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Monks Brook water levels

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

2stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Chandler's FordChandler's Ford0.08 mASD 1h agoNormal—
Stoneham LaneSwaythling0.09 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 Monks 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 Monks Brook above Stoneham Lane on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where Monks Brook goes

Below Stoneham Lane, its water next reaches Woolston, a gauge on River Itchen, 9.4 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.

Storm overflows upstream

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

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 3 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 Stoneham Lane: 9 spills over 11 hours in total, across all 3.

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 Monks Brook includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Chandler's Ford, Monks Brook’s highest gauge1 overflow
  • Valley Road Chandlers Ford CSO Not discharging
    Southern Water · into Tributary Of The Monks Brook · 910 m by river above Chandler's Ford · 2025: 4 spills, 2.4 h
Between Chandler's Ford and Stoneham Lane2 overflows
  • Park Road Chandlers Ford CSO Not discharging
    Southern Water · into Monks Brook · 3.7 km by river above Stoneham Lane · 2025: 3 spills, 8.0 h
  • Chestnut Avenue CEO Not discharging
    Southern Water · into The Monks Brook · 830 m by river above Stoneham Lane · 2025: 2 spills, 0.1 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Wessex Lane Southampton Status unknown shellfish water
    Southern Water · into Saline Estuary · 1.4 km from Stoneham Lane in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Wessex Lane Southampton Outside 11 Not discharging shellfish water
    Southern Water · into Saline Estuary · 1.4 km from Stoneham Lane in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 2 spills, 0.2 h
  • Wessex Lane Southampton Outside 15 Status unknown shellfish water
    Southern Water · into Saline Estuary · 1.4 km from Stoneham Lane in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Templars Way Chandlers Ford CEO Not discharging
    Southern Water · into Monks Brook Via Drain · 1.6 km from Chandler's Ford in a straight line · reaches the river through a sewer or culvert · 2025: 6 spills, 41 h
  • Green Lane Chilworth CEO Not discharging
    Southern Water · into Unnamed Trib Of River Itchen · 2.4 km from Stoneham Lane in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 6 spills, 29 h
  • Sirdar Road Southampton CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    Southern Water · into River Itchen · 2.5 km from Stoneham Lane in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 17 spills, 6.5 h
  • Portswood WwTW Not discharging shellfish water
    Southern Water · into River Itchen Estuary · 2.9 km from Stoneham Lane in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 36 spills, 380 h
  • Upr Shaftesbury Ave Southampton CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    Southern Water · into River Itchen · 2.9 km from Stoneham Lane in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h

2 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below Monks 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: © Southern 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.

3 sampling points on the Monks Brook and the streams that join it above Stoneham Lane, and below it. 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 Chandler's Ford Monks Brook 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Monks Brook downstream of A3090unnamed stream3.7 km5 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years agoOxygen 86.4%Temp 6.6 °CpH 7.31Ammonia 0.037 mg/l
Above Stoneham Lane Monks Brook 1 point, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Monks Brook Chestnut Av downstream of PirliMonks Brook0.8 kmLast sampled 27 Nov 2008, before the imported period
Below Stoneham Lane 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Monks Brook SwaythlingMonks Brook1.5 km7 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 89.8%Temp 12.6 °CpH 7.6Ammonia 0.052 mg/l

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.