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Micker Brook water levels

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

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0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Bramhall Green Bridge LaneBramhall Green0.17 m 20h agoold reading

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 Micker 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.

1 gauged tributary, 1 gauge

Poynton Brook

Joins Micker Brook above Bramhall Green Bridge Lane, its highest gauge, no more than 6.8 km by river above Bramhall Green Bridge Lane.

Poynton0.19 m 27m agoNormal

Its water passes every gauge on Micker Brook, from Bramhall Green Bridge Lane down.

Where Micker Brook goes

Below Bramhall Green Bridge Lane, its water next reaches Didsbury River, a gauge on River Mersey, 8.2 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

5 storm overflows are traced upstream of Bramhall Green Bridge Lane, Micker Brook’s lowest gauge on the river map: on Micker Brook itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 4 not discharging
  • 1 offline or silent: 0 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 1 no live feed

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Bramhall Green Bridge Lane: 106 spills over 971 hours in total, across all 5.

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 Micker Brook includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Bramhall Green Bridge Lane, Micker Brook’s highest gauge5 overflows
  • Coppiceside PS Disley Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Bollinhurst Brook · 8.3 km by river above Bramhall Green Bridge Lane · 2025: 31 spills, 263 h
  • Barnaby Rd CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Poynton Brook Via Sws · 5.1 km by river above Bramhall Green Bridge Lane · 2025: 5 spills, 22 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Rolleston Road CSO No live feed
    United Utilities · into Norbury (Micker) Brook · 3.4 km by river above Bramhall Green Bridge Lane · 2025: 12 spills, 19 h
  • Poynton Balancing Tank Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Norbury Brook · 2.7 km by river above Bramhall Green Bridge Lane · 2025: 53 spills, 659 h
  • 50 Bridge Lane Bramhall CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Lady Brook · 130 m by river above Bramhall Green Bridge Lane · 2025: 5 spills, 9.6 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Bramhall Ln Sth (No 221) Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Micker Brook · 320 m from Bramhall Green Bridge Lane in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 11 spills, 8.5 h
  • Carr Wood Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Carr Brook · 840 m from Bramhall Green Bridge Lane in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 83 spills, 242 h
  • Moss Lane Acre Lane CSO 431am Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Carr Brook · 1.8 km from Bramhall Green Bridge Lane in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 9 spills, 11 h
  • Langdale Road CSO 432ka Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Carr Brook · 1.8 km from Bramhall Green Bridge Lane in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 10 spills, 8.4 h
  • Lumb Lane CSO (432d0) Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Carr Brook Via Sws · 1.8 km from Bramhall Green Bridge Lane in a straight line · reaches the river through a sewer or culvert · 2025: 6 spills, 8.0 h
  • Corfe Crescent CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Norbury Brook Via Sws · 1.8 km from Bramhall Green Bridge Lane in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Billy's Lane CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Turves Brook,trib Micker Brook · 2.6 km from Bramhall Green Bridge Lane in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 26 spills, 55 h
  • 59d Turves Road CSO 432vy Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Turves Brook, Trib Micker Brk · 2.8 km from Bramhall Green Bridge Lane in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 8 spills, 16 h
  • Moorfiled Hall CSO 432g4 Monitor offline
    United Utilities · into Trib Spath Brook · 2.8 km from Bramhall Green Bridge Lane in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 53 spills, 375 h

3 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below Micker 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: © United Utilities 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.

9 sampling points on the Micker Brook and the streams that join it above Bramhall Green Bridge Lane. 1 has a sample from the last 12 months; 2 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Poynton Poynton Brook 2 points, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Poynton Brook at Poynton CoppicePoynton Brook2.4 kmLast sampled 15 Aug 2011, before the imported period
Poynton Brook behind London Road Industrial EstatePoynton Brook0.2 kmLast sampled 15 Aug 2011, before the imported period
Above Bramhall Green Bridge Lane Micker Brook 7 points, 2 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Norbury Brook upstream of A555Norbury Brook5.2 km14 Aug 2026 · 55 days agoOxygen 98.7%Temp 17.2 °CpH 8.18Ammonia 0.032 mg/l
Poynton Brook upstream of Barnaby Road CSOPoynton Brook5.1 kmLast sampled 15 Aug 2011, before the imported period
Poynton Brook downstream of Barnaby Road CSOPoynton Brook5.1 kmLast sampled 15 Aug 2011, before the imported period
Poynton Brook at Phillips Bridge above the confluence with Norbury Brook (off Glastonbury Drive)Poynton Brook4.4 km20 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 99.8%Temp 8.7 °CpH 7.96Ammonia 0.063 mg/l
Poynton Brook downstream of Phillips Bridge and Unnamed tributaryPoynton Brook4.4 kmLast sampled 15 Aug 2011, before the imported period
Poynton Brook above the confluence with Norbury BrookPoynton Brook3.2 kmLast sampled 15 Aug 2011, before the imported period
Lady Brook at Mill Hill Bridge at Norbury MoorNorbury Brook2.7 kmLast sampled 3 Oct 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.