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Millingford Brook water levels

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

2stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Ivy Street, Ashton-In-MakerfieldAshton-in-Makerfield0.21 m 2d agoold reading
Lincoln DriveAshton-In-Makerfield0.25 m 32m 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 Millingford 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 Millingford Brook above Lincoln Drive on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where Millingford Brook goes

Below Lincoln Drive, its water next reaches Causey Bridge, a gauge on Sankey Brook, 10.6 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

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Lincoln Drive on the river map. That is not the same as none: the map leaves out many small streams and culverts, so an overflow it cannot place may still drain here, and not every company publishes every overflow.

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Princess Rd (Peter St) CSO (50006) Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Millingford Brook · 60 m from Lincoln Drive in a straight line · too close to Lincoln Drive to say which side · 2025: 18 spills, 39 h
  • Bryn Road Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Millingford Brook · 90 m from Lincoln Drive in a straight line · too close to Lincoln Drive to say which side · 2025: 32 spills, 25 h
  • Cleveland Drive CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Millingford Brook · 680 m from Lincoln Drive in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 35 spills, 56 h
  • Lodge Lane Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Trib Dean Dam · 2.1 km from Lincoln Drive in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 13 spills, 94 h
  • Lodge Lane Combined Sewer Overflow No live feed
    United Utilities · into Ellams Brook,trib Newton Brook · 2.1 km from Lincoln Drive in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 15 spills, 79 h
  • PS At Bryn Gates Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Hey/Borsdane Brook · 2.2 km from Lincoln Drive in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 2 spills, 11 h
  • Landgate SPS Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Park Brook · 2.3 km from Ivy Street, Ashton-In-Makerfield in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 4 spills, 15 h
  • Mill Lane (Golborne) CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Dane-In-Shaw Brook · 2.5 km from Lincoln Drive in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 2 spills, 13 h
  • Cranberry Lodge Pumping Station Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Park Brook · 2.8 km from Ivy Street, Ashton-In-Makerfield in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 6 spills, 41 h

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.

4 sampling points on the Millingford Brook and the streams that join it above Lincoln Drive, and below it. 0 have a sample from the last 12 months; 0 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Ivy Street, Ashton-In-Makerfield Millingford Brook 2 points, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Down Brook at Downall GreenDown Brook2.9 kmLast sampled 26 Apr 2000, before the imported period
Unamed tributary of Millingford Brook at Woodedge OutfallMillingford Brook0.6 kmLast sampled 5 Jul 2013, before the imported period
Below Lincoln Drive 2 points, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Millingford Brook at Harvey Lane BridgeMillingford Brook1.7 kmLast sampled 12 Dec 2006, before the imported period
Millingford Brook at Dale Lane BridgeMillingford Brook4.6 kmLast sampled 19 Apr 2017, 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.