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Live levels from 4 monitoring stations across Cumberland, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebergham | 0.47 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 14.6 km by river | ||||
| Cummersdale | 0.39 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 2.6 km by river | ||||
| Denton Holme | 0.22 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 630 m by river | ||||
| Skew Bridge | 0.38 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.
Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Caldew 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 Caldew above Sebergham, its highest gauge, no more than 6.7 km by river above Sebergham.
| Caldbeck Gill Beck Bridge | 0.32 m 1h ago | Low |
Its water passes every gauge on the Caldew, from Sebergham down.
Joins the Caldew between Sebergham and Cummersdale, no more than 11.1 km by river above Cummersdale.
| Stockdalewath | 0.18 m 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Cummersdale and every gauge below it on the Caldew. It does not pass Sebergham or the gauges above it.
Below Skew Bridge, its water next reaches Sheepmount, a gauge on River Eden, 2.5 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.
11 storm overflows are traced upstream of Skew Bridge, the Caldew’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Caldew itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Skew Bridge: 279 spills over 1,440 hours in total, across all 11.
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 Caldew includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of the Caldew’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
10 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Caldew’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.
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 Caldew and the streams that join it above Skew Bridge, and below it. 10 have a sample from the last 12 months; 20 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gill Beck at Upton | Gill Beck | 0.8 km | Last sampled 24 Jun 2008, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackhazel Beck tributary | Blackhazel Beck | 23 km | 13 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago | Oxygen 106%Temp 11.1 °CpH 7.84Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Grainsgill Beck downstream of Carrock Mine | Grainsgill Beck | 20 km | Last sampled 14 Dec 2010, before the imported period | |
| Grainsgill Beck above the confluence with River Caldew | Grainsgill Beck | 20 km | Last sampled 1 Mar 2000, before the imported period | |
| River Caldew 50 m downstream of Grainsgill Beck | River Caldew | 20 km | Last sampled 30 Nov 2022, before the imported period | |
| River Caldew at Mosedale Bridge | River Caldew | 17 km | 11 Mar 2024 · 2.6 years ago | pH 7.6 |
| River Caldew downstream of Mosedale | River Caldew | 14 km | 17 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago | Oxygen 99.8%Temp 6.9 °CpH 7.94Ammonia 0.0039 mg/l |
| Black Beck at Linewath | Black Beck | 14 km | 26 Aug 2026 · 43 days ago | Oxygen 98.6% Jul 2026Temp 13.7 °C Jul 2026pH 7.74 Jul 2026Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l Jul 2026 |
| Carrock Beck at NY34985 34990 | Carrock Beck | 13 km | 25 Mar 2024 · 2.5 years ago | pH 7.2 |
| Branthwaite Beck at Ny 298 372 | Branthwaite Beck | 12 km | 11 Mar 2024 · 2.6 years ago | pH 7.9 |
| Branthwaite Beck above the confluence with Parkend Beck | Branthwaite Beck | 11 km | Last sampled 7 Dec 2022, before the imported period | |
| Carrock Beck above the confluence with River Caldew | Carrock Beck | 11 km | 7 Mar 2024 · 2.6 years ago | Oxygen 101.5%Temp 7.3 °CpH 7.5Conductivity 63.2 µS/cm |
| Parkend Beck at Parkend | Parkend Beck | 9.8 km | 25 Mar 2024 · 2.5 years ago | pH 7.9 |
| Gillcambon Beck above the confluence with River Caldew | Gillcambon Beck | 9.2 km | Last sampled 27 Apr 2017, before the imported period | |
| River Caldew at the Mill, Millhouse | River Caldew | 8.9 km | 4 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years ago | Oxygen 98.7%Temp 4.5 °CpH 7.81Ammonia 0.048 mg/l |
| Whelpo Beck at Whelpo Bridge | Whelpo Beck | 8.5 km | 28 Sep 2026 · 10 days ago | Oxygen 100.3%Temp 10.2 °CpH 7.9Ammonia 0.0035 mg/l |
| Caldbeck at Ny 322 398 | Cald Beck | 6.8 km | 25 Mar 2024 · 2.5 years ago | pH 8.1 |
| How Beck at Bridge | How Beck | 6.6 km | 25 Mar 2024 · 2.5 years ago | pH 7.6 |
| Cald Beck downstream of Caldbeck Village | Cald Beck | 6.4 km | 11 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 104.8%Temp 9.1 °CpH 8.4Ammonia below 0.002 mg/l |
| Caldew at Hesket Newmarket | River Caldew | 5.9 km | 11 Mar 2024 · 2.6 years ago | pH 7.9 |
| River Caldew at Sebergham | River Caldew | 1.1 km | 11 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 108.4%Temp 9.3 °CpH 8.47Ammonia below 0.002 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roe Beck at Crown Point | Roe Beck | 12 km | Last sampled 13 Jan 2004, before the imported period | |
| Roe Beck at Skelton Wood End | Roe Beck | 10 km | Last sampled 14 Oct 2009, before the imported period | |
| Grise Beck at Howes Bge | Grise Beck | 9.3 km | Last sampled 3 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| Grise Beck - 500 m downstream of Howes Bridge | Grise Beck | 8.9 km | 7 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago | Oxygen 10.5%Temp 14.9 °CpH 5.71Ammonia 17 mg/l |
| River Ive at Low Braithwaite Bridge | Braithwaite Beck | 7.2 km | Last sampled 10 Apr 2017, before the imported period | |
| Barrowgill Beck at Herb Farm | Barrowgill Beck | 5.5 km | Last sampled 28 Oct 2009, before the imported period | |
| Roe Beck at Roebank Bridge | Roe Beck | 4.8 km | Last sampled 13 Jun 2019, before the imported period | |
| River Ive at Footbridge above the confluence with Roe Beck | River Ive | 3.0 km | Last sampled 27 Apr 2017, before the imported period | |
| Roe Beck at High Bridge | Roe Beck | 2.3 km | Last sampled 24 Mar 2000, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caldew at Crookholme Mill | River Caldew | 14 km | 6 Dec 2024 · 22 months ago | Oxygen 99.5%Temp 6.5 °CpH 7.75Ammonia 0.0025 mg/l |
| River Roe at Stockdalewath Bridge | River Roe | 11 km | Last sampled 28 Oct 2009, before the imported period | |
| River Roe at Gaitsgill | River Roe | 9.1 km | 7 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 106.3%Temp 10.3 °CpH 8.21Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Caldew at the Green, Dalston | River Caldew | 4.8 km | 2 Sep 2026 · 36 days ago | Oxygen 99.7%Temp 14.3 °CpH 8.19Ammonia 0.0065 mg/l |
| River Caldew at the Green Dalston | River Caldew | 4.7 km | Last sampled 2 Mar 2010, before the imported period | |
| Pow Beck at Green Lane | Pow Beck | 4.7 km | Last sampled 2 Jun 2021, before the imported period | |
| Unamed tributary of Pow Beck at NY386500 | Pow Beck | 4.7 km | Last sampled 13 Mar 2014, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Caldew at Holmehead | River Caldew | 0.4 km | Last sampled 21 Nov 2013, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Caldew at Bitts Park | River Caldew | 1.4 km | 10 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago | Oxygen 103.3%Temp 7.1 °CpH 8.05Ammonia 0.0064 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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