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Coney Gut water levels

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

2stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Coney GutBarnstaple0.48 mASD 29m agoNormal—
Portmarsh LaneBarnstaple0.23 mASD 29m 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 Coney Gut 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 the Coney Gut above Portmarsh Lane on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Coney Gut goes

Below Portmarsh Lane, its water next reaches Barnstaple, a gauge on River Taw, 1.4 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.

Storm overflows upstream

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Portmarsh Lane 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 Coney Gut’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • Portmarsh CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into Trib Of River Taw Estuary (S) · 30 m from Portmarsh Lane in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Rock Park CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into Taw Estuary(E) & Coney Gut(S) · 290 m from Portmarsh Lane in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 18 spills, 5.6 h
  • Anchorwood PS Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into River Taw Estuary(E) · 930 m from Portmarsh Lane in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 44 spills, 127 h
  • Derby Road Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into Trib Of River Yeo Via Sws · 1.1 km from Portmarsh Lane in a straight line · reaches the river through a sewer or culvert · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Pilton Quay CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into Tidal River Yeo(E) · 1.4 km from Portmarsh Lane in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 4 spills, 1.9 h
  • Fair View Car Park CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into River Yeo Via Sws (Estuarine) · 1.4 km from Portmarsh Lane in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 1 spill, 0.1 h
  • Pottington Pumping Station Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into Taw Estuary & Tributary(E) · 1.7 km from Portmarsh Lane in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 32 spills, 89 h
  • Oakland Park CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into River Taw Estuary(E) · 1.8 km from Portmarsh Lane in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 6 spills, 1.0 h
  • Bishops Tawton Pumping Station Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into River Venn (Estuarine) · 2.3 km from Coney Gut in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 20 spills, 35 h
  • Landkey Pumping Station Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into River Venn · 2.4 km from Coney Gut in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 46 spills, 266 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: © South West 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.

1 sampling point on the Coney Gut and the streams that join it above Portmarsh Lane. 1 has a sample from the last 12 months; 1 has any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Coney Gut Coney Gut 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Coney Gut at the PollardsConey Gut0.5 km9 Sep 2026 · 29 days agoOxygen 88.2%Temp 14.7 °CpH 6.36Ammonia 0.036 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.