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.
Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Dane above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
Named streams on the river map that flow into the Dane 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.
35 storm overflows are traced upstream of Rudheath, the Dane’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Dane itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
0 report discharging now
32 not discharging
3 offline or silent: 1 monitor offline, 1 status unknown, 1 no live feed
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Rudheath: 960 spills over 4,130 hours in total, across the 34 that have a figure. 1 has no 2025 figure.
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 Dane includes the smaller streams that join it there. Every overflow traced is listed here, each stretch in full. Back to the short lists →
Between Hug Bridge and Congleton Park14 overflows
Biddulph Wastewater Treatment WorksNot discharging United Utilities · into Biddulph Brook · 7.9 km by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 79 spills, 138 h
Biddulph Wastewater Treatment WorksNot discharging United Utilities · into Biddulph Brook · 7.9 km by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 48 spills, 354 h
O/S 57 Woodhouse Lane CSONot discharging United Utilities · into Trib Of Biddulph Brook · 7.7 km by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 27 spills, 45 h
Forge Mill PSNot discharging United Utilities · into Biddulph Brook · 6.7 km by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 24 spills, 119 h
Whitegates Pumping StationNot discharging United Utilities · into Biddulph Brook · 6.2 km by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 5 spills, 12 h
Whitemore Pumping StationNot discharging United Utilities · into Biddulph Brook, Trib Rvr Dane · 5.1 km by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 73 spills, 974 h
Castle Inn Road Mossley CSONot discharging United Utilities · into Trib Of Dane-In-Shaw Brook · 4.6 km by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 2 spills, 1.8 h
Mill Lane CSO (134i5)Not discharging United Utilities · into Dane-In-Shaw Brook · 4.5 km by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 30 spills, 84 h
Mill Lane CSO 425e6Not discharging United Utilities · into Dane-In-Shaw Brook · 4.5 km by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 2 spills, 0.4 h
Mill Lane CSO 49201Status unknown United Utilities · into Dane-In-Shaw Brook · 4.5 km by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 91 spills, 435 h
Havannah Street/ Redfern Ave CSONot discharging United Utilities · into River Dane · 1.2 km by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 14 spills, 8.9 h
Eaton Bank CSO 131s4Not discharging United Utilities · into River Dane · 1.1 km by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 64 spills, 108 h
Berisfords Compound CSO 131g3Not discharging United Utilities · into Dane In Shaw Brook · 680 m by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 58 spills, 174 h
Bromley Rd Coronation Rd CSO 131gzNot discharging United Utilities · into River Dane Via Sws · 280 m by river above Congleton Park · 2025: 23 spills, 13 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
Between Congleton Park and Rudheath20 overflows
Bromley Road CSONot discharging United Utilities · into River Dane Via Sws · 41.6 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 2 spills, 0.5 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
Spragg St Willow St CSO Con0089No live feed United Utilities · into River Dane · 41.5 km by river above Rudheath · 2024: 0 spills, 0 h
The Grange Congleton CSONot discharging United Utilities · into River Dane Via Sws · 41.2 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 40 spills, 53 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
Dane Street CSO 131q1Not discharging United Utilities · into River Dane · 40.5 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Congleton STWNot discharging United Utilities · into River Dane · 40.2 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 18 spills, 103 h
Congleton STWNot discharging United Utilities · into River Dane · 40.2 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 16 spills, 33 h
West Heath Pumping StationNot discharging United Utilities · into Loach Brook · 35.0 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 28 spills, 215 h
Bradeley Hall Road CSONot discharging United Utilities · into Fowle Brook Via Sws · 24.1 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 24 spills, 49 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
Crewe Road Mill Lane CSO 138cgNot discharging United Utilities · into River Wheelock · 23.6 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 1 spill, 0.2 h
Sandbach Wastewater Treatment WorksNot discharging United Utilities · into River Wheelock · 22.3 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 12 spills, 23 h
Alum Bridge Pumping StationNot discharging United Utilities · into River Croco · 18.8 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Holmes Chapel STWNot discharging United Utilities · into River Dane · 18.8 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 39 spills, 561 h
TbcNot discharging United Utilities · into River Croco · 14.9 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 54 spills, 137 h
Wardle Bridge Pumping StationNot discharging United Utilities · into The River Croco · 11.4 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 28 spills, 68 h
Gasworks Yard Pumping StationNot discharging United Utilities · into River Croco · 11.0 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 37 spills, 92 h
Gasworks Yard Pumping StationMonitor offline United Utilities · into River Croco · 11.0 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 12 spills, 12 h
St Michaels Way CSONot discharging United Utilities · into River Wheelock Via Sws · 9.5 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 39 spills, 26 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
Nantwich Road Chester Rd CSO 131j6Not discharging United Utilities · into Wheelock (Fowle Brook To Dane) · 9.4 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 35 spills, 34 h
Nantwich Road Chester Rd CSO 131j6Not discharging United Utilities · into River Wheelock · 9.4 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 1 spill, 0.1 h
5 Croxton Rd PSNot discharging United Utilities · into River Wheelock · 9.2 km by river above Rudheath · 2025: 19 spills, 246 h
River Wheelock, above Wheelock Crewe Roadjoins the Dane above Rudheath1 overflow
Hassall Road CSO 131x8Not discharging United Utilities · into River Wheelock · 1.4 km by river above Wheelock Crewe Road · 2025: 15 spills, 11 h
Near these gauges, connection not known
Within 3 km of one of the Dane’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
Outside 51 Church Street CSO 471jcNot discharging United Utilities · into Eldersbriar Brook · 750 m from Rudheath in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 52 spills, 83 h
Church Street CSONot discharging United Utilities · into Eldersbriar Brook · 830 m from Rudheath in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Marlowe Road (Playing Fields) CSOMonitor offline United Utilities · into River Dane · 1.2 km from Rudheath in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map · 2025: 69 spills, 233 h
Sefton Avenue CSO (Con0090)Not discharging United Utilities · into River Dane Via S/Water Sewer · 1.3 km from Congleton Park in a straight line · reaches the river through a sewer or culvert · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Off Carlton Road CSONot discharging United Utilities · into River Dane · 1.4 km from Rudheath in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map · 2025: 38 spills, 28 h
181 London Road CSONot discharging United Utilities · into River Dane Via Sws · 1.4 km from Rudheath in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map · 2025: 5 spills, 1.1 h
230 London Road CSONot discharging United Utilities · into River Dane Via Sws · 1.7 km from Rudheath in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map · 2025: 21 spills, 13 h
Spencer Street/Darwin Street CSONot discharging United Utilities · into Weaver Navigation Via Sws · 1.7 km from Rudheath in a straight line · discharges into a canal · 2025: 8 spills, 2.4 h
Greenbank Lane CSO NorthwichNot discharging United Utilities · into The River Weaver · 1.7 km from Rudheath in a straight line · discharges into a canal · 2025: 40 spills, 117 h
Greenbank Road/Rossall Road CSONo live feed United Utilities · into The River Weaver · 1.7 km from Rudheath in a straight line · discharges into a canal · 2025: 1 spill, 0.1 h
Dock Road SPSNot discharging United Utilities · into River Weaver · 1.8 km from Rudheath in a straight line · discharges into a canal · 2025: 3 spills, 2.4 h
Manora Road (Dane Nurseries) CSONot discharging United Utilities · into River Dane · 1.8 km from Rudheath in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map · 2025: 22 spills, 27 h
Weir Street Combined Sewer OverflowNot discharging United Utilities · into River Weaver · 1.8 km from Rudheath in a straight line · discharges into a canal · 2025: 24 spills, 99 h
Navigation Road CSO (472hn)Not discharging United Utilities · into Weaver Navigation · 1.9 km from Rudheath in a straight line · discharges into a canal · 2025: 58 spills, 63 h
Off School Lane CSO (472ji)Not discharging United Utilities · into Weaver Navigation · 1.9 km from Rudheath in a straight line · discharges into a canal · 2025: 3 spills, 17 h
12 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
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.
60 sampling points on the River Dane and the streams that join it above Rudheath, and below it. 19 have a sample from the last 12 months; 22 have any sample banked.
Sampled most recently, anywhere on the Dane and its streams:
River Dane at Dane Bridge NorthwichRiver Dane · 5.6 km below the lowest gaugeLast sampled 21 Sep 2026 · 17 days agoOxygen 93.3%Temp 15.2 °CpH 7.81Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Wheelock above confluence DaneRiver Wheelock · 9.5 km above RudheathLast sampled 26 Aug 2026 · 43 days agoOxygen 97%Temp 16.8 °CpH 7.95Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Fowle Brook above confluence WheelockFowle Brook · 20 km above RudheathLast sampled 26 Aug 2026 · 43 days agoTemp 17.5 °CAmmonia 0.34 mg/lNitrate 0.338 mg/lPhosphate 0.24 mg/l
England's samples only. Each count opens the list of those points, nearest first, with the date of each one’s latest sample (the gauge’s “Upstream of here” list).
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.
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