3 gauges from Lanelay River Station to Ely Bridge River Station. None of the 2 that can be compared with a typical high is above it. 5 storm overflows upstream are discharging now. Gauges in Cardiff, Rhondda Cynon Taf; levels are checked every 15 minutes.
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.
Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Ely 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 the Ely above Ely Bridge River Station on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Named streams on the river map that flow into the Ely and have no gauge of their own. Each has a page with what is known about it: the next gauge downstream, and any storm overflows or water-sampling points placed on it.
Afon Clun (joins about 18 km above St Fagans River Station)
Nant Coslech (joins about 11 km above St Fagans River Station)
Nant Dowlais (joins about 2.8 km above St Fagans River Station)
Storm overflows upstream
28 storm overflows are traced upstream of Ely Bridge River Station, the Ely’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Ely itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
5 report discharging now
23 not discharging
0 offline or silent: 0 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 0 no live feed
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Ely Bridge River Station: 1,179 spills over 8,342 hours in total, across all 28.
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 the Ely includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Above Lanelay River Station, the Ely’s highest gauge8 overflows · 2 discharging now
Ashdale Road Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 10.2 km by river above Lanelay River Station · 2025: 6 spills, 4.8 h
Waunrhydd Road Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 7.7 km by river above Lanelay River Station · 2025: 39 spills, 112 h
Mill Street Tonyrefail Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 7.5 km by river above Lanelay River Station · 2025: 4 spills, 1.3 h
Tonyrefail Police Station Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 7.3 km by river above Lanelay River Station · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h
Tynybryn Road Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 6.9 km by river above Lanelay River Station · 2025: 9 spills, 10 h
Ely Valley Road Storm OverflowDischarging now since Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 4.9 km by river above Lanelay River Station · 2025: 113 spills, 1,119 h
Dyffryn Isaf WwTW Storm OverflowDischarging now since Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 3.2 km by river above Lanelay River Station · 2025: 61 spills, 903 h
Between Lanelay River Station and St Fagans River Station17 overflows · 3 discharging now
Parish Road Beddau Storm OverflowDischarging now since Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Myddlyn · 26.4 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 129 spills, 816 h
Rhiwsaeson WwTW Storm OverflowDischarging now since Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Clun · 22.7 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 179 spills, 1,255 h
Brynteg Park Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Cymdda Bach · 22.5 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 5 spills, 5.5 h
Cardiff Road Talbot Green Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Clun · 19.9 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 35 spills, 173 h
Lanelay Park Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 19.2 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 83 spills, 312 h
Ynysddu Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 18.1 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h
Dan-Y-Bryn Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 17.2 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 9 spills, 7.5 h
Brynsadler Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 17.2 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 10 spills, 23 h
Maes-Y-Felin Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 16.5 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Rhyd-Y-Nant Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 15.7 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Fairview Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 15.7 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Miskin Railway Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 15.3 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 19 spills, 92 h
Groesfaen Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Coslech · 13.3 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 71 spills, 644 h
Coslech WwTW Storm OverflowDischarging now since Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 10.7 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 118 spills, 1,264 h
Rhydlafar WwTW Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Dowlais · 6.1 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 87 spills, 338 h
Whitebridge Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 5.5 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 29 spills, 242 h
Peterston-Super-Ely WwTW Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 4.9 km by river above St Fagans River Station · 2025: 17 spills, 62 h
Between St Fagans River Station and Ely Bridge River Station3 overflows
St Fagans Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 2.7 km by river above Ely Bridge River Station · 2025: 81 spills, 809 h
Plymouth Wood Road Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 1.2 km by river above Ely Bridge River Station · 2025: 8 spills, 2.8 h
Mill Road 1 Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 640 m by river above Ely Bridge River Station · 2025: 14 spills, 5.0 h
Near these gauges, connection not known
Within 3 km of one of the Ely’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
Heol Miles Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Ely · 670 m from Lanelay River Station in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 27 spills, 15 h
Heol Amlwch Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Taff Via Culverted Watercourse · 2.0 km from Ely Bridge River Station in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 9 spills, 17 h
3 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Ely’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.