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River Boyd water levels

Live levels from 2 monitoring stations across South Gloucestershire, updated every 15 minutes.

2stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
WickWick0.12 mASD 40m agoNormal—
BittonBitton0.13 mASD 25m 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.

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Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Boyd 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 Boyd above Bitton on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Boyd goes

Below Bitton, its water next reaches Keynsham, Rivermead, a gauge on River Avon, 3.7 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.

Streams without a gauge

Named streams on the river map that flow into the Boyd 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

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

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 5 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 Bitton: 200 spills over 2,378 hours in total, across all 5.

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 Boyd includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Wick, the Boyd’s highest gauge2 overflows
  • Pucklechurch WwTW Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Feltham Brook · 4.5 km by river above Wick · 2025: 63 spills, 657 h
  • Doynton Wastewater Treatment Works Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into River Boyd (S) · 2.0 km by river above Wick · 2025: 58 spills, 1,166 h
Between Wick and Bitton3 overflows
  • The Green CSO Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into The River Boyd (S) · 3.6 km by river above Bitton · 2025: 40 spills, 115 h
  • Sainsbury Mill CSO Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into The River Boyd (S) · 3.5 km by river above Bitton · 2025: 6 spills, 47 h
  • Wick Wastewater Treatment Works Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into River Boyd · 2.7 km by river above Bitton · 2025: 33 spills, 394 h

12 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Boyd’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: © Wessex 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.

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.

7 sampling points on the River Boyd and the streams that join it above Bitton, and below it. 2 have a sample from the last 12 months; 3 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Wick River Boyd 3 points, 2 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Codrington STM- HintonRiver Boyd5.9 km9 Jul 2026 · 3 months agopH 7.99
Feltham Brook upstream of SWFeltham Brook4.5 km18 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 109.5%Temp 11.3 °CpH 8.18Ammonia 0.03 mg/l
Feltham Brook Gath FarmFeltham Brook2.2 kmLast sampled 23 Jun 2017, before the imported period
Above Bitton River Boyd 3 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Boyd Wick BridgeRiver Boyd4.5 kmLast sampled 18 Dec 2012, before the imported period
Tributary of River Boyd at Manor Farmunnamed stream4.5 km12 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years agoOxygen 98.7%Temp 9.8 °CpH 8.18Ammonia 0.018 mg/l
Boyd Redfield HillRiver Boyd1.9 kmLast sampled 13 Aug 2004, before the imported period
Below Bitton 1 point, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Boyd at Bitton MRiver Boyd0.2 kmLast sampled 1 Apr 2019, 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.