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Live levels from 1 monitoring station across East Sussex, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cowbeech | 0.04 mASD 26m 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 Cuckmere 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 Cuckmere above Cowbeech on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Below Cowbeech, its water next reaches SHERMAN BRIDGE GS, 18.1 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.
None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Cowbeech on the river map. That is not the same as none: the map leaves out many small streams and culverts, so an overflow it cannot place may still drain here, and not every company publishes every overflow.
Within 3 km of one of the Cuckmere’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: © Southern 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.
7 sampling points on the River Cuckmere and the streams that join it above Cowbeech, and below it. 7 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vines Cross Stream Cralle Bridge | Vines Cross Stream | 1.1 km | 18 Sep 2026 · 20 days ago | Oxygen 83.8%Temp 12.6 °CpH 7.56Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Cuckmere Grove Bridge | Cuckmere River | 1.3 km | 7 Sep 2026 · 31 days ago | Oxygen 87.5%Temp 16.9 °CpH 7.04Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Cuckmere Grove Hill Cuckoo Trail | Cuckmere River | 2.3 km | 18 Aug 2026 · 51 days ago | Oxygen 81.5%Temp 18.3 °CpH 7.26Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Cuckmere Horselunges Bridge | Cuckmere River | 5.9 km | 29 Sep 2026 · 9 days ago | Oxygen 84.8%Temp 16.2 °CpH 7.47Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Cuckmere Boship Bridge | Cuckmere River | 8.1 km | 7 Sep 2026 · 31 days ago | Oxygen 68.7%Temp 16.5 °CpH 7.64Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Cuckmere Michelham Priory | Cuckmere River | 12 km | 11 Sep 2026 · 27 days ago | Oxygen 71.6%Temp 16.5 °CpH 7.65Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Arlington upstream of Common Lane | Cuckmere River | 16 km | 27 Aug 2026 · 42 days ago | Oxygen 81.5%Temp 19.4 °CpH 7.58Ammonia 0.099 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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