4 gauges from New Tredegar River Station to Llanedeyrn. None is above its typical high. 3 storm overflows upstream are discharging now. Gauges in Caerphilly, Cardiff; levels are checked every 15 minutes.
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.
Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Rhymney (Rhymni) 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 the Rhymney (Rhymni) above Llanedeyrn on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Where the Rhymney (Rhymni) goes
No gauge below Llanedeyrn is known on the river map.
Named streams on the river map that flow into the Rhymney (Rhymni) 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.
Nant Caeach (joins about 11 km above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station)
Nant Cylla (joins about 11 km above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station)
Nant yr Aber (joins about 3.7 km above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station)
Porset Brook (joins about 3.5 km above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station)
Storm overflows upstream
59 storm overflows are traced upstream of Llanedeyrn, the Rhymney (Rhymni)’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Rhymney (Rhymni) itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
3 report discharging now
55 not discharging
1 offline or silent: 1 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 0 no live feed
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Llanedeyrn: 2,126 spills over 12,365 hours in total, across all 59.
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 the Rhymney (Rhymni) includes the smaller streams that join it there. Every overflow traced is listed here, each stretch in full. Back to the short lists →
Above New Tredegar River Station, the Rhymney (Rhymni)’s highest gauge8 overflows
Carno Street Storm OverflowMonitor offline Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymney · 6.4 km by river above New Tredegar River Station · 2025: 48 spills, 145 h
The Terrace Rhymney Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 5.4 km by river above New Tredegar River Station · 2025: 58 spills, 188 h
Rhymney Walk Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into The River Rhymney · 5.0 km by river above New Tredegar River Station · 2025: 58 spills, 244 h
Pontlottyn Old Gasworks Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 3.9 km by river above New Tredegar River Station · 2025: 89 spills, 573 h
Pontlottyn Recreation Ground Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 3.8 km by river above New Tredegar River Station · 2025: 46 spills, 110 h
Heol Y Waun Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymney · 3.3 km by river above New Tredegar River Station · 2025: 43 spills, 129 h
Abertysswg Troedrhiwfuwch Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 1.8 km by river above New Tredegar River Station · 2025: 92 spills, 794 h
Birchgrove New Tredegar Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 210 m by river above New Tredegar River Station · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h
Between New Tredegar River Station and Bargoed River Station12 overflows
School Street New Tredegar OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 6.2 km by river above Bargoed River Station · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h
Deri Riverside Walk Bargoed Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Bargod Rhymni · 5.4 km by river above Bargoed River Station · 2025: 68 spills, 764 h
Bethania Cottages Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 4.7 km by river above Bargoed River Station · 2025: 54 spills, 99 h
Brithdir Station Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 4.1 km by river above Bargoed River Station · 2025: 3 spills, 5.0 h
Pant Street Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 2.3 km by river above Bargoed River Station · 2025: 10 spills, 2.8 h
Sannan Street Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 2.3 km by river above Bargoed River Station · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Factory Road Field Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Bargoed Rhymney · 2.3 km by river above Bargoed River Station · 2025: 18 spills, 168 h
Bargoed Viaduct Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 2.2 km by river above Bargoed River Station · 2025: 47 spills, 162 h
Bargoed Station Road Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 1.7 km by river above Bargoed River Station · 2025: 10 spills, 4.0 h
Bargoed Old Colliery Washery Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymney · 1.1 km by river above Bargoed River Station · 2025: 55 spills, 101 h
Between Bargoed River Station and Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station34 overflows · 2 discharging now
Basin Football Field Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 16.6 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 24 spills, 45 h
River Terrace Pengham Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymney · 15.7 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 49 spills, 207 h
High Street Gant-Y-Nant Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 15.7 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 12 spills, 18 h
Woodland Place Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymney · 15.3 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 40 spills, 37 h
Glan-Y-Nant Riverside Path Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 15.3 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 6 spills, 3.3 h
Ford Road Pengam Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 15.0 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 69 spills, 254 h
Glan-Yr-Afon Lane 2 Storm OverflowDischarging now since Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymney · 15.0 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 110 spills, 1,203 h
Oaks End Close Footbridge Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Cylla · 14.8 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 75 spills, 245 h
Trelyn Lane Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 14.7 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 37 spills, 130 h
William Street Tir-Y-Berth Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymney · 14.6 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 63 spills, 192 h
Trelyn Park Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymney · 14.4 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 4 spills, 1.5 h
William Street Fleur-De-Lis Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymney · 14.3 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
New Road Roundabout Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 13.0 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 3 spills, 1.0 h
Victoria Road Fleur-De-Lis Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 13.0 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Main Road Maesycwmmer OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Rhymney River · 12.3 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 9 spills, 3.3 h
Church Street Ystrad Mynach OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 11.6 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 3 spills, 0.8 h
Commercial Street Senghenydd Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Cwm-Parc · 11.5 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 17 spills, 11 h
A472 Maesycwmmer Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 11.5 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 66 spills, 223 h
Senghenydd Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Yr Aber · 11.4 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 8 spills, 5.0 h
Ystrad Mynach Bridge Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymney · 11.2 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 57 spills, 178 h
Twyn Road Ystrad Mynach Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 10.7 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 72 spills, 583 h
Coopers Court Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 10.4 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 17 spills, 27 h
Coedcae Road Abertridwr Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Yr Aber · 9.5 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h
Graig-Y-Fedw Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Yr Aber · 9.3 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 19 spills, 11 h
Bryn Siriol Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Yr Aber · 7.8 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 59 spills, 377 h
Cwm Las Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 7.2 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 82 spills, 864 h
Nantgawr Road Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant-Yr-Aber · 6.0 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 2 spills, 0.5 h
Bedwas Road Storm OverflowDischarging now since Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Porset Brook · 4.5 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 113 spills, 1,182 h
Greenway Bedwas Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 4.1 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Caerphilly Bypass Supermarket Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Yr Aber · 3.8 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 40 spills, 317 h
Pant Glas Industrial Estate Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymney · 2.2 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 24 spills, 67 h
Pentwyngwyn Road Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymney · 2.0 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 45 spills, 225 h
Riverside Park Trethomas Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymney · 1.0 km by river above Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station · 2025: 6 spills, 7.3 h
Between Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station and Llanedeyrn5 overflows · 1 discharging now
Forge Road Machen OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 12.2 km by river above Llanedeyrn · 2025: 6 spills, 5.0 h
Forge Road Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 12.2 km by river above Llanedeyrn · 2025: 8 spills, 6.8 h
Plas Machen Storm OverflowDischarging now since Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 7.7 km by river above Llanedeyrn · 2025: 102 spills, 1,510 h
Began Road Cardiff Storm Overflow No2Not discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 540 m by river above Llanedeyrn · 2025: 93 spills, 412 h
Began Road Cardiff Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Rhymney · 530 m by river above Llanedeyrn · 2025: 10 spills, 24 h
Near these gauges, connection not known
Within 3 km of one of the Rhymney (Rhymni)’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
St. Mellons Bridge Road Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 160 m from Llanedeyrn in a straight line · too close to Llanedeyrn to say which side · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h
Bryngoleu Street Blackwood OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 1.2 km from Bargoed River Station in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 17 spills, 6.8 h
Fishpond Road Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 1.5 km from Llanedeyrn in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 10 spills, 15 h
Bedwellty Road Bridge Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Taff Bargoed · 2.2 km from Bargoed River Station in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 155 spills, 667 h
Cwmgelli Blackwood Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Sirhowy River · 2.2 km from Bargoed River Station in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 66 spills, 205 h
Hartland Road Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Tributary Of Rivr Rhymney · 2.2 km from Llanedeyrn in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Oakfield Roundabout Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Sirhowy River · 2.2 km from Bargoed River Station in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 37 spills, 58 h
Westville Rhymney OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Rhymni · 2.2 km from New Tredegar River Station in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Rhiw Syr Dafydd Hill Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Sirhowy River · 2.3 km from Bargoed River Station in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 41 spills, 105 h
Pont Gwaith Farm Lane Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Sirhowy River · 2.5 km from New Tredegar River Station in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 21 spills, 46 h
Hollybush Ancient Druid Storm OverflowMonitor offline Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Sirhowy · 2.6 km from New Tredegar River Station in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: no data
Cwm Road Argoed Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Sirhowy River · 2.7 km from Bargoed River Station in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 23 spills, 72 h
Rock And Fountain Playing Fields Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Sirhowy River · 2.7 km from Bargoed River Station in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 25 spills, 64 h
Woodfield Park Crescent Blackwood OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Sirhowy River · 2.8 km from Bargoed River Station in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 47 spills, 127 h
Nine Mile Point Storm OverflowNot discharging Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Sirhowy · 3.0 km from Waterloo Bridge Machen River Station in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 9 spills, 26 h
2 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
1 other overflow within 3 km of these gauges is placed below the Rhymney (Rhymni)’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.