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Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Westmorland and Furness, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Coniston Church Bridge | 0.77 m 34m 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 Church Beck 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 Church Beck above Coniston Church Bridge on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Below Coniston Church Bridge, its water next reaches Brown Howe, a gauge on Coniston Water, 7.5 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 Coniston Church Bridge 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.
1 other overflow within 3 km of these gauges is placed below Church Beck’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 →
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.
22 sampling points on the Church Beck and the streams that join it above Coniston Church Bridge, and below it. 3 have a sample from the last 12 months; 5 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levers Water Discharge | Levers Water Beck | 2.9 km | Last sampled 3 Feb 2016, before the imported period | |
| Red Dell Beck upstream of Mining | Red Dell Beck | 2.8 km | Last sampled 13 Dec 2022, before the imported period | |
| Levers Water Beck Footbdge upstream of Paddy End | Levers Water Beck | 2.6 km | Last sampled 21 Sep 2023, before the imported period | |
| Levers Water Beck downstream of Spoil Heap Spring | Levers Water Beck | 2.4 km | Last sampled 23 Mar 2011, before the imported period | |
| Low Water Beck upstream confluence Levers Water Beck | Low Water Beck | 2.3 km | Last sampled 15 Mar 2010, before the imported period | |
| Levers Water above the confluence with Low Water Beck | Levers Water Beck | 2.3 km | Last sampled 15 Mar 2010, before the imported period | |
| Low Water Beck above the confluence with Levers Water Beck | Low Water Beck | 2.2 km | Last sampled 27 Jun 2023, before the imported period | |
| Red Dell Beck upstream of Bonsor Deep Mine Adit | Red Dell Beck | 2.0 km | Last sampled 13 Dec 2022, before the imported period | |
| Levers Water Beck downstream confluence Low Water Beck | Levers Water Beck | 1.9 km | Last sampled 15 Mar 2010, before the imported period | |
| Red Dell Beck downstream of Bonsor Deep Mine Adit | Red Dell Beck | 1.6 km | Last sampled 23 Mar 2011, before the imported period | |
| Levers Water Beck below Spoil | Levers Water Beck | 1.6 km | Last sampled 1 Feb 2017, before the imported period | |
| Red Dell Beck at Roadbridge | Red Dell Beck | 1.4 km | 25 Mar 2024 · 2.5 years ago | pH 7.51 |
| Levers Water Beck upstream of Red Dell Beck | Levers Water Beck | 1.4 km | 25 Mar 2024 · 2.5 years ago | pH 7.59 |
| Church Beck downstream of Red Dell confluence | Church Beck | 1.3 km | Last sampled 23 Mar 2011, before the imported period | |
| Church Beck at Hydro Scheme | Church Beck | 1.2 km | Last sampled 9 Feb 2015, before the imported period | |
| Mealy Gill above the confluence with Church Beck downstream of Quarry | Mealy Gill | 0.6 km | Last sampled 23 Mar 2011, before the imported period | |
| Church Beck upstream of Scrow Beck confluence | Church Beck | 0.6 km | Last sampled 23 Mar 2011, before the imported period | |
| Church Beck downstream of Scrow Beck confluence | Church Beck | 0.5 km | Last sampled 23 Mar 2011, before the imported period | |
| Church Beck upstream of Point | Church Beck | 0.1 km | 16 Sep 2026 · 22 days ago | E. coli 250 per 100 ml |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church Beck downstream of A593 Bridge, Coniston | Church Beck | 0.1 km | Last sampled 15 Mar 2010, before the imported period | |
| Church Beck upstream of Coniston sewage treatment works | Church Beck | 0.6 km | 16 Sep 2026 · 22 days ago | E. coli 290 per 100 ml |
| Church Beck As Entering Coniston Water | Church Beck | 0.8 km | 16 Sep 2026 · 22 days ago | pH 7.61 Jul 2026E. coli 230 per 100 ml |
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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