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Markeaton Brook water levels

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

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Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Derby Bridge StreetDerby0.79 mASD 1h 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 Markeaton 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 Markeaton Brook above Derby Bridge Street on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where Markeaton Brook goes

Below Derby Bridge Street, its water next reaches Church Wilne, a gauge on River Derwent, 18.4 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 Markeaton 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

8 storm overflows are traced upstream of Derby Bridge Street, Markeaton Brook’s lowest gauge on the river map: on Markeaton Brook itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 8 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 Derby Bridge Street: 185 spills over 910 hours in total, across all 8.

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 Markeaton Brook includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Derby Bridge Street, Markeaton Brook’s highest gauge8 overflows
  • Kirk Langley STW Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Flagshaw Brook · 7.0 km by river above Derby Bridge Street · 2025: 63 spills, 657 h
  • Quarndon - Church Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Markeaton Brook · 4.8 km by river above Derby Bridge Street · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Markeaton Lane CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 2.2 km by river above Derby Bridge Street · 2025: 12 spills, 58 h
  • Markeaton Lane CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 2.2 km by river above Derby Bridge Street · 2025: 11 spills, 7.1 h
  • Leylands / Broadway 76 CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 1.3 km by river above Derby Bridge Street · 2025: 32 spills, 51 h
  • Markeaton St/Merchant St Jcn CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 530 m by river above Derby Bridge Street · 2025: 20 spills, 49 h
  • Shaws Green Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 530 m by river above Derby Bridge Street · 2025: 22 spills, 8.0 h
  • St. Annes Close CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 420 m by river above Derby Bridge Street · 2025: 25 spills, 81 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Uttoxeter New Rd 2/Stafford St CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 530 m from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 21 spills, 13 h
  • Great Northern Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 530 m from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 23 spills, 5.4 h
  • Uttoxeter New Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 540 m from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 1 spill, 0.1 h
  • Abbey Street CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Littleover Brook · 580 m from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 1 spill, 0.2 h
  • Uttoxeter Old Rd/Junction St CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 720 m from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 2 spills, 0.4 h
  • Monk Street/King Alfred Street CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Littleover Brook (Culverted) · 770 m from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 1 spill, 0.1 h
  • Woods Lane/Stockbrook St Jct CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Littleover Brook · 920 m from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 1 spill, 0 h
  • Parcel Terrace CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 930 m from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 1 spill, 0.1 h
  • Woods Lane CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Littleover Brook · 1.2 km from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • St Peters Street/East Street CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 1.2 km from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 7 spills, 3.9 h
  • Moreledge / Thorntree Lane CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 1.2 km from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 11 spills, 4.1 h
  • Green Lane / Macklin Street CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 1.2 km from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 3 spills, 0.3 h
  • Victoria Street/Friar Gate Jct CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Markeaton Brook · 1.2 km from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 2 spills, 1.3 h
  • Kedleston Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of River Derwent · 1.4 km from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 46 spills, 146 h
  • Kedleston Road Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Northern Flood Culvert · 1.4 km from Derby Bridge Street in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 2 spills, 3.5 h

8 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.

8 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below Markeaton 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.

7 sampling points on the Markeaton Brook and the streams that join it above Derby Bridge Street, and below it. 1 has a sample from the last 12 months; 4 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Derby Bridge Street Markeaton Brook 6 points, 4 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
KedlestonWildpark Brook10 km1 Dec 2023 · 2.9 years agoOxygen 90.2%Temp 5 °CpH 7.94Ammonia 0.03 mg/l
Mackworth Brook at Kirk LangleyFlagshaw Brook7.4 km6 Aug 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 71.2%Temp 14.8 °CpH 8.07Ammonia 0.28 mg/l
Markeaton Brook at KedlestonCutler Brook7.2 kmLast sampled 21 Sep 2004, before the imported period
Mackworth Brook downstream of Kirk LangleyFlagshaw Brook7.0 kmLast sampled 20 Aug 2003, before the imported period
Markeaton Brook at MarkeatonMarkeaton Brook2.3 km7 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 105.3%Temp 9.1 °CpH 8.43Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Mackworth Brook at MarkeatonMackworth Brook2.2 km7 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 102.1%Temp 8.5 °CpH 8.32Ammonia 0.035 mg/l
Below Derby Bridge Street 1 point, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Markeaton Brook at Bridge Street DerbyMarkeaton Brook0.1 kmLast sampled 9 Oct 2007, 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.