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Live levels from 9 monitoring stations across Devon, Somerset, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exford | 0.35 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 23.5 km by river | ||||
| Pixton | 0.11 mASD 25m ago | Low | ||
| 1.3 km by river | ||||
| Exebridge | 0.16 m 25m ago | Low | ||
| 13.4 km by river | ||||
| Stoodleigh | 0.88 m 25m ago | Low | ||
| 8.9 km by river | ||||
| Tiverton | 0.53 m 25m ago | Normal | ||
| 11.7 km by river | ||||
| Thorverton | 0.28 m 25m ago | Normal | ||
| 8.9 km by river | ||||
| Exeter Pynes Stafford Bridge | 1.83 mASD 25m ago | Low | ||
| 6.5 km by river | ||||
| Trews Weirstructure | 3.26 mASD 25m ago | Low | ||
| 6.6 km by river | ||||
| Topshamtidal | 0.89 mAOD 25m ago | — | ||
Also on the Exe by the river map, but filed under another river name: TREWS WEIR.
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 Exe above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
Joins the Exe between Exford and Pixton, no more than 6.6 km by river above Pixton.
| Upton Tributary | 0.05 m 5h ago | Normal |
| downstream, distance by river not measured | ||
| Upton | 0.06 m 5h ago | Low |
| 2.5 km by river | ||
| Wimbleball | 0.25 m 5h ago | Normal |
| 220 m by river | ||
| Wimbleball Footbridge | 0.28 m 5h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Pixton and every gauge below it on the Exe. It does not pass Exford or the gauges above it.
Joins the Exe between Pixton and Exebridge, no more than 1.4 km by river above Exebridge.
| Simonsbath | 0.12 m 25m ago | Normal |
| 29.6 km by river | ||
| Brushford | 0.28 mASD 25m ago | Normal |
Its water passes Exebridge and every gauge below it on the Exe. It does not pass Pixton or the gauges above it.
Joins the Exe between Exebridge and Stoodleigh, no more than 6.8 km by river above Stoodleigh.
| Bampton Bridge | 0.07 m 25m ago | Normal |
Its water passes Stoodleigh and every gauge below it on the Exe. It does not pass Exebridge or the gauges above it.
Joins the Exe between Stoodleigh and Tiverton, no more than 3.2 km by river above Tiverton.
| Tiverton Lowmanplace estimated | 0.08 m 25m ago | Low |
| TIVERTON LOWMANplace estimated | 0.08 m3/s 25m ago | — |
Its water passes Tiverton and every gauge below it on the Exe. It does not pass Stoodleigh or the gauges above it.
Joins the Exe between Thorverton and Exeter Pynes Stafford Bridge, no more than 5.6 km by river above Exeter Pynes Stafford Bridge.
| Culmstock | 0.17 m 1h ago | Low |
| 14.8 km by river | ||
| Woodmillstructure | 0.26 m 25m ago | Normal |
| 5.8 km by river | ||
| Bradninch Hele Station Road | 1.06 mASD 25m ago | Normal |
| downstream, distance by river not measured | ||
| Rewe | 0.29 m 25m ago | Normal |
Its water passes Exeter Pynes Stafford Bridge and every gauge below it on the Exe. It does not pass Thorverton or the gauges above it.
Joins the Exe above TREWS WEIR, no more than 6.5 km by river above TREWS WEIR.
| Upton Hellions | 0.27 m 40m ago | Normal |
| 12.9 km by river | ||
| Cowley Bridge | 0.22 m 25m ago | Normal |
Its water passes TREWS WEIR.
1 more gauge on streams further up.
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.
90 storm overflows are traced upstream of Topsham, the Exe’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Exe itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Topsham: 2,621 spills over 25,947 hours in total, across all 90.
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 Exe includes the smaller streams that join it there. Where a stretch or a tributary has more than 4, the 3 discharging now or nearest its gauge are listed, the rest are counted, and every one is in that gauge’s “Upstream of here” list. Show every overflow in every stretch →
and 10 more: show all 13 overflows on this stretch → All above Tiverton, nearest first →
and 21 more: show all 24 overflows on the Culm and the streams that join it → All above Rewe, nearest first →
and 16 more: show all 19 overflows on this stretch → All above Topsham, nearest first →
and 11 more: show all 14 overflows on the Creedy and the streams that join it → All above Cowley Bridge, nearest first →
Within 3 km of one of the Exe’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
45 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
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: © South West 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.
183 sampling points on the River Exe and the streams that join it above Topsham. 56 have a sample from the last 12 months; 74 have any sample banked.
Sampled most recently, anywhere on the Exe and its streams:
| Where, from the source down | Sampling points | Newest sample |
|---|---|---|
| River Barle and its streamsjoins the Exe above Exebridge | 16 points6 sampled | 21 Sep 2026 |
| Above WimbleballRiver Haddeo · joins the Exe above Pixton | 3 points0 sampled | none banked |
| Above Pixton | 12 points6 sampled | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Above Exebridge | 4 points1 sampled | 7 May 2026 |
| Above Bampton BridgeRiver Batherm · joins the Exe above Stoodleigh | 7 points2 sampled | 11 Sep 2026 |
| Above Stoodleigh | 16 points8 sampled | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Above Tiverton LowmanRiver Lowman · joins the Exe above Tiverton | 5 points1 sampled | 4 Aug 2026 |
| Above Tiverton | 10 points7 sampled | 8 Sep 2026 |
| River Creedy and its streamsjoins the Exe above TREWS WEIR | 37 points19 sampled | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Above Thorverton | 19 points0 sampled | none banked |
| River Culm and its streamsjoins the Exe above Exeter Pynes Stafford Bridge | 47 points19 sampled | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Above Exeter Pynes Stafford Bridge | 4 points2 sampled | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Above TREWS WEIR | 2 points | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Above Topsham | 1 point | 6 Aug 2026 |
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.
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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