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Irvine water levels

Live levels from 4 monitoring stations across East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, updated every 15 minutes.

4stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
NewmilnsNewmilns0.26 m 19m agoNormal—
Glenfield—0.32 m 19m agoNormal—
ShewaltonShewalton1.01 m 19m agoNormal—
Irvine WatersideIrvine0.78 m 34m agoNormal—

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 Irvine above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.

3 gauged tributaries, 5 gauges

Cessnock Water

Joins the Irvine between Newmilns and Glenfield, no more than 8.6 km by river above Glenfield.

Hoodston Bridge0.38 m 19m agoNormal

Its water passes Glenfield and every gauge below it on the Irvine. It does not pass Newmilns or the gauges above it.

Kilmarnock Water

Joins the Irvine between Glenfield and Shewalton, no more than 12.6 km by river above Shewalton.

Howard Park0.35 m 19m agoNormal

Its water passes Shewalton and every gauge below it on the Irvine. It does not pass Glenfield or the gauges above it.

Where the Irvine goes

No gauge below Irvine Waterside 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.

Streams without a gauge

Named streams on the river map that flow into the Irvine 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

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

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 50 not discharging
  • 8 offline or silent: 8 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 0 no live feed

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Irvine Waterside: 2,356 overflow events over 4,588 hours in total, across the 41 that have a figure. 9 had no data that year; 8 have no 2025 figure. Scottish Water counts overflow events, not the 12/24-hour spills counted in England and Wales, so this total cannot be set beside theirs.

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 Irvine includes the smaller streams that join it there. Where a stretch or a tributary has more than 4, the 3 discharging now or nearest its gauge are listed, the rest are counted, and every one is in that gauge’s “Upstream of here” list. Show every overflow in every stretch →

Above Newmilns, the Irvine’s highest gauge3 overflows
Between Newmilns and Glenfield12 overflows

and 9 more: show all 12 overflows on this stretch → All above Glenfield, nearest first →

Between Glenfield and Shewalton17 overflows

and 14 more: show all 17 overflows on this stretch → All above Shewalton, nearest first →

Kilmarnock Water, above Howard Parkjoins the Irvine above Shewalton6 overflows

and 3 more: show all 6 overflows on this stretch → All above Howard Park, nearest first →

Between Shewalton and Irvine Waterside9 overflows

and 6 more: show all 9 overflows on this stretch → All above Irvine Waterside, nearest first →

Annick Water, and the streams that join itjoins the Irvine above Irvine Waterside11 overflows

and 8 more: show all 11 overflows on Annick Water and the streams that join it → All above Dreghorn, nearest first →

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Irvine Waterside PS CSO 2012 Ns317395 Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Irvine · 500 m from Irvine Waterside in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: no data
  • Kilmarnock Kirkstyle School CSO Ns434366 Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Irvine · 540 m from Glenfield in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 100 overflow events, 81 h
  • Irvine, Williamfield CSO Ns316399 Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Irvine · 680 m from Irvine Waterside in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 0 overflow events, 0 h

13 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.

4 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Irvine’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: © Scottish Water, near-real-time Overflow Map data, open licence for reuse. EDM monitors indicate overflows; they do not confirm them, and this is not advice on water quality. Annual figures for Scotland: Scottish Water overflow event data, Open Government Licence.