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Poise Brook water levels

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

1stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Poise Brook Debris ScreenstructureHazel Grove0.11 m 31m 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 Poise 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 Poise Brook above Poise Brook Debris Screen on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where Poise Brook goes

Below Poise Brook Debris Screen, its water next reaches Brinksway, a gauge on River Mersey, 10.2 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.

Streams without a gauge

Named streams on the river map that flow into Poise 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

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Poise Brook Debris Screen 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 Poise Brook’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • Torkington Road CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Trib Of Ocherley Brook · 730 m from Poise Brook Debris Screen in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 2 spills, 25 h
  • Corfe Crescent CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Norbury Brook Via Sws · 1.8 km from Poise Brook Debris Screen in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Opp 255 Buxton Road Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Hazel Grove Brook · 1.8 km from Poise Brook Debris Screen in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 9 spills, 36 h
  • Stockport Road/Hill Top Drive CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Marple Brook Via Sws · 2.0 km from Poise Brook Debris Screen in a straight line · reaches the river through a sewer or culvert · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • 19 Wood Lane CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Trib Torkington Brook Via Sws · 2.1 km from Poise Brook Debris Screen in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • 56 Cross Lane Combined Sewer Overflow (Stk0152) Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Un-Named Tributary Of Marple Brook · 2.6 km from Poise Brook Debris Screen in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 2 spills, 40 h
  • 36 Hibbert Lane CSO 431y7 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Marple Brk Trib Torkington Br · 2.6 km from Poise Brook Debris Screen in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h

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

2 sampling points on the Poise Brook and the streams that join it above Poise Brook Debris Screen, and below it. 1 has a sample from the last 12 months; 1 has any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Below Poise Brook Debris Screen 2 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Poise Brook above the confluence with Ocherley BrookPoise Brook0.2 kmLast sampled 8 Jul 2004, before the imported period
Poise Brook above confluence with GoytPoise Brook1.9 km15 Sep 2026 · 23 days agoOxygen 93.9%Temp 16.4 °CpH 7.49Ammonia 0.11 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.