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Burstwick Drain water levels

Live levels from 4 monitoring stations across East Riding of Yorkshire, updated every 15 minutes.

4stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Burstwick Hall Road BridgeBurstwick0.33 mAOD 1h agoNormal—
Hedon Thorn Road BridgeHedon0.32 mAOD 1h ago——
Hedon Westlands DrainHedon0.16 mAOD 1h ago——
Salt endHull0.37 mAOD 1h ago——

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 Burstwick Drain above one of its gauges, from the source down. The river map knows where gauges are, not every stream, so a tributary without a gauge is not listed here.

No gauged tributary joins Burstwick Drain above Salt end on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where Burstwick Drain goes

No gauge below Salt end 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.

Storm overflows upstream

1 storm overflow is traced upstream of Salt end, Burstwick Drain’s lowest gauge on the river map: on Burstwick Drain itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

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

Official figures for 2025, for the overflow traced upstream of Salt end: 21 spills over 258 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 Burstwick Drain includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Burstwick Hall Road Bridge, Burstwick Drain’s highest gauge1 overflow
  • Burton Pidsea WwTW Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into Burton Pidsea Drain · 4.5 km by river above Burstwick Hall Road Bridge · 2025: 21 spills, 258 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Station Lane Hedon CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into Reedmere Sewer · 870 m from Hedon Thorn Road Bridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Paull Back Road CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into Culv Tributary Of Hedon Haven · 1.5 km from Salt end in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 2 spills, 15 h
  • Chestnut Avenue SPS No live feed
    Yorkshire Water · into Burstwick Drain · 1.8 km from Hedon Westlands Drain in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Hull WwTW Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Humber · 2.0 km from Salt end in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 116 spills, 1,560 h
  • Staithes Road No.2 SPS Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into Unnamed Trib Of Redmere Sewer · 2.2 km from Hedon Westlands Drain in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 4 spills, 2.8 h
  • Preston SPS Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into Nearby Ditch · 2.6 km from Hedon Westlands Drain in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Basin Bridge SPS Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into R. Humber & Burstwick Drain · 2.8 km from Salt end in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 11 spills, 81 h
  • Hedon STW Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Humber · 2.8 km from Salt end in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 20 spills, 171 h
  • Ryehill Sewage Pumping Station Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into Green Marsh Drain · 2.8 km from Burstwick Hall Road Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 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: © Yorkshire 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.

4 sampling points on the Burstwick Drain and the streams that join it above Salt end. 0 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 Burstwick Hall Road Bridge Burstwick Drain 2 points
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Humbleton Beck at Back Lane ElstronwickHumbleton Beck4.8 km26 Mar 2025 · 18 months agoOxygen 85.6%Temp 6.7 °CpH 8.03Ammonia 0.22 mg/l
Burton Pidsea Drain at West BridgeBurton Pidsea Drain4.0 km26 Mar 2025 · 18 months agoOxygen 95.7%Temp 6.9 °CpH 8.06Ammonia 0.42 mg/l
Above Hedon Thorn Road Bridge Burstwick Drain 1 point, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Burstwick Drain at Hall BridgeBurstwick Drain4.2 kmLast sampled 19 May 2014, before the imported period
Above Hedon Westlands Drain Burstwick Drain 1 point, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Burstwick Drain at HedonBurstwick Drain0.7 kmLast sampled 12 Mar 2020, 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.