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River Ebble water levels

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

2stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Ebbesbourne WakeEbbesbourne Wake-0.09 m 30m agoLow—
Nunton BridgeNunton0.44 mASD 30m agoLow—

Also on the Ebble by the river map, but filed under another river name: NUNTON BRIDGE WITS.

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 Ebble 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.

No gauged tributary joins the Ebble above Nunton Bridge on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Ebble goes

Below Nunton Bridge, its water next reaches Downton Iron Bridge, a gauge on River Avon, 7.2 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.

Storm overflows upstream

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Nunton Bridge 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.

1 other overflow within 3 km of these gauges is placed below the Ebble’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 →

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.

6 sampling points on the River Ebble and the streams that join it above Nunton Bridge, and below it. 2 have a sample from the last 12 months; 3 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above NUNTON BRIDGE WITS 5 points, 2 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Ebble downstream of Chalke Valley Fish FarmRiver Ebble16 kmLast sampled 14 Dec 2017, before the imported period
River Ebble at BroadchalkeRiver Ebble15 kmLast sampled 4 Aug 2023, before the imported period
Ebble upstream CrouchestonRiver Ebble12 kmLast sampled 7 Dec 2022, before the imported period
Upstream of Footbridge at Stratford TonyRiver Ebble8.4 km13 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years agoOxygen 90.8%Temp 9.2 °CpH 7.94Ammonia 0.011 mg/l
Ebble at Nunton FarmRiver Ebble0.8 km3 Sep 2026 · 35 days agoOxygen 97.3%Temp 17 °CpH 8.08Ammonia 0.014 mg/l
Below Nunton Bridge 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Ebble downstream of Longford Fish FarmRiver Ebble1.3 km15 Sep 2026 · 23 days agoOxygen 97.2%Temp 16.1 °CpH 7.92Ammonia 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.