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Dragley Beck water levels

Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Westmorland and Furness, updated every 15 minutes.

1stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Fitz BridgeUlverston0.13 m 28m agoLow—

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 Dragley Beck 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 Dragley Beck above Fitz Bridge on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where Dragley Beck goes

No gauge below Fitz 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

1 storm overflow is traced upstream of Fitz Bridge, Dragley Beck’s lowest gauge on the river map: on Dragley Beck 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 Fitz Bridge: 2 spills over 1.4 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 Dragley Beck includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Fitz Bridge, Dragley Beck’s highest gauge1 overflow
  • Oakwood Drive Croftlands CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    United Utilities · into Dragley Beck · 690 m by river above Fitz Bridge · 2025: 2 spills, 1.4 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Town Beck CSO 39065 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Town Beck · 450 m from Fitz Bridge in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 4 spills, 6.3 h
  • Priory Road CSO 392mo Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Trib Carter Pool · 1.1 km from Fitz Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 24 spills, 24 h
  • Ulverston WwTW Not discharging bathing water
    United Utilities · into Ulverston Channel/ Carter Pool · 1.4 km from Fitz Bridge in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 3 spills, 0.7 h

1 other overflow within 3 km of these gauges is placed below Dragley 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 →

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.

3 sampling points on the Dragley Beck and the streams that join it above Fitz Bridge, and below it. 0 have 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 Fitz Bridge Dragley Beck 2 points, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Pennington Beck near Ghyll FarmPennington Beck5.4 kmLast sampled 6 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Levy Beck at Three BridgesLevy Beck2.6 kmLast sampled 3 Dec 2009, before the imported period
Below Fitz Bridge 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Dragley Beck at Low Mill TanneryDragley Beck0.5 km22 Mar 2024 · 2.5 years agoOxygen 99.2%Temp 8.2 °CpH 7.91Ammonia below 0.03 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.