.0 km by river above Besford Bridge · 2025: 71 spills, 1,233 h
  • Priest Bridge STW Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Bow Brook · 25.9 km by river above Besford Bridge · 2025: 8 spills, 59 h
  • Tibberton Pumping Station Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Crowle Brook · 20.8 km by river above Besford Bridge · 2025: 3 spills, 5.6 h · placed on the river by its position alone
  • Crowle STW Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Bow Brook · 15.2 km by river above Besford Bridge · 2025: 56 spills, 720 h
  • Peopleton Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Bow Brook · 8.4 km by river above Besford Bridge · 2025: 10 spills, 33 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

Within 3 km of one of Bow Brook’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • Lewis Close Pumping Station Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Bow Brook · 2.7 km from Besford Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h

4 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below Bow 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: © 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.

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.

23 sampling points on the Bow Brook and the streams that join it above Besford Bridge, and below it. 6 have a sample from the last 12 months; 6 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Feckenham Bow Brook 6 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Hunt End Brook Hunt EndThe Wharrage4.9 kmLast sampled 9 Jul 2014, before the imported period
Wixon Brook upstream WetlandsWixon Brook3.3 kmLast sampled 14 May 2014, before the imported period
Wixon Brook downstream Pond 1 at the FootbridgeWixon Brook3.2 kmLast sampled 14 May 2014, before the imported period
Wixon Brook downstream of Pond 2 at WeirsWixon Brook3.0 kmLast sampled 14 May 2014, before the imported period
Hunt End Brook Old YarrWixon Brook2.9 kmLast sampled 23 Mar 2017, before the imported period
Bow Brook Bunkers HoleSwans Brook2.6 km22 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 98.7%Temp 17 °CpH 8.27Ammonia 0.042 mg/l
Above Besford Bridge Bow Brook 14 points, 4 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Doebank House Brook Salt Wayunnamed stream30 kmLast sampled 18 Dec 2008, before the imported period
Brandon Brook upstream of confluence Bow BrookBrandon Brook28 kmLast sampled 11 Dec 2020, before the imported period
Bow Brook upstream of Priest Bridge sewage treatment worksBow Brook26 km21 Sep 2026 · 17 days agoOxygen 88.1%Temp 13.3 °CpH 8.08Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Bow Brook - Bow Bridge Priest BridgeBow Brook25 kmLast sampled 17 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Bow Brook - Letts Mill FordShell Brook24 kmLast sampled 30 Apr 2013, before the imported period
Seeley Brook Wards Farm the StewsSeeley Brook22 km22 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 95%Temp 14.8 °CpH 8.2Ammonia 0.033 mg/l
Dean Brook Broughton Green Harmans HillDean Brook21 km22 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 79.8%Temp 15.9 °CpH 7.97Ammonia 0.053 mg/l
Bow Brook Shell FordShell Brook21 kmLast sampled 17 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Little Brook, tributary of Bow BrookBow Brook18 km29 Jul 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 44.3% Jun 2026Temp 14.1 °C Jun 2026pH 7.81 Jun 2026Ammonia 8.3 mg/l Jun 2026
Bow Brook Broughton HackettBow Brook14 kmLast sampled 17 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Bow Brook Stonebow BridgeBow Brook6.9 kmLast sampled 20 Mar 2017, before the imported period
Pinvin Brook confluence Bow BrookBow Brook4.4 kmLast sampled 9 May 2014, before the imported period
Bow Brook - WalcottBow Brook4.2 kmLast sampled 17 Jan 2002, before the imported period
Stoulton Brook Chevington Farmunnamed stream1.3 kmLast sampled 13 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Below Besford Bridge 3 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Bow Brook downstream of Pershore sewage treatment worksBow Brook1.7 km14 Aug 2026 · 55 days ago
Bow Brook Defford BridgeBow Brook3.4 kmLast sampled 13 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Bow Brook downstream of Defford sewage treatment worksBow Brook4.5 kmLast sampled 12 Feb 2001, before the imported period

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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