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Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Derbyshire, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Wingfield Park | 0.28 mASD 28m ago | Normal |
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.
Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Amber 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 Amber above Wingfield Park on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Below Wingfield Park, its water next reaches Derby City, a gauge on River Derwent, 25.9 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.
23 storm overflows are traced upstream of Wingfield Park, the Amber’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Amber itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Wingfield Park: 890 spills over 8,273 hours in total, across the 22 that have a figure. 1 has no 2025 figure.
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 Amber includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of the Amber’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
6 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Amber’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: © 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.
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.
36 sampling points on the River Amber and the streams that join it above Wingfield Park, and below it. 15 have a sample from the last 12 months; 17 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Amber at Smalley Brook at Amber Lane Bridge | River Amber | 16 km | 18 Mar 2024 · 2.6 years ago | Temp 6.6 °C Mar 2024pH 8.2Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l Mar 2024Phosphate 0.022 mg/l Mar 2024 |
| Alfreton/Normanton Brook - Blackwell Road Bridge | unnamed stream | 16 km | 18 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 96.2%Temp 9.4 °CpH 8.29Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Alfreton Brook Common Road downstream of Sutton Tip | Nunn Brook | 15 km | Last sampled 14 May 2014, before the imported period | |
| Alfreton/Nunn Brook downstream of Huthwaite sewage treatment works | Nunn Brook | 15 km | Last sampled 15 Nov 2021, before the imported period | |
| Alfreton Brook downstream of Huthwaite sewage treatment works (New) | Nunn Brook | 15 km | Last sampled 6 Dec 2022, before the imported period | |
| River Amber at Hockley Quarry Footbridge | River Amber | 14 km | 9 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago | pH 8.02 |
| Westwood Brook upstream of Morton Minewater | Westwood Brook | 14 km | 22 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago | Oxygen 71.6%Temp 16.2 °CpH 7.53Ammonia 0.062 mg/l |
| Alfreton/Normanton Brook - at Hilcote | Normanton Brook | 13 km | Last sampled 10 Dec 2004, before the imported period | |
| Westwood Brook upstream of Westwood Brook sewage treatment works | Westwood Brook | 13 km | Last sampled 6 Aug 2021, before the imported period | |
| River Amber at Dalebank | River Amber | 12 km | 18 Aug 2026 · 51 days ago | Oxygen 93%Temp 16.4 °CpH 8.5Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Smithy/Press Brook upstream of Clay Cross sewage treatment works | Smithy Brook | 12 km | 18 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 100.9%Temp 9.7 °CpH 8.18Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Morton Brook downstream of Stonebroom sewage treatment works | Morton Brook | 12 km | Last sampled 21 Oct 2019, before the imported period | |
| Alfreton/Normanton Brook at Ford Bridge Lane | Normanton Brook | 12 km | 21 Sep 2026 · 17 days ago | Oxygen 93.1%Temp 13.4 °CpH 8.08Ammonia 0.05 mg/l |
| River Amber downstream of Cockwell Sough | River Amber | 11 km | Last sampled 12 Mar 2014, before the imported period | |
| Smithy/Press Brook at Stretton | Smithy Brook | 11 km | 11 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago | Oxygen 96.9%Temp 8.2 °CpH 7.83Ammonia 0.52 mg/l |
| Alfreton/Normanton Brook - Parkmill Dr | Alfreton Brook | 9.4 km | Last sampled 6 Dec 2022, before the imported period | |
| River Amber Crow Road Ogston | River Amber | 9.3 km | 24 Aug 2026 · 45 days ago | pH 7.61 |
| River Amber at Ogston | River Amber | 8.9 km | 9 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago | pH 7.88 |
| Smithy/Press Brook at Ogston | Smithy Brook | 8.9 km | 11 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago | Oxygen 98.6%Temp 8 °CpH 8Ammonia 0.15 mg/l |
| Alfreton Brook upstream of Alfreton sewage treatment works | Alfreton Brook | 8.4 km | Last sampled 12 Apr 2000, before the imported period | |
| Alfreton Brook Alfreton Chesterfield Road | Alfreton Brook | 7.9 km | 3 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago | pH 7.75 |
| Brook Farm - Shirland tributary of Alfreton Brook | Alfreton Brook | 6.4 km | 17 Jun 2024 · 2.3 years ago | Oxygen 94.2% May 2024Temp 13.4 °C May 2024pH 7.52 May 2024Ammonia 0.28 mg/l May 2024 |
| Alfreton Brook at Toadhole Furnance | Alfreton Brook | 5.7 km | 13 Aug 2026 · 56 days ago | Oxygen 89% Mar 2026Temp 8.5 °C Mar 2026pH 7.68 Mar 2026Ammonia 0.21 mg/l Mar 2026 |
| River Amber at Amber Mill Shirland | River Amber | 5.6 km | Last sampled 6 Dec 2022, before the imported period | |
| Oakerthorpe Brook at Nix Plantation | Oakerthorpe Brook | 4.2 km | Last sampled 3 Jun 2011, before the imported period | |
| Oakerthorpe Brook at B6103 | Oakerthorpe Brook | 3.9 km | Last sampled 5 May 2023, before the imported period | |
| River Amber at South Wingfield | River Amber | 3.7 km | Last sampled 6 Dec 2022, before the imported period | |
| Oakerthorpe Brook at South Wingfield | Oakerthorpe Brook | 3.2 km | Last sampled 3 Jun 2011, before the imported period | |
| River Amber upstream of Oakerthorpe Brook | River Amber | 2.9 km | Last sampled 10 May 2016, before the imported period | |
| River Amber downstream of Oakerthorpe Brook | River Amber | 2.7 km | Last sampled 10 May 2016, before the imported period | |
| River Amber at Weir Mill Farm | River Amber | 1.0 km | Last sampled 18 Jul 2000, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Amber at Buckland Hollow | River Amber | 1.6 km | 21 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 93.1%Temp 13 °CpH 7.88Ammonia 0.088 mg/l |
| River Amber at Bullbridge | River Amber | 4.0 km | 4 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago | Oxygen 94.8%Temp 8.2 °CpH 7.68Ammonia 0.073 mg/l |
| River Amber downstream of Stevensons Dyers | River Amber | 4.6 km | Last sampled 8 May 2018, before the imported period | |
| River Amber at Gas Works Bridge | River Amber | 5.4 km | Last sampled 30 Nov 2004, before the imported period | |
| River Amber at Ambergate | River Amber | 6.0 km | 13 Aug 2026 · 56 days ago | Oxygen 93.4% May 2026Temp 13 °C May 2026pH 7.88 May 2026Ammonia 0.11 mg/l May 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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