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Finchett's Gutter water levels

Live levels from 2 monitoring stations across Cheshire West and Chester, updated every 15 minutes.

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Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Countess Way, Abbot's MeadAbbot's Mead, Chester0.96 m 28m agoNormal—

On other watercourses

These gauges are filed under the Finchett's Gutter, but the river map places them on another watercourse, so they are not in the Finchett's Gutter’s order above.

Knolls Bridge, Chesteron Backford BrookChester5.80 m 20h agoold reading
Not connected to the Finchett's Gutter on the river map.

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 Finchett's Gutter 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 Finchett's Gutter above Countess Way, Abbot's Mead on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Finchett's Gutter goes

No gauge below Countess Way, Abbot's Mead 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 Countess Way, Abbot's Mead 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 Finchett's Gutter’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • Chester Parkgate Court SPS Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Bache Brook · 150 m from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 3 spills, 0.8 h
  • Bache Tanks CSO Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Bache Brook · 470 m from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • West Of Wealstone Lane CSO Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Bache Brook · 470 m from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 27 spills, 51 h
  • Cheyney Road Chester Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Finchetts Gutter · 570 m from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 4 spills, 2.5 h
  • Parkgate Road Chester Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Highfield Drain · 660 m from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map · 2022: 12 spills, 38 h
  • CSO At Chester STW Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Esturial Waters Of The River Dee · 1.4 km from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 28 spills, 56 h
  • Crane Street CSO Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Dee · 1.5 km from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 20 spills, 35 h
  • Hoole Road Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Finchetts Gutter · 1.6 km from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · no official annual figure
  • Chester Wastewater Treatment Works Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Esturial Waters Of The River Dee · 1.6 km from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 26 spills, 149 h
  • Daleside Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Tributary Of Finchetts Gutter · 1.9 km from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h
  • Moston Road CSO Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Tributary Of River Lugg · 2.1 km from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 1 spill, 0.5 h
  • Old Dee Bridge (North Bank) CSO Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Dee · 2.3 km from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Castle Drive Chester Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Dee · 2.3 km from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 4 spills, 1.8 h
  • Chester Weir (South Bank) CSO No live feed
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Dee · 2.4 km from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 20 spills, 73 h
  • Edgar Park CSO Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Dee · 2.4 km from Countess Way, Abbot's Mead in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 10 spills, 4.0 h

7 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.

5 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Finchett's Gutter’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: © Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, from its Storm Overflow Map. Annual figures for England: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence v3.0. Annual figures for Wales: Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water’s return to Natural Resources Wales, as compiled by The Rivers Trust, Open Government Licence.

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.

No Environment Agency sampling point is placed on the Finchett's Gutter or the streams above its lowest gauge on the mapped rivers. That is not the same as none: the river map leaves out many small streams.

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.