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River Erewash water levels

Live levels from 3 monitoring stations across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, updated every 15 minutes.

3stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
PinxtonPinxton0.05 mASD 35m agoLow—
Shipley GateShipley1.28 mASD 35m agoNormal▲
SandiacreSandiacre0.16 mASD 35m 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 Erewash above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.

2 gauged tributaries, 2 gauges

Beauvale Brook

Joins the Erewash between Pinxton and Shipley Gate, no more than 5.0 km by river above Shipley Gate.

Eastwood0.24 mASD 4h agoNormal

Its water passes Shipley Gate and every gauge below it on the Erewash. It does not pass Pinxton or the gauges above it.

Boundary Brook

Joins the Erewash between Shipley Gate and Sandiacre, no more than 3.2 km by river above Sandiacre.

Trowell0.33 mASD 35m agoNormal

Its water passes Sandiacre and every gauge below it on the Erewash. It does not pass Shipley Gate or the gauges above it.

Where the Erewash goes

Below Sandiacre, its water next reaches Clifton Bridge, a gauge on River Trent, 13.1 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.

Streams without a gauge

Named streams on the river map that flow into the Erewash 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

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

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 41 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 Sandiacre: 899 spills over 4,962 hours in total, across the 41 that have a figure. 1 had no usable monitor data that year.

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 Erewash includes the smaller streams that join it there. Every overflow traced is listed here, each stretch in full. Back to the short lists →

Above Pinxton, the Erewash’s highest gauge4 overflows
Between Pinxton and Shipley Gate18 overflows
  • Pinxton Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 13.2 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 67 spills, 1,022 h
  • Pye Bridge Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 11.0 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 44 spills, 360 h
  • Ironville - Victoria Street SPS Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 10.4 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 25 spills, 81 h
  • Bagthorpe (CSO) Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 8.9 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 23 spills, 72 h
  • EO At Brinsley Hill Pumping Station Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 8.9 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Codnor Nottingham Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Bailey Brook · 7.7 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 1 spill, 2.8 h
  • Nottingham Road (In Field) CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Bailey Brook · 7.4 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 9 spills, 11 h
  • Brinsley-Hall Lane(Meadow Lodge)cso Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 7.0 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 15 spills, 87 h
  • Heanor - Heanor Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Bailey Brook · 5.4 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Eastwood - Mansfield Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of River Erewash · 4.8 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 18 spills, 38 h
  • Jacksdale - Main Road (CSO) Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of River Erewash · 4.8 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 27 spills, 95 h
  • Greenacres Avenue CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Bailey Brook · 3.9 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 24 spills, 41 h
  • Cromford Road - CSO No 3 Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 3.8 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 63 spills, 243 h
  • Langley Mill - Station Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 3.4 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 28 spills, 62 h
  • Rosewood Crescent CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Bailey Brook · 3.3 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 5 spills, 1.4 h
  • Langley Mill - Milnhay Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of River Erewash · 2.3 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 8 spills, 29 h
  • Heanor-Milnhay STW Status unknown
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 2.3 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: no data
  • Heanor-Milnhay STW Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 2.3 km by river above Shipley Gate · 2025: 38 spills, 306 h
Between Shipley Gate and Sandiacre20 overflows
  • Giltway - Nottingham Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Gilt Brook · 12.7 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 8 spills, 4.2 h
  • Barlow Cottages CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Gilt Brook · 11.8 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 13 spills, 4.4 h
  • Newthorpe Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Gilt Brook · 11.4 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 47 spills, 225 h
  • Newthorpe Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Gilt Brook · 11.4 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 42 spills, 326 h
  • Stanley Village CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Stanley Brook (Erewash Trib) · 11.0 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 19 spills, 48 h
  • East Of Stratford Street CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 10.3 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 39 spills, 73 h
  • St Wilfrid's Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Stanley Brook · 9.2 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 14 spills, 27 h
  • Manholes Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 9.0 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Wash Meadow CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 8.3 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Cossall Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 7.8 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 37 spills, 300 h
  • Ilkeston - Potters Lock (SSO) Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 7.2 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 19 spills, 168 h
  • Erewash Sq Ilkeston Outlet 3 CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 6.1 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 29 spills, 165 h
  • Kirk Hallam - Western Outfall Tank (SSO) Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Nut Brook · 6.1 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 24 spills, 299 h
  • Manholes Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 5.3 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 16 spills, 4.0 h
  • Gallows Inn Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 4.6 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 31 spills, 239 h
  • Ilkeston (Hallam Fields) WwTW Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 3.6 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 29 spills, 96 h
  • Stapleford Phase 1 CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 2.2 km by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 10 spills, 27 h
  • Sandiacre Road Pumping Station SSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 710 m by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 2 spills, 17 h
  • Crossley PS - Storm/Emergency Of Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 620 m by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 10 spills, 21 h
  • Starch Lane CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Erewash · 410 m by river above Sandiacre · 2025: 9 spills, 1.3 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Stapleford-Bessell Lane WwTW Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of River Erewash · 550 m from Sandiacre in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 19 spills, 126 h
  • Eastwood - 118 Church Street CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Erewash Canal · 640 m from Shipley Gate in a straight line · discharges into a canal · 2025: 7 spills, 23 h
  • Somercotes - Lower Birchwood SPS Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of River Erewash · 1.4 km from Pinxton in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 20 spills, 110 h
  • Lee Lane CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Trib Of Bailey Brook · 1.6 km from Shipley Gate in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 45 spills, 61 h
  • Somercotes - Birchwood Lane SPS Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of River Erewash · 1.6 km from Pinxton in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 7 spills, 22 h
  • Pasture Lock CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Erewash Canal · 1.6 km from Sandiacre in a straight line · discharges into a canal · 2025: 52 spills, 210 h
  • Birchwood Lane CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Trib Of River Erewash · 1.7 km from Pinxton in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 23 spills, 59 h
  • Birchwood Lane CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of River Erewash · 1.9 km from Pinxton in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 12 spills, 14 h
  • Somercotes Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Trib Of The River Erewash · 2.1 km from Pinxton in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 3 spills, 5.5 h
  • Awsworth - The Glebe (CSO) Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Nottingham Canal (Disused) · 2.1 km from Shipley Gate in a straight line · discharges into a canal · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Nethergreen (Nott) Storm O/F Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Brinsley Brook · 2.2 km from Shipley Gate in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 2 spills, 9.2 h
  • Heanor - 143 Hands Road CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Bailey Brook · 2.2 km from Shipley Gate in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Marlpool - Buxton Avenue SPS Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Nut Brook · 2.5 km from Shipley Gate in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 3 spills, 2.9 h
  • Jacques Brickyard CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Trib Of Normanton Brook · 2.7 km from Pinxton in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Newtons Lane Junction CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of River Erewash · 2.8 km from Shipley Gate in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 3 spills, 0.1 h

1 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.

4 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Erewash’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.

30 sampling points on the River Erewash and the streams that join it above Sandiacre, and below it. 22 have a sample from the last 12 months; 23 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Pinxton River Erewash 6 points, 3 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Erewash upstream of Bentinck CollieryRiver Erewash4.2 km22 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 100.6%Temp 12 °CpH 8.24Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Erewash Park Lane downstream of Bentick CollRiver Erewash3.7 kmLast sampled 2 Dec 2021, before the imported period
Tributary of Maghole Brook at Brookhill Laneunnamed stream3.4 kmLast sampled 5 Mar 2020, before the imported period
River Ewewash downstream of Kirkby in Ashfield sewage treatment worksRiver Erewash3.1 km2 Sep 2026 · 36 days agoOxygen 100.5%Temp 18.6 °CpH 7.41Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Maghole Brook at confluenceMaghole Brook1.9 kmLast sampled 22 Jul 2004, before the imported period
River Erewash at Pinxton StationRiver Erewash0.3 km10 Mar 2026 · 7 months agoOxygen 92.3%Temp 8.7 °CpH 7.78Ammonia 0.079 mg/l
Above Eastwood Beauvale Brook 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Pamelas Larchesunnamed stream5.5 km13 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years agoOxygen 92.6%Temp 7.4 °CpH 8.12Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Above Shipley Gate River Erewash 10 points, 8 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Erewash downstream of Pinxton sewage treatment worksRiver Erewash13 km9 Sep 2026 · 29 days agoOxygen 88.2%Temp 14.3 °CpH 7.67Ammonia 0.071 mg/l
River Erewash at PyebridgeRiver Erewash11 km8 Jul 2026 · 3 months agoOxygen 92% Mar 2026Temp 8.6 °C Mar 2026pH 7.58Ammonia 0.06 mg/l Mar 2026
Pyehill Brook at Jacksdaleunnamed stream9.7 kmLast sampled 18 Oct 2008, before the imported period
River Erewash at JacksdaleRiver Erewash9.5 km2 Sep 2026 · 36 days agoOxygen 90.7%Temp 16 °CpH 8.02Ammonia 0.059 mg/l
Bagthorpe Brook at WestwoodBagthorpe Brook9.1 km20 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 92.4%Temp 12.8 °CpH 7.93Ammonia 0.061 mg/l
Nethergreen Brook at EastwoodNether Green Brook5.0 km11 Mar 2026 · 7 months agoOxygen 97.7%Temp 9.2 °CpH 7.93Ammonia 0.033 mg/l
Nethergreen Brook at confluenceNether Green Brook3.9 km5 Aug 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 67.2%Temp 16.6 °CpH 7.3Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Erewash upstream of Milnhay sewage treatment worksRiver Erewash2.7 kmLast sampled 23 Oct 2014, before the imported period
Bailey Brook at Milnhay RoadBailey Brook2.7 km9 Sep 2026 · 29 days agoOxygen 76.1%Temp 13.7 °CpH 7.85Ammonia 0.076 mg/l
River Erewash at Shipley GateRiver Erewash0.1 km4 Sep 2026 · 34 days agoOxygen 83.2%Temp 17.1 °CpH 7.89Ammonia 0.55 mg/l
Above Sandiacre River Erewash 10 points, 8 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Gilt Brook upstream of Newthorpe sewage treatment worksGilt Brook11 km14 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 99.5%Temp 12.1 °CpH 8.14Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Gilt Brook at confluenceGilt Brook11 km2 Sep 2026 · 36 days agoOxygen 93.9%Temp 14.3 °CpH 8.16Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Gilt Brook, downstream of Newthorpe sewage treatment works New SiteGilt Brook11 km2 Sep 2026 · 36 days agoOxygen 92.7%Temp 14.3 °CpH 8.21Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Nut Brook upstream of Manners Industrial EstateNut Brook8.7 km22 Jun 2026 · 4 months agoOxygen 88.1%Temp 20.2 °CpH 7.8Ammonia 0.98 mg/l
River Erewash at IlkestonRiver Erewash8.2 kmLast sampled 6 Dec 2021, before the imported period
Stanley Brook at Nut Brook at confluenceStanley Brook7.5 kmLast sampled 6 Dec 2021, before the imported period
Nut Brook Little Hallam HillNut Brook6.1 km5 Aug 2026 · 2 months agopH 7.55 Jun 2026
River Erewash at TrowellRiver Erewash5.5 km10 Mar 2026 · 7 months agoOxygen 95.1%Temp 9.7 °CpH 7.84Ammonia 0.078 mg/l
Nut Brook at confluenceNut Brook3.4 km4 Mar 2026 · 7 months agoOxygen 97.1%Temp 8.7 °CpH 8.15Ammonia 0.08 mg/l
River Erewash at Stanton GateRiver Erewash2.4 km11 Sep 2026 · 27 days agoOxygen 97.7%Temp 16.9 °CpH 8.13Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Below Sandiacre 3 points
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Erewash at TotonRiver Erewash3.7 km9 Mar 2026 · 7 months agoOxygen 95.4%Temp 9.6 °CpH 8.06Ammonia 0.046 mg/l
River Erewash New Inlet to Atten. GPRiver Erewash5.4 km11 Sep 2026 · 27 days agoOxygen 90%Temp 16.2 °CpH 7.89Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Erewash Attenborough Gravel Pit outletRiver Erewash6.4 km14 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 108.2%Temp 12.7 °CpH 8.54Ammonia 0.065 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.