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Parham Beck water levels

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

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Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Carlisle Raffles AvenueCarlisle0.01 m 32m agoLow—

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 Parham Beck 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 Parham Beck above Carlisle Raffles Avenue on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where Parham Beck goes

No gauge below Carlisle Raffles Avenue 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.

Storm overflows upstream

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Carlisle Raffles Avenue 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 Parham Beck’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • Infirmary Street Carlisle CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Leeds/Liverpool Canal · 840 m from Carlisle Raffles Avenue in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 19 spills, 24 h
  • Finn Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Dow Beck Culvert · 960 m from Carlisle Raffles Avenue in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 7 spills, 9.7 h
  • Stonegarth Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Dow Beck Culvert · 980 m from Carlisle Raffles Avenue in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Crown Street (Town Dyke Orchard Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Caldew · 1.4 km from Carlisle Raffles Avenue in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 28 spills, 29 h
  • Dalston Road PS Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Fairy Beck Culvert · 1.7 km from Carlisle Raffles Avenue in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 20 spills, 33 h
  • Lime Street SPS Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Caldew · 1.7 km from Carlisle Raffles Avenue in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 1 spill, 0.5 h
  • Caird Avenue Combined Seweroverflow Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Pow Beck Via Sws · 1.7 km from Carlisle Raffles Avenue in a straight line · reaches the river through a sewer or culvert · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • B&q CSO (101c4) Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Caldew · 1.8 km from Carlisle Raffles Avenue in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 8 spills, 5.3 h
  • Rickerby CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Caldew · 1.8 km from Carlisle Raffles Avenue in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 4 spills, 1.8 h
  • Etterby Terrace CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Eden · 1.9 km from Carlisle Raffles Avenue in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 30 spills, 71 h
  • Bousteads Grassings CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Caldew · 2.0 km from Carlisle Raffles Avenue in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 59 spills, 215 h
  • Rear Of Pirelli Factory CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Caldew · 2.5 km from Carlisle Raffles Avenue in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 5 spills, 2.1 h
  • Rickerby Park CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Eden · 2.6 km from Carlisle Raffles Avenue in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 1 spill, 0.2 h

3 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below Parham Beck’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.

No Environment Agency sampling point is placed on the Parham Beck or the streams above its lowest gauge on the mapped rivers. That is not the same as none: the river map leaves out many small streams.

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.