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Broad Fleet water levels

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

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Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Pilling, BroadfleettidalPilling1.25 m 31m 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 Broad Fleet 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 the Broad Fleet above Pilling, Broadfleet on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Broad Fleet goes

No gauge below Pilling, Broadfleet is known on the river map.

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 Broad Fleet 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

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Pilling, Broadfleet 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.

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Tbc Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Broad Fleet · 190 m from Pilling, Broadfleet in a straight line · too close to Pilling, Broadfleet to say which side · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h

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: © United Utilities 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.

2 sampling points on the Broad Fleet and the streams that join it above Pilling, Broadfleet. 2 have 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.

Above Pilling, Broadfleet Broad Fleet 2 points
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Pilling Water at Stake Pool BridgePilling Water1.6 km25 Jun 2026 · 3 months agoOxygen 112.1%Temp 21.3 °CpH 7.82Ammonia 0.096 mg/l
Ridgy Pool at Ridgy Pool Bridge PillingRidgy Pool1.5 km1 Sep 2026 · 37 days agoOxygen 50.6% Mar 2025Temp 16.2 °CpH 7.25 Mar 2025Ammonia 1.7 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.