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Live levels from 5 monitoring stations across Swindon, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solihull Lodge | 0.26 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 19.9 km by river | ||||
| Bacons End | 0.18 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 5.8 km by river | ||||
| Swans Barn | 1.01 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Stratton | 2.04 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| downstream, distance by river not measured | ||||
| Ingleshamstructure | 0.05 mASD 1h ago | Low | ||
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 Cole 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 Cole above Swans Barn on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Below Swans Barn, its water next reaches Lea Marston, a gauge on River Tame, 6.0 km by river downstream.
Joins the Cole above Inglesham, no more than 19.9 km by river above Inglesham.
| Kestrel Drive | 0.77 mASD 1h ago | Low |
Its water passes Inglesham and every gauge below it on the Cole.
Joins the Cole above Inglesham, no more than 18.3 km by river above Inglesham.
| Highworth Bridge | 0.12 mASD 1h ago | Low |
Its water passes Inglesham and every gauge below it on the Cole.
Below Inglesham, its water next reaches St Johns Lock, a gauge on River Thames, 4.9 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.
31 storm overflows are traced upstream of Swans Barn, the Cole’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Cole itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Swans Barn: 234 spills over 402 hours in total, across the 29 that have a figure. 2 had no usable monitor data that year.
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 Cole includes the smaller streams that join it there. Where a stretch or a tributary has more than 4, the 3 discharging now or nearest its gauge are listed, the rest are counted, and every one is in that gauge’s “Upstream of here” list. Show every overflow in every stretch →
and 26 more: show all 29 overflows on this stretch → All above Bacons End, nearest first →
Within 3 km of one of the Cole’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
5 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
1 other overflow within 3 km of these gauges is placed below the Cole’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.
3 storm overflows are traced upstream of Inglesham, the Cole’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Cole itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Inglesham: 157 spills over 3,009 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 Cole includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of the Cole’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. Live status: © Thames 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.
20 sampling points on the River Cole and the streams that join it above Swans Barn. 3 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.
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Cole - Haybarnes Bridge A45 | River Cole | 11 km | Last sampled 16 Feb 2017, before the imported period | |
| River Cole - Stechford Bridge | River Cole | 7.6 km | Last sampled 2 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| River Cole - Lea Ford Road, Kitts Green | River Cole | 4.1 km | Last sampled 9 Nov 2007, before the imported period | |
| Hatchford Brook upstream of Birmingham Airport | Hatchford Brook | 3.6 km | Last sampled 15 Jul 2011, before the imported period | |
| Westley Brook upstream of confluence with Hatchford Bridge | Westley Brook | 3.5 km | Last sampled 15 Jul 2011, before the imported period | |
| Hatchford Brook, 36 " Site Drainage Point from Birmingham Airport | Hatchford Brook | 3.1 km | Last sampled 15 Jul 2011, before the imported period | |
| Hatchford Brook downstream of Birmingham Airport | Hatchford Brook | 3.1 km | Last sampled 15 Jul 2011, before the imported period | |
| Hatchford Brook Side Arm Channel | Hatchford Brook | 3.0 km | Last sampled 15 Jul 2011, before the imported period | |
| Hatchford Brook downstream of Culvert at Footbdge | Hatchford Brook | 2.9 km | Last sampled 15 Jul 2011, before the imported period | |
| Hatchford Brook at Holly Lane | Hatchford Brook | 2.5 km | 27 Nov 2025 · 10 months ago | Oxygen 94.3%Temp 10.3 °CpH 7.75Ammonia 0.12 mg/l |
| Hatchford Brook at Eastern Bridge Holly Lane Marston Green Birmingham | Hatchford Brook | 2.5 km | Last sampled 15 Jul 2011, before the imported period | |
| Babbs Mill tributary of Overflow | unnamed stream | 2.5 km | Last sampled 3 Dec 2013, before the imported period | |
| River Cole - Babbs Mill Lake Outlet | River Cole | 2.0 km | Last sampled 12 Jan 2012, before the imported period | |
| River Cole - Cooks Lane | River Cole | 1.1 km | 23 Sep 2026 · 15 days ago | Oxygen 75.5%Temp 16.5 °CpH 7.91Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Kingshurst Brook (Hatchford Brook) | Kingshurst Brook | 0.5 km | 10 Mar 2025 · 19 months ago | Oxygen 159.8%Temp 9.4 °CpH 8.88Ammonia 0.059 mg/l |
| River Cole - Trittiford Lane | River Cole | 17 km | 26 Mar 2025 · 18 months ago | Oxygen 100%Temp 9.3 °CpH 7.85Ammonia 0.17 mg/l |
| River Cole - Stratford Road | River Cole | 14 km | Last sampled 4 Mar 2019, before the imported period | |
| River Cole - Warwick Road, Greet | River Cole | 13 km | Last sampled 16 Feb 2017, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Cole - Coleshill | River Cole | 0.8 km | 18 Mar 2025 · 19 months ago | Oxygen 135.4%Temp 7.1 °CpH 8.6Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Cole - Houndsfield Lane | River Cole | 1.1 km | 25 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago | Oxygen 111.2%Temp 7.7 °CpH 8.1Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
10 sampling points on the River Cole and the streams that join it above Inglesham. 6 have a sample from the last 12 months; 7 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liden Brook 100 m below Wanborough Road, Wanborugh | Liden Brook | 20 km | 26 Aug 2026 · 43 days ago | Oxygen 99%Temp 18.9 °CpH 7.79Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Lenta Brook at Hinton Marsh Farm | Lenta Brook | 18 km | 28 Aug 2026 · 41 days ago | Oxygen 89.4%Temp 15.8 °CpH 8.13Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Lertwell Brook Approx 150 m below Zulu Buildings, Ashbury | Lertwell Brook | 18 km | No sample published 1 Oct 2023 – 7 Oct 2026 | |
| South Marston Brook at Nightingale Lane, South Marston | South Marston Brook | 18 km | 29 Sep 2026 · 9 days ago | Oxygen 72.6%Temp 15.6 °CpH 7.99Ammonia 0.073 mg/l |
| Cole at Acorn Bridge, Bourton | River Cole | 16 km | 24 Aug 2026 · 45 days ago | Oxygen 87.6%Temp 14.3 °CpH 8.13Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Tuckmill Brook above Shrivenham sewage treatment works | Tuckmill Brook | 14 km | 29 May 2026 · 4 months ago | Oxygen 86.6%Temp 18.1 °CpH 7.88Ammonia 0.08 mg/l |
| Tuckmill Brook below Shrivenham sewage treatment works | Tuckmill Brook | 13 km | 24 Aug 2026 · 45 days ago | Oxygen 81%Temp 15.2 °CpH 7.9Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| 500 Meters upstream of B4000 | River Cole | 12 km | No sample published 1 Oct 2023 – 7 Oct 2026 | |
| Cole at B4019, Coleshill | River Cole | 6.5 km | No sample published 1 Oct 2023 – 7 Oct 2026 | |
| Downstream of Raglan Wood | River Cole | 5.3 km | 21 Oct 2024 · 24 months ago | Oxygen 77.5%Temp 12.1 °CpH 7.74Ammonia 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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