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River Birket water levels

Live levels from 2 monitoring stations across Liverpool City Region, updated every 15 minutes.

2stations

0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

Station	Town	Level now	Status	Trend
Fornalls Bridge	Hoylake	0.24 m 1h ago	Normal	—
5.1 km by river
Davis Road	Moreton	0.80 m 1h 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.

Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Birket above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.

1 gauged tributary, 2 gauges

Arrowe Brook

Joins the Birket between Fornalls Bridge and Davis Road, no more than 4.9 km by river above Davis Road.

Greasby Road	0.20 m 1h ago	Normal
2.6 km by river
Acton Lane	0.12 m 1h ago	Normal

Its water passes Davis Road and every gauge below it on the Birket. It does not pass Fornalls Bridge or the gauges above it.

Where the Birket goes

No gauge below Davis Road 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 Birket 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.

Newton Brook (joins about 1.0 km above Fornalls Bridge)
The Fender (joins about 80 m above Davis Road)

Storm overflows upstream

20 storm overflows are traced upstream of Davis Road, the Birket’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Birket itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

0 report discharging now
20 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 Davis Road: 329 spills over 1,137 hours in total, across all 20.

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 Birket includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Fornalls Bridge, the Birket’s highest gauge1 overflow

Ennisdale Drive CSO Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into Newton Brook · 1.9 km by river above Fornalls Bridge · 2025: 2 spills, 0.2 h

Between Fornalls Bridge and Davis Road12 overflows

Acton Lane Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into Arrowe Brook · 4.9 km by river above Davis Road · 2025: 3 spills, 5.6 h
389 Hoylake Road CSO Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into Arrowe Brook · 4.7 km by river above Davis Road · 2025: 6 spills, 18 h
Garrick Avenue CSO Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into Arrowe Brook · 4.4 km by river above Davis Road · 2025: 3 spills, 5.9 h
Wastdale Drive CSO Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into Arrowe Brook · 3.8 km by river above Davis Road · 2025: 35 spills, 178 h
Pool Lane CSO (512l8) Not discharging
United Utilities · into The Fender · 3.7 km by river above Davis Road · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Maryland Lane CSO Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into Arrowe Brook · 3.6 km by river above Davis Road · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Noctorum Avenue CSO 512ib Not discharging
United Utilities · into The River Fender · 3.3 km by river above Davis Road · 2025: 58 spills, 95 h
Upton Storm Tanks Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into River Fender · 2.2 km by river above Davis Road · 2025: 19 spills, 194 h
Rear Of 25 Wheatfield Close CSO Not discharging
United Utilities · into River Fender · 1.5 km by river above Davis Road · 2025: 47 spills, 258 h
Upton Road CSO 513n8 Not discharging
United Utilities · into River Fender · 1.5 km by river above Davis Road · 2025: 28 spills, 42 h
Briscoe Drive CSO 511g9 Not discharging
United Utilities · into River Fender · 1.4 km by river above Davis Road · 2025: 7 spills, 4.3 h
Hoylake Road/Chapelhill CSO Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into River Fender · 880 m by river above Davis Road · 2025: 26 spills, 94 h

Arrowe Brook, above Greasby Roadjoins the Birket above Davis Road1 overflow

Arrowebrook Lane CSO Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into Arrowe Brook Trib River Birket · 1.1 km by river above Greasby Road · 2025: 36 spills, 128 h

Arrowe Brook, above Acton Lanejoins the Birket above Davis Road6 overflows

Greasby Road/Cortsway CSO 511wq Not discharging
United Utilities · into Arrowe Brook · 2.4 km by river above Acton Lane · 2025: 7 spills, 24 h
Outside 81 Wodlane CSO 513oi Not discharging
United Utilities · into Arrowe Brook · 1.8 km by river above Acton Lane · 2025: 24 spills, 38 h
Wood Lane/Glentree Close CSO Not discharging
United Utilities · into Arrowe Brook Trib R. Birkett · 1.5 km by river above Acton Lane · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
97 Wood Lane CSO Not discharging
United Utilities · into Arrowe Brook · 1.5 km by river above Acton Lane · 2025: 15 spills, 13 h
Saughall Massie Rd/Devonshire Rdcso Not discharging bathing water
United Utilities · into Arrowe Brook · 850 m by river above Acton Lane · 2025: 12 spills, 39 h
Kingfisher Way CSO Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into Arrowe Brook · 440 m by river above Acton Lane · 2025: 1 spill, 0.7 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

Bidston By-Pass CSO Monitor offline bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into The River Birkett · 760 m from Davis Road in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 13 spills, 47 h
North Wirral WwTW No live feed
United Utilities · into Liverpool Bay & River Birket · 960 m from Fornalls Bridge in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 164 spills, 833 h
North Wirral WwTW Not discharging bathing water
United Utilities · into Liverpool Bay & River Birket · 960 m from Fornalls Bridge in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 27 spills, 406 h
Harrington Avenue CSO Not discharging bathing water
United Utilities · into Trib Carr Drain (To R. Birket) · 1.3 km from Fornalls Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 32 spills, 125 h
Wallacre Road CSO Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into Mersey Estuary · 1.5 km from Davis Road in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 31 spills, 56 h
Pow Bridge/Station Road CSO Status unknown bathing water
United Utilities · into River Calder · 1.5 km from Davis Road in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Station Rd Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into Bidston Stream · 1.5 km from Davis Road in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 6 spills, 3.9 h
Wallacre Road/Beaufort Drive CSO Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into Bidston Stream · 1.5 km from Davis Road in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 4 spills, 2.7 h
Beechwood Avenue CSO Not discharging bathing water
United Utilities · into Bidston Stream · 1.6 km from Davis Road in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 1 spill, 0.5 h
Leasowe Road CSO Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into Bidston Stream · 1.7 km from Davis Road in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 53 spills, 91 h
Sandy Lane CSO Not discharging bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into Bidston Stream · 1.7 km from Davis Road in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 61 spills, 78 h
Black Horse Hill CSO 511ev Not discharging bathing water
United Utilities · into Newton Brook Trib Of R.birket · 1.8 km from Fornalls Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h
Stanley Avenue/Green Lane CSO Not discharging bathing water
United Utilities · into River Birket · 2.1 km from Davis Road in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 3 spills, 0.7 h
Stanley Road Pumping Station No live feed bathing water shellfish water
United Utilities · into River Birket · 2.1 km from Davis Road in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Rear Of 65 Fulton Ave CSO 5130r Not discharging
United Utilities · into Newton Brook · 2.2 km from Fornalls Bridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 3 spills, 2.8 h

2 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: © 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.

8 sampling points on the River Birket and the streams that join it above Davis Road, and below it. 1 has a sample from the last 12 months; 1 has any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Greasby Road Arrowe Brook 1 point, 0 with samples

Sampling point	Watercourse (map)	Above the gauge	Last sample	Latest results (river water)
Arrowe Brook at Arrowe Bridge	Arrowe Brook	1.2 km	Last sampled 22 Nov 2006, before the imported period

Above Davis Road River Birket 6 points, 0 with samples

Sampling point	Watercourse (map)	Above the gauge	Last sample
Arrowe Brook at Bermuda Road	Arrowe Brook	4.8 km	Last sampled 18 Apr 2017, before the imported period
River Birket at Carr Lane upstream of Arrowe Brook	The Birket	4.1 km	Last sampled 8 Apr 2010, before the imported period
The Birket at Lingham Lane Bridge	The Birket	2.5 km	Last sampled 8 Apr 2010, before the imported period
The Birket at Pasture Road Bridge	The Birket	1.9 km	Last sampled 8 Apr 2010, before the imported period
The Birket above the confluence the Fender	The Birket	0.9 km	Last sampled 6 Apr 2017, before the imported period
River Fender at Fender Lane	The Fender	0.8 km	Last sampled 6 Apr 2017, before the imported period

Below Davis Road 1 point

Sampling point	Watercourse (map)	Below the gauge	Last sample	Latest results (river water)
River Birket at Bidston Bridge	The Birket	0.7 km	27 Aug 2026 · 42 days ago	Oxygen 16.4%Temp 18 °CpH 6.97Ammonia 1.3 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.

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