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Dovers Brook water levels

Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Liverpool City Region, updated every 15 minutes.

1stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Dovers BridgeSefton0.55 m 30m 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 Dovers Brook 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 Dovers Brook above Dovers Bridge on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where Dovers Brook goes

No gauge below Dovers Bridge 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

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Dovers 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.

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Rear 23 Liverpool Road North CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Maghull Brook · 900 m from Dovers Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 3 spills, 0.7 h
  • Bridge Rd Jct Copy Lane Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Moor Hey Brook · 1.9 km from Dovers Bridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Dooley Drive CSO/ Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Moor Hey Brk Trib Of R. Alt · 1.9 km from Dovers Bridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 1 spill, 1.9 h
  • Bradfield Avenue CSO 318fn Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Moor Hey Brook Trib Rvr Alt · 2.3 km from Dovers Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 2 spills, 1.5 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.

6 sampling points on the Dovers Brook and the streams that join it above Dovers Bridge, and below it. 0 have a sample from the last 12 months; 0 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Dovers Bridge Dovers Brook 5 points, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Melling Brook above the confluence with Dovers Brook SPT17Melling Brook1.4 kmLast sampled 28 Jan 2015, before the imported period
Whinny Brook above the confluence with Dovers Brook SPT18Whinny Brook0.8 kmLast sampled 21 Jun 2012, before the imported period
Sefton Meadows Landfills ProjectDover's Brook0.7 kmLast sampled 16 Jun 2010, before the imported period
Dovers Brook behind Maghull School SPT1Dover's Brook0.7 kmLast sampled 21 Jun 2012, before the imported period
Dovers Brook at Sefton Lane Industrial Estate Sefton Meadows Investigation SPT2Dover's Brook0.3 kmLast sampled 21 Jun 2012, before the imported period
Below Dovers Bridge 1 point, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Dovers Brook at Waste Transfer Station Sefton Meadows Investigation SPT4Dover's Brook0.2 kmLast sampled 21 Jun 2012, 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.