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Rea Brook water levels

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

2stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Farley Bridge—0.04 mASD 43m agoLow—
11.4 km by river
HookagateHookagate0.14 mASD 43m 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 Rea 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 Rea Brook above Hookagate on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where Rea Brook goes

Below Hookagate, its water next reaches Buildwas, a gauge on River Severn, 41.2 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 Rea 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

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

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 5 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 Hookagate: 129 spills over 968 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 Rea Brook includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Farley Bridge, Rea Brook’s highest gauge1 overflow
  • Worthen STW Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Worthen Brook · 8.6 km by river above Farley Bridge · 2025: 11 spills, 167 h
Between Farley Bridge and Hookagate4 overflows
  • Station Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Trib Of Rea Brook · 10.9 km by river above Hookagate · 2025: 42 spills, 125 h
  • Pontesbury Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Rea Brook · 10.5 km by river above Hookagate · 2025: 53 spills, 503 h
  • Weir Rd Sewage Pumping Station Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Rea Brook · 3.3 km by river above Hookagate · 2025: 14 spills, 129 h
  • Hanwood Sewage Pumping Station Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Rea Brook · 1.6 km by river above Hookagate · 2025: 9 spills, 44 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Hookagate Pumping Station Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Rea Brook · 30 m from Hookagate in a straight line · too close to Hookagate to say which side · 2025: 24 spills, 220 h
  • Parrs Lane Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into The Hills Brook · 640 m from Hookagate in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Sharp Stones Lane CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Rea Brook · 2.4 km from Hookagate in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 17 spills, 21 h
  • Storm O/F Adj To Grove Pumping Stn Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Trib Of Rea Brook · 2.6 km from Farley Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 14 spills, 81 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: © Severn Trent 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.

27 sampling points on the Rea Brook and the streams that join it above Hookagate, and below it. 14 have a sample from the last 12 months; 15 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Farley Bridge Rea Brook 17 points, 9 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Site 3 Gravels Survey upstream of CulvertMinsterley Brook12 km28 Sep 2026 · 10 days agoOxygen 98.1% Mar 2026Temp 9.6 °C Mar 2026pH 7.6 Mar 2026Conductivity 281 µS/cm Mar 2026
Site 2 Gravels Survey downstream of CulvertMinsterley Brook12 kmLast sampled 7 Jul 2008, before the imported period
Rowley Brook Hampton BeechBrockton Brook12 kmLast sampled 10 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Minsterley Brook upstream of Wood AditMinsterley Brook11 km28 Sep 2026 · 10 days agoOxygen 99.3% May 2026Temp 11.4 °C May 2026pH 7.7 May 2026Conductivity 446 µS/cm May 2026
Site 1 Gravels Survey downstream of Wood AditMinsterley Brook11 kmLast sampled 21 Mar 2014, before the imported period
Minsterley Brook at HopeMinsterley Brook10 kmLast sampled 10 Feb 2023, before the imported period
Worthen Brook at Plox CottageWorthen Brook9.3 kmLast sampled 10 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Rea Brook at Rea Bridge BrocktonRea Brook9.2 km1 Sep 2026 · 37 days agoOxygen 33.2%Temp 13.9 °CpH 7.26Ammonia 0.043 mg/l
Minsterley Brook at Santley Farm BridgeMinsterley Brook9.0 km30 Jul 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 98.5%Oxygen 10.8 mg/l May 2026Temp 16.2 °CpH 8.1
Minsterley Brook at Brook FieldMinsterley Brook7.4 kmLast sampled 1 Mar 2023, before the imported period
Minsterley Brook Entrance Hogstow HallMinsterley Brook7.4 km31 Jul 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 102.4%Temp 15.7 °CpH 8Conductivity 429 µS/cm
Minsterley Brook at Waterside CottageMinsterley Brook6.9 km14 Mar 2024 · 2.6 years agoOxygen 99.4%Temp 8.9 °CpH 7.67Conductivity 240 µS/cm
Minsterley Brook Plox Green Snailbeach Road BridgeMinsterley Brook5.5 km31 Jul 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 100.5%Temp 14.2 °CpH 8.1Conductivity 391 µS/cm
Minsterley Brook MinsterleyMinsterley Brook3.7 km31 Jul 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 100.5%Temp 14.8 °CpH 8.1Conductivity 423 µS/cm
Rea Brook at Horse BridgeRea Brook3.3 kmLast sampled 1 Mar 2022, before the imported period
Minsterley Brook at MalehurstMinsterley Brook2.0 kmLast sampled 10 Feb 2023, before the imported period
Rea Brook at MalehustRea Brook1.9 km21 Sep 2026 · 17 days agoOxygen 83.9%Temp 15.7 °CpH 7.85Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Above Hookagate Rea Brook 7 points, 3 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Habberley tributary of Spring Coppiceunnamed stream17 kmLast sampled 1 Mar 2022, before the imported period
Habberley Brook, WescottHabberley Brook17 kmLast sampled 1 Mar 2022, before the imported period
Eastridge Brook Habberleyunnamed stream15 kmLast sampled 1 Mar 2022, before the imported period
Habberley Brook HabberleyHabberley Brook15 kmLast sampled 3 Mar 2022, before the imported period
Rea Brook at FarleyRea Brook11 km31 Jul 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 86.5%Temp 15.6 °CpH 8.2Ammonia 0.12 mg/l Jan 2024
Pontesford Brook at Pontesford BridgePontesford Brook10 km21 Sep 2026 · 17 days agoOxygen 95.9%Temp 15.5 °CpH 8.07Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Rea Brook at Lea CrossRea Brook7.0 km28 May 2026 · 4 months agoOxygen 102.2%Temp 19.7 °CpH 8.12Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Below Hookagate 3 points
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Rea Brook Hook A Gate Gauging StationRea Brook0.1 km31 Jul 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 92.2%Temp 16 °CpH 8.2Ammonia 0.11 mg/l Jan 2024
Rea Brook at Bageway Link RoadRea Brook7.5 km10 Aug 2026 · 59 days agoOxygen 96.5%Temp 18 °CpH 8.13Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Rea Brook at ColehamRea Brook8.4 km22 Sep 2026 · 16 days agoOxygen 90.3% Sep 2026Temp 17.2 °C Sep 2026pH 8.04 Sep 2026Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l Sep 2026

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.

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