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Live levels from 3 monitoring stations across Staffordshire, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blythe Bridge | 0.30 mASD 46m ago | Normal | ||
| 3.9 km by river | ||||
| Cresswell | 0.09 mASD 46m ago | Low | ||
| downstream, distance by river not measured | ||||
| Hamstall Ridware | 0.11 mASD 46m 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 Blithe above one of its gauges, from the source down. The river map knows where gauges are, not every stream, so a tributary without a gauge is not listed here.
No gauged tributary joins the Blithe above Hamstall Ridware on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Below Hamstall Ridware, its water next reaches Kings Bromley, a gauge on River Trent, 4.6 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.
3 storm overflows are traced upstream of Hamstall Ridware, the Blithe’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Blithe itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Hamstall Ridware: 13 spills over 20 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 Blithe includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of the Blithe’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
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.
7 sampling points on the River Blithe and the streams that join it above Hamstall Ridware, and below it. 4 have a sample from the last 12 months; 4 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 Blithe - Blithford at B5014 | River Blithe | 4.5 km | Last sampled 30 Aug 2007, before the imported period | |
| Ash Brook - Gilleons Hall | Ash Brook | 4.2 km | 29 May 2026 · 4 months ago | Oxygen 86.4%Temp 14.9 °CpH 7.89Ammonia 0.096 mg/l |
| Pur Brook - Hamstall Ridware | Pur Brook | 0.2 km | Last sampled 21 Apr 2017, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Blithe - Cookshill | River Blithe | 6.6 km | 21 Sep 2026 · 17 days ago | Oxygen 97.7%Temp 13.1 °CpH 7.9Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Blithe - Blythe Bridge Station | River Blithe | 3.4 km | Last sampled 10 Jan 2011, before the imported period | |
| River Blithe - Cresswell | River Blithe | 0.3 km | 26 May 2026 · 4 months ago | Oxygen 114.1%Temp 17.7 °CpH 8.15Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Blithe - Hamstall Ridware | River Blithe | 0.2 km | 14 Sep 2026 · 24 days ago | Oxygen 91.3%Temp 18.2 °CpH 8.02Ammonia 0.043 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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