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River Chater water levels

Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Rutland, updated every 15 minutes.

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0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Fosters BridgeSouth Luffenham0.10 mASD 1h 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 Chater 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 Chater above Fosters Bridge on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Chater goes

Below Fosters Bridge, its water next reaches TINWELL GS WITS, a gauge on River Welland, 8.5 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.

Streams without a gauge

Named streams on the river map that flow into the Chater 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 Fosters Bridge, the Chater’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Chater itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 3 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 Fosters Bridge: 64 spills over 158 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 Chater includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Fosters Bridge, the Chater’s highest gauge3 overflows
  • Wing STW Not discharging
    Anglian Water · into River Chater · 9.5 km by river above Fosters Bridge · 2025: 29 spills, 64 h
  • North Luffenham Wrc Not discharging
    Anglian Water · into River Chater · 2.7 km by river above Fosters Bridge · 2025: 25 spills, 65 h
  • North Luffenham TPS Not discharging
    Anglian Water · into R Chater · 2.2 km by river above Fosters Bridge · 2025: 10 spills, 29 h

2 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Chater’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: © Anglian 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.

12 sampling points on the River Chater and the streams that join it above Fosters Bridge, and below it. 6 have a sample from the last 12 months; 6 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Fosters Bridge River Chater 9 points, 5 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Chater Launde Farm Road BridgeRiver Chater23 kmLast sampled 5 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Ayston Ridlington Road Bridgeunnamed stream14 kmLast sampled 26 Nov 2014, before the imported period
Morcott Brook at Wing Burrowsunnamed stream11 km10 Aug 2026 · 59 days agoOxygen 78.7% Jun 2026Temp 13.3 °C Jun 2026pH 7.74 Jun 2026Ammonia 0.059 mg/l Jun 2026
River Chater Manton StationRiver Chater10 km21 Sep 2026 · 17 days agoOxygen 55.1%Temp 12.9 °CpH 7.82Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Morcott Brook upstream of Wing water treatment works DischargeMorcott Brook9.5 kmLast sampled 16 Mar 2023, before the imported period
Morcott Brook Morcott N Luffenham Road BridgeMorcott Brook5.9 km7 Sep 2026 · 31 days agoOxygen 92.4%Temp 17.6 °CpH 7.84Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Chater upstream of Bridge North LuffenhamRiver Chater4.4 km7 Sep 2026 · 31 days agoOxygen 80.9%Temp 15 °CpH 7.89Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Morcott Brook downstream of Bridge South LuffenhamMorcott Brook3.2 km7 Sep 2026 · 31 days agoOxygen 92.6%Temp 17.1 °CpH 7.91Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Chater downstream of Bridge North LuffenhamRiver Chater2.1 kmLast sampled 31 Oct 2012, before the imported period
Below Fosters Bridge 3 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Chater Station Road Bridge KettonRiver Chater3.6 kmLast sampled 3 Mar 2020, before the imported period
River Chater upstream of Castle Cement (Ketton)River Chater4.8 km3 Sep 2026 · 35 days agoOxygen 96.1%Temp 16.5 °CpH 8.15Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Chater Rail. Bridge downstream of Castle Cement KettonRiver Chater5.1 kmLast sampled 28 Mar 2017, 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.