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Live levels from 5 monitoring stations across Staffordshire, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leek | 0.18 mASD 1h ago | Low | ||
| 12.5 km by river | ||||
| Flint Mill | 0.05 mASD 1h ago | Low | ||
| 1.4 km by river | ||||
| Basford Bridgestructure | 0.24 mASD 1h ago | Low | ||
| 7.5 km by river | ||||
| Froghall | 0.24 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 13.4 km by river | ||||
| Quixhill | 0.26 mASD 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 Churnet 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 Churnet between Leek and Flint Mill, no more than 1.5 km by river above Flint Mill.
| Wallgrange | 0.08 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Flint Mill and every gauge below it on the Churnet. It does not pass Leek or the gauges above it.
Below Quixhill, its water next reaches Doveridge, a gauge on River Dove, 14.2 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.
15 storm overflows are traced upstream of Quixhill, the Churnet’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Churnet itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Quixhill: 454 spills over 2,702 hours in total, across all 15.
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 Churnet includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of the Churnet’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
2 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Churnet’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: © 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.
27 sampling points on the River Churnet and the streams that join it above Quixhill, and below it. 13 have a sample from the last 12 months; 17 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tributary of Churnet upstream of Big Wood | unnamed stream | 7.5 km | 21 Aug 2026 · 48 days ago | Oxygen 96.5%Temp 13.4 °CpH 8.16Ammonia 0.0059 mg/l |
| Churnet at Blackshaw Moor | River Churnet | 4.0 km | Last sampled 9 Dec 2022, before the imported period | |
| Meer Brook Frith Bottom Farm | unnamed stream | 3.9 km | 14 Sep 2026 · 24 days ago | Oxygen 84.5%Temp 17.3 °CpH 7.65Ammonia 0.09 mg/l May 2026 |
| River Churnet - Middle Hulme | River Churnet | 3.2 km | 21 Sep 2026 · 17 days ago | Oxygen 101.5% Sep 2026Temp 11.9 °CpH 8.02 Sep 2026Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Churnet - Flume downstream of Thorncliff Brook | River Churnet | 0.1 km | 14 Sep 2026 · 24 days ago | Oxygen 99.2%Temp 16.5 °CpH 8.4Ammonia 0.0059 mg/l May 2026 |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Pool Weir c. 200 m upstream of Pool | unnamed stream | 7.7 km | Last sampled 28 Jul 2003, before the imported period | |
| Endon Brook at Orford Road | Endon Brook | 5.0 km | 13 Aug 2026 · 56 days ago | Oxygen 42.8% Jul 2026Temp 14.6 °C Jul 2026pH 7.6 Jul 2026Ammonia 0.48 mg/l Jul 2026 |
| Endon Brook Park Lane Endon Bank | Endon Brook | 3.9 km | Last sampled 14 Feb 2017, before the imported period | |
| Horton Brook - Endon | Horton Brook | 3.7 km | Last sampled 14 Feb 2017, before the imported period | |
| Endon Brook - downstream of Cumberledge Pool | Endon Brook | 0.7 km | 7 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years ago | Oxygen 96%Temp 4.1 °CpH 7.68Ammonia 0.15 mg/l |
| Endon Brook - Wall Grange Endon | Endon Brook | 0.4 km | 31 Mar 2025 · 18 months ago | Oxygen 95.7%Temp 8.3 °CpH 7.58Ammonia 0.048 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Churnet - Abbey Green Road Leek | River Churnet | 11 km | 14 Sep 2026 · 24 days ago | Oxygen 96.6%Temp 18.3 °CpH 7.67Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l Mar 2026 |
| River Churnet - Bridgend Leek | River Churnet | 9.7 km | Last sampled 17 Nov 2016, before the imported period | |
| Rudyard Brook (Dingle Brook) | unnamed stream | 8.7 km | 11 Sep 2026 · 27 days ago | Oxygen 88.4%Temp 16.1 °CpH 7.77Ammonia 0.051 mg/l |
| River Churnet - Wall Bridge Leek | River Churnet | 6.0 km | 18 Sep 2026 · 20 days ago | Oxygen 91.3%Temp 13.9 °CpH 7.71Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Leek Brook | Leek Brook | 3.9 km | 21 Sep 2026 · 17 days ago | Oxygen 94.6%Temp 12.9 °CpH 8.01Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Churnet - D S Leek sewage treatment works | River Churnet | 3.4 km | Last sampled 2 Aug 2021, before the imported period | |
| River Churnet - upstream Endon Brook | River Churnet | 1.5 km | Last sampled 19 Mar 2019, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Churnet - Cheddleton Station | River Churnet | 0.2 km | 21 Sep 2026 · 17 days ago | Oxygen 86.4%Temp 14.3 °CpH 7.75Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combes Brook - Basford | Combes Brook | 6.8 km | 21 Sep 2026 · 17 days ago | Oxygen 99%Temp 12.8 °CpH 8.02Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Basford (SJ9950051200) | Combes Brook | 6.7 km | 12 Dec 2024 · 22 months ago | Oxygen 99.3%Temp 6.2 °CpH 7.5Ammonia 0.096 mg/l |
| River Churnet - Consall | River Churnet | 2.9 km | Last sampled 2 Aug 2021, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Churnet - Froghall | River Churnet | 13 km | 10 Aug 2026 · 59 days ago | pH 7.76 |
| River Churnet - Railway Bridge downstream of Froghall | River Churnet | 13 km | Last sampled 19 Oct 2004, before the imported period | |
| River Churnet - Oakamoor | River Churnet | 6.7 km | Last sampled 6 Mar 2012, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Churnet - Rocester | River Churnet | 4.5 km | 17 Mar 2025 · 19 months ago | Oxygen 101.7%Temp 6.5 °CpH 8.17Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Churnet - Churnet Mouth | River Churnet | 7.0 km | 20 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 99.8%Temp 12.9 °CpH 8.19Ammonia below 0.03 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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