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Live levels from 3 monitoring stations across Warwickshire, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuneaton | 0.69 mASD 36m ago | Normal | ||
| 12.6 km by river | ||||
| Mancetter | 0.77 mASD 51m ago | Normal | ||
| 13.3 km by river | ||||
| Polesworthstructure | 0.15 mASD 51m 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 Anker above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
Joins the Anker between Mancetter and Polesworth, no more than 19.0 km by river above Polesworth.
| Temple Mill | 0.23 mASD 51m ago | Low |
Its water passes Polesworth and every gauge below it on the Anker. It does not pass Mancetter or the gauges above it.
Below Polesworth, its water next reaches Hopwas, a gauge on River Tame, 12.8 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.
42 storm overflows are traced upstream of Polesworth, the Anker’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Anker itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Polesworth: 671 spills over 4,026 hours in total, across all 42.
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 Anker includes the smaller streams that join it there. Where a stretch or a tributary has more than 4, the 3 discharging now or nearest its gauge are listed, the rest are counted, and every one is in that gauge’s “Upstream of here” list. Show every overflow in every stretch →
and 6 more: show all 9 overflows on this stretch → All above Nuneaton, nearest first →
and 5 more: show all 8 overflows on this stretch → All above Mancetter, nearest first →
and 5 more: show all 8 overflows on this stretch → All above Polesworth, nearest first →
and 14 more: show all 17 overflows on this stretch → All above Temple Mill, nearest first →
Within 3 km of one of the Anker’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
1 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
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.
39 sampling points on the River Anker and the streams that join it above Polesworth, and below it. 22 have a sample from the last 12 months; 26 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 Sence (Anker) - Hugglescote Cem - upstream of Kelham BG | River Sence | 14 km | 20 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 92.8%Temp 12.7 °CpH 7.95Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Sence (Anker) - Pisca Lane Heather | River Sence | 9.8 km | Last sampled 9 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| River Sence at Heather Wood | River Sence | 9.0 km | 6 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years ago | Oxygen 89.2%Temp 4.5 °CpH 7.84Ammonia 0.17 mg/l |
| Osbaston Brook - Osbaston Hall | unnamed stream | 7.9 km | 6 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago | pH 8.04 |
| Odstone Brook/Ibstock Brook - downstream of Ibstock sewage treatment works | unnamed stream | 6.7 km | 18 Feb 2025 · 20 months ago | Oxygen 94.8%Temp 4.8 °CpH 8.05Ammonia 0.087 mg/l |
| River Sence (Anker) - Shackerstone | River Sence | 4.6 km | 21 Mar 2025 · 19 months ago | Oxygen 107.6%Temp 9.9 °CpH 8.38Ammonia 0.1 mg/l |
| Carlton Brook - Carlton Bridge | unnamed stream | 3.8 km | 6 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago | pH 8.14 |
| River Sence (Anker) - Congerstone | River Sence | 2.9 km | Last sampled 2 Mar 2010, before the imported period | |
| Carlton Brook NW of Market Bosworth | unnamed stream | 2.8 km | 2 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago | Oxygen 92.3%Temp 8.4 °CpH 8Ammonia 0.053 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tributary of River Anker B4111 Mancetter | River Anker | 0.4 km | Last sampled 5 Dec 2014, before the imported period | |
| River Anker - Mancetter Bridge Witherley | River Anker | 0.1 km | 6 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 136.7%Temp 14.8 °CpH 7.5Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Wem Brook - Gipsy Lane | Wem Brook | 13 km | Last sampled 9 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| River Anker - at Attleborough Bridge | River Anker | 11 km | 17 Sep 2026 · 21 days ago | Oxygen 42.6%Temp 15.4 °CpH 7.52Ammonia 0.33 mg/l |
| Wem Brook - Pingle Fields | Wem Brook | 11 km | 17 Sep 2026 · 21 days ago | Oxygen 89.9%Temp 16.9 °CpH 7.97Ammonia 0.044 mg/l |
| River Anker - Weddington | River Anker | 8.8 km | 6 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 90.4%Temp 12.2 °CpH 7.93Ammonia 0.068 mg/l |
| River Anker - Church Lane Weddington | River Anker | 7.7 km | Last sampled 30 Jun 2000, before the imported period | |
| Wem Brook - downstream Bulkington sewage treatment works | Wem Brook | 17 km | 8 Sep 2026 · 30 days ago | pH 7.46 |
| River Anker - Leathermill Bridge | River Anker | 2.7 km | Last sampled 13 Oct 2015, before the imported period | |
| Wem Brook Marston Bridge | Wem Brook | 15 km | 9 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago | pH 7.49 |
| River Anker downstream of Nuneaton sewage treatment works | River Anker | 1.2 km | 4 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago | pH 7.1 |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tributary of River Sence at Temple Mill | River Sence | 19 km | 6 Nov 2024 · 23 months ago | Oxygen 91% Oct 2024Temp 11.1 °C Oct 2024pH 7.18 Oct 2024Ammonia 0.077 mg/l Oct 2024 |
| River Sence (Anker) - Harris Bridge | River Sence | 18 km | Last sampled 2 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| River Sence (Anker) - Ratcliffe Culey | River Sence | 11 km | 21 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 95.6%Temp 13.1 °CpH 8.07Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Anker - Atherstone Ratcliffe Bridge | River Anker | 11 km | 19 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago | Oxygen 131.5% Mar 2025Temp 9.6 °C Mar 2025pH 7.63Ammonia 0.12 mg/l Mar 2025 |
| Penmire Brook - upstream of Dordon | Penmire Brook | 9.2 km | 1 Sep 2026 · 37 days ago | pH 7.37 |
| River Anker - Fieldon Bridge | River Anker | 9.0 km | Last sampled 5 Sep 2014, before the imported period | |
| Penmire Brook - A5 upstream of Grendon | Penmire Brook | 8.1 km | Last sampled 7 Apr 2017, before the imported period | |
| Penmire Brook downstream of Grendon sewage treatment works | Penmire Brook | 7.7 km | 9 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago | pH 8.25 |
| Penmire Brook - 2 km downstream of Grendon sewage treatment works | Penmire Brook | 6.0 km | Last sampled 14 Mar 2017, before the imported period | |
| River Anker - Polesworth | River Anker | 1.4 km | 16 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago | Oxygen 98.3% May 2026Temp 12.8 °C May 2026pH 7.52Ammonia 0.26 mg/l May 2026 |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sketchley Brook - upstream of Hinckley sewage treatment works | Sketchley Brook | 5.6 km | Last sampled 18 Jun 2018, before the imported period | |
| Sketchley Brook - A5 Road Bridge | Sketchley Brook | 4.0 km | Last sampled 10 Jan 2020, before the imported period | |
| River Anker Hill Farm | River Anker | 2.0 km | 9 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago | Oxygen 91.3%Temp 18.4 °CpH 7.94Ammonia 0.052 mg/l |
| Sketchley Brook - Nuneaton Fields Farm | Sketchley Brook | 1.8 km | 17 Sep 2026 · 21 days ago | Oxygen 106.9%Temp 15.4 °CpH 8.43Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Anker - Pauls Ford | River Anker | 1.4 km | Last sampled 24 Jan 2013, before the imported period | |
| River Anker - Anker Bridge | River Anker | 5.7 km | 6 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 93.5%Temp 10.4 °CpH 7.97Ammonia 0.038 mg/l |
| River Anker Burton Lane | River Anker | 4.9 km | 7 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago | pH 8.01 |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anker at Amington | River Anker | 5.4 km | 15 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago | Oxygen 90.3%Temp 8.9 °CpH 7.86Ammonia 0.061 mg/l |
| River Anker - Bole Bridge Tamworth | River Anker | 8.9 km | 29 May 2026 · 4 months ago | Oxygen 100.7%Temp 21.1 °CpH 8.43Ammonia 0.064 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.
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