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Henmore Brook water levels

Live levels from 2 monitoring stations across Derbyshire, updated every 15 minutes.

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Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Agnes MeadowAgnes Meadow Bridge, Ashbourne0.12 mASD 34h agoold reading
AshbourneAshbourne0.15 mASD 31m 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.

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Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins Henmore Brook 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 Henmore Brook above Ashbourne on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where Henmore Brook goes

Below Ashbourne, its water next reaches Rocester, a gauge on River Dove, 13.5 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.

Streams without a gauge

Named streams on the river map that flow into Henmore Brook 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.

Storm overflows upstream

2 storm overflows are traced upstream of Ashbourne, Henmore Brook’s lowest gauge on the river map: on Henmore Brook itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 2 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 Ashbourne: 145 spills over 1,662 hours in total, across all 2.

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 Henmore Brook includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Agnes Meadow, Henmore Brook’s highest gauge2 overflows
  • Hognaston Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Henmore Brook · 3.8 km by river above Agnes Meadow · 2025: 61 spills, 667 h
  • Kniveton STW Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Kniveton Brook · 2.3 km by river above Agnes Meadow · 2025: 84 spills, 995 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Clifton - Mayfield Road PS (CSO) Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Henmore/Scow Brook · 1.6 km from Ashbourne in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Clifton - Watery Lane/Green Lane (CSO) Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Unnamed Ditch Draining To Henmore Brook · 1.9 km from Ashbourne in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 15 spills, 160 h
  • Hanging Bridge No.1 SPS Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Henmore Brook · 1.9 km from Ashbourne in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 27 spills, 167 h

5 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below Henmore 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.

6 sampling points on the Henmore Brook and the streams that join it above Ashbourne, and below it. 3 have a sample from the last 12 months; 3 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Agnes Meadow Henmore Brook 3 points, 2 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Henmore Brook - Compensation WaterScow Brook4.8 kmLast sampled 6 Apr 2005, before the imported period
Henmore Brook (Scow Brook) - AtlowHenmore Brook2.6 km29 May 2026 · 4 months agoOxygen 97.2%Temp 12 °CpH 8.01Ammonia 0.057 mg/l
Henmore Brook at Corley LaneHenmore Brook0.1 km16 Sep 2026 · 22 days agoOxygen 96.4%Temp 13 °CpH 8.22Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Above Ashbourne Henmore Brook 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Henmore Brook School Lane AshbourneHenmore Brook0.1 km27 May 2026 · 4 months agoOxygen 100.1%Temp 19 °CpH 8.4Ammonia 0.032 mg/l
Below Ashbourne 2 points, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Henmore Brook 300 m downstream of Nestle EffluentHenmore Brook0.8 kmLast sampled 25 Jun 2007, before the imported period
Henmore Brook (Scow Brook) - CliftonHenmore Brook2.9 kmLast sampled 6 Jun 2018, 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.