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River Bela water levels

Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Westmorland and Furness, updated every 15 minutes.

1stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Beetham WeirstructureBeetham0.39 m 34m 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 the Bela 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 Bela above Beetham Weir on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Bela goes

No gauge below Beetham Weir is known on the river map.

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 the Bela 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

3 storm overflows are traced upstream of Beetham Weir, the Bela’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Bela itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 2 not discharging
  • 1 offline or silent: 0 monitor offline, 1 status unknown, 0 no live feed

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Beetham Weir: 96 spills over 358 hours in total, across all 3.

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 Bela includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Beetham Weir, the Bela’s highest gauge3 overflows
  • Holme Road Combined Sewer Overflow Status unknown bathing water shellfish water
    United Utilities · into Holme Beck Via Sws · 5.0 km by river above Beetham Weir · 2025: 62 spills, 105 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Holme WwTW Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Holme Beck Via Sws · 5.0 km by river above Beetham Weir · 2025: 34 spills, 253 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Duke Street Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Holme Beck · 5.0 km by river above Beetham Weir · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Sandside Pumping Station Status unknown
    United Utilities · into River Bela · 1.8 km from Beetham Weir in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 1 spill, 1.2 h

2 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Bela’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.

22 sampling points on the River Bela and the streams that join it above Beetham Weir, and below it. 4 have a sample from the last 12 months; 9 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Beetham Weir River Bela 20 points, 8 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Peasey Beck below Killington ReservoirPeasey Beck22 kmLast sampled 13 Apr 2022, before the imported period
Peasey Beck at Black EssettPeasey Beck19 km11 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 93.1%Temp 7 °CpH 7.3Ammonia 0.011 mg/l
Barkin Beck downstream of Lupton ReservoirBarkin Beck19 km14 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years agoOxygen 97.4%Temp 5.8 °CpH 7.57Ammonia 0.0083 mg/l
Beehive Beck near CappleriggBeehive Beck18 km9 Sep 2026 · 29 days agoOxygen 100.3%Temp 13.8 °CpH 7.78Ammonia 0.0054 mg/l
Peasey Beck at Old HuttonPeasey Beck16 km28 Jan 2026 · 8 months agoOxygen 96.6%Temp 5.1 °CpH 7.99Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Beehive Beck at Beehive BridgeBeehive Beck15 kmLast sampled 1 Nov 2006, before the imported period
Sealford Beck at Sealford LaneSealford Beck13 kmLast sampled 2 Nov 2007, before the imported period
Stainton Beck at Mill BridgeSaint Sunday's Beck12 kmLast sampled 11 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Peasey Beck at Challon Hall BridgePeasey Beck9.5 km11 Dec 2024 · 22 months agoOxygen 97.4%Temp 6.1 °CpH 7.62Ammonia 0.021 mg/l
Farleton (Lupton) Beck above the confluence with Peasey BeckFarleton Beck7.1 kmLast sampled 17 Nov 2006, before the imported period
Stainton Beck above the confluence with Peasey BeckStainton Beck6.7 kmLast sampled 3 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Peasey Beck above the confluence with Farleton BeckPeasey Beck6.7 kmLast sampled 2 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Drain at Moss Lane, Hale MossThe Drain5.6 km11 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years agoOxygen 66.4%Temp 6.6 °CpH 7.09Ammonia 0.1 mg/l
Holme Beck at Burnside Road BridgeHolme Beck5.0 kmLast sampled 17 Dec 2012, before the imported period
Holme Beck 150 m downstream of Holme sewage treatment worksHolme Beck4.9 kmLast sampled 2 Nov 2007, before the imported period
Holme Beck at Hale GreenHolme Beck3.8 kmLast sampled 6 Feb 2003, before the imported period
River Bela at Hang BridgeRiver Bela3.5 km5 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 98.2%Temp 7.2 °CpH 7.84Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Holme Beck above the confluence with River BelaHolme Beck3.4 kmLast sampled 3 Mar 2020, before the imported period
River Bela at Beetham BridgeRiver Bela1.1 km24 Oct 2024 · 23 months ago
River Bela at A6 Layby downstream of Billerud LtdRiver Bela0.2 kmLast sampled 3 Feb 2014, before the imported period
Below Beetham Weir 2 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Bela at MilnthorpeRiver Bela1.2 km7 Aug 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 115.7%Temp 16.5 °CpH 8.49Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Bela at MilnthorpeRiver Bela1.8 kmLast sampled 29 Aug 2001, before the imported period

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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