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River Ecclesbourne water levels

Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Derbyshire, updated every 15 minutes.

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0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
DuffieldWindley0.15 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.

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Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Ecclesbourne 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 Ecclesbourne above Duffield on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Ecclesbourne goes

Below Duffield, its water next reaches Derby City, a gauge on River Derwent, 13.7 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.

Streams without a gauge

Named streams on the river map that flow into the Ecclesbourne 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.

Storm overflows upstream

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

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

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Duffield: 86 spills over 1,139 hours in total, across all 2.

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 Ecclesbourne includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Duffield, the Ecclesbourne’s highest gauge2 overflows

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Hazelwood - Nether Lane SPS Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Trib. Of River Ecclesbourne · 80 m from Duffield in a straight line · too close to Duffield to say which side · 2025: 22 spills, 164 h

3 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Ecclesbourne’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 →

Live status: © Severn Trent 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.

8 sampling points on the River Ecclesbourne and the streams that join it above Duffield, and below it. 3 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 Duffield River Ecclesbourne 5 points, 2 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Ecclesbourne at Harlem Mill WirksworthRiver Ecclesbourne12 km19 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 94.7%Temp 10.6 °CpH 7.66Ammonia 0.049 mg/l
River Ecclesbourne downstream of Wirksworth sewage treatment worksRiver Ecclesbourne11 kmLast sampled 9 Feb 2017, before the imported period
River Ecclesbourne at Alton ManorRiver Ecclesbourne9.5 km7 Aug 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 86%Temp 14.8 °CpH 7.86Ammonia 0.055 mg/l
Holm Brook at IdridgehayHolm Brook8.1 kmLast sampled 3 Jul 2003, before the imported period
Sherbourne Brook at Ireton WoodSherbourne Brook6.3 kmLast sampled 3 Jun 2003, before the imported period
Below Duffield 3 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Ecclesbourne Metals Survey Dump sample pointRiver Ecclesbourne1.2 kmLast sampled 10 Mar 2017, before the imported period
River Ecclesbourne upstream of DuffieldRiver Ecclesbourne3.3 kmLast sampled 2 Jul 2003, before the imported period
River Ecclesbourne at confluence River DerwentRiver Ecclesbourne4.3 km9 Sep 2026 · 29 days agoOxygen 97.8%Temp 14.1 °CpH 8.26Ammonia 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.