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River Crane water levels

Live levels from 2 monitoring stations across Greater London, updated every 15 minutes.

2stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Cranford ParkCranford0.09 mASD 1h agoNormal—
Marsh FarmTwickenham0.05 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.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Crane above one of its gauges, from the source down. The river map knows where gauges are, not every stream, so a tributary without a gauge is not listed here.

1 gauged tributary, 6 gauges

Yeading Brook

Joins the Crane above Cranford Park, its highest gauge, no more than 4.2 km by river above Cranford Park.

Harrow, Village Way0.08 mASD 1h agoNormal
Northholt, Yeading East0.04 mASD 1h agoNormal
Hillingdon, Gutteridge Wood0.56 mASD 1h agoNormal
Hillingdon, Charville Lane0.65 mASD 1h agoNormal
Yeading, Brookside Road0.37 mASD 1h agoNormal

Its water passes every gauge on the Crane, from Cranford Park down.

Gauged streams joining Yeading Brook

Where the Crane goes

Below Marsh Farm, its water next reaches Westminster, a gauge on Thames Tideway, 24.4 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.

Storm overflows upstream

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

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 4 not discharging
  • 1 offline or silent: 0 monitor offline, 1 status unknown, 0 no live feed

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Marsh Farm: 0 spills over 0 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 Crane includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Yeading Brook, above Northholt, Yeading Eastjoins the Crane above Cranford Park1 overflow
  • CSO At Field End Road Storm Not discharging
    Thames Water · into Yeading Brook East · 1.8 km by river above Northholt, Yeading East · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · placed on the river by its position alone
Yeading Brook, above Hillingdon, Gutteridge Woodjoins the Crane above Cranford Park2 overflows
  • N/A Not discharging
    Thames Water · into N/A · 6.6 km by river above Hillingdon, Gutteridge Wood · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · placed on the river by its position alone
  • N/A Status unknown
    Thames Water · into N/A · 6.1 km by river above Hillingdon, Gutteridge Wood · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · placed on the river by its position alone
Between Cranford Park and Marsh Farm2 overflows
  • Junction Crane Valley/Bath Rd CSO Not discharging
    Thames Water · into River Crane · 8.8 km by river above Marsh Farm · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • N/A Not discharging
    Thames Water · into N/A · 7.4 km by river above Marsh Farm · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · placed on the river by its position alone

Near these gauges, connection not known

Within 3 km of one of the Crane’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • Anyand Park Road, Twickenham No live feed
    Thames Water · into Tidal Thames · 1.1 km from Marsh Farm in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • N/A Not discharging
    Thames Water · into N/A · 2.3 km from Marsh Farm in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 4 spills, 4.5 h
  • Mogden WwTW Not discharging
    Thames Water · into River Thames Tidal · 2.4 km from Marsh Farm in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 17 spills, 203 h
  • Petersham Road CSO No live feed
    Thames Water · into River Thames · 2.6 km from Marsh Farm in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2024: 8 spills, 18 h

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: © 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.

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.

5 sampling points on the River Crane and the streams that join it above Marsh Farm. 4 have a sample from the last 12 months; 4 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Harrow, Village Way Yeading Brook 1 point, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Yeading Brook at Headstone ManorYeading Brook2.8 kmNo sample published 1 Oct 2023 – 7 Oct 2026
Above Northholt, Yeading East Yeading Brook (Eastern Arm) 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Yeading Brook East above Priors Farm, Ruislipunnamed stream0.2 km5 Aug 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 69.6%Temp 20.2 °CpH 7.81Ammonia 4.8 mg/l Jul 2026
Above Hillingdon, Gutteridge Wood Yeading Brook 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Yeading Brook West at the Western Avenue, HillingdonYeading Brook1.4 km13 Aug 2026 · 56 days agoOxygen 60.8%Temp 19.8 °CpH 7.79Ammonia 0.042 mg/l
Above Cranford Park River Crane 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Yeading Brook at North Hyde Road, HayesYeading Brook1.1 km13 Aug 2026 · 56 days agoOxygen 74.7%Temp 20.2 °CpH 7.76Ammonia 0.084 mg/l
Above Marsh Farm River Crane 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Crane above Duke of Northumberlands RiverRiver Crane5.8 km17 Aug 2026 · 52 days agoOxygen 93.1%Temp 21.5 °CpH 8.02Ammonia 0.066 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.