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Gilwiskaw Brook water levels

Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Leicestershire, updated every 15 minutes.

1stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Ashby De La ZouchAshby De La Zouch0.08 mASD 1h ago——

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 Gilwiskaw 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 Gilwiskaw Brook above Ashby De La Zouch on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where Gilwiskaw Brook goes

Below Ashby De La Zouch, its water next reaches Clifton Hall, a gauge on River Mease, 21.0 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

1 storm overflow is traced upstream of Ashby De La Zouch, Gilwiskaw Brook’s lowest gauge on the river map: on Gilwiskaw Brook 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 Ashby De La Zouch: 1 spill over 0.5 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 Gilwiskaw Brook includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Ashby De La Zouch, Gilwiskaw Brook’s highest gauge1 overflow
  • Ashby - Bath Grounds CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Gilwiskaw Brook · 930 m by river above Ashby De La Zouch · 2025: 1 spill, 0.5 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Ashby - Nottingham Road SPS Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Gilwiskaw Brook · 1.8 km from Ashby De La Zouch in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 4 spills, 62 h

3 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below Gilwiskaw Brook’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: © Severn Trent 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.

11 sampling points on the Gilwiskaw Brook and the streams that join it above Ashby De La Zouch, and below it. 3 have a sample from the last 12 months; 9 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Ashby De La Zouch Gilwiskaw Brook 4 points, 3 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Gilwiskaw Brook - upstream of AshbyGilwiskaw Brook3.0 km13 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 83.5%Temp 8.7 °CpH 7.78Ammonia 0.12 mg/l
Gilwiskaw Brook - Hood ParkGilwiskaw Brook1.7 km10 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 96.4%Temp 7.8 °CpH 8.3Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Gilwiskaw Brook - Ashby-de-la-ZouchGilwiskaw Brook0.6 km10 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 94.9%Temp 8 °CpH 8.38Ammonia 0.13 mg/l
Flagstaff Brook Ashby RoadCole Orton Brook0.3 kmLast sampled 20 Sep 2017, before the imported period
Below Ashby De La Zouch 7 points, 6 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Gilwiskaw Brook - upstream of Packington sewage treatment worksGilwiskaw Brook1.1 km10 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 106.7%Temp 7.6 °CpH 8.41Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Gilwiskaw Brook downstream of Packington Brook confluenceGilwiskaw Brook1.6 km10 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 108.4%Temp 7.5 °CpH 8.48Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Gilwiskaw Brook - downstream of Packington sewage treatment worksGilwiskaw Brook2.9 km10 Aug 2026 · 59 days agoOxygen 96.4% Mar 2026Temp 9.8 °C Mar 2026pH 8.04 May 2026Ammonia 0.032 mg/l Mar 2026
Gilwiskaw Brook 100 m downstream of Alton Brook confluenceGilwiskaw Brook3.4 km10 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 98.8%Temp 8.1 °CpH 8.34Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Gilwiskaw Brook - Measham Fields FarmGilwiskaw Brook4.9 km15 Sep 2026 · 23 days agoOxygen 90.6%Temp 17.7 °CpH 8.06Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Gilwiskaw Brook Bosworth RoadGilwiskaw Brook5.6 kmLast sampled 20 Sep 2017, before the imported period
Gilwiskaw Brook Measham RoadGilwiskaw Brook7.1 km17 Feb 2025 · 20 months agoOxygen 96.2%Temp 4.4 °CpH 8.02Ammonia 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.