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River Lemon water levels

Live levels from 5 monitoring stations across Devon, updated every 15 minutes.

5stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
BickingtonBickington0.36 m 43m agoNormal—
Holbeam DamNewton Abbot0.12 mASD 28m agoLow—
Holbeam Dam DownstreamNewton Abbot0.00 mASD 28m agoLow—
Union BridgeNewton Abbot0.03 m 43m agoNormal—
Templers RoadtidalNewton Abbot0.12 m 43m ago——

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 Lemon 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 Lemon above Templers Road on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Lemon goes

Below Templers Road, its water next reaches Coombe Cellars, a gauge on River Teign, 3.9 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

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

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 7 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 Templers Road: 88 spills over 1,164 hours in total, across all 7.

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 Lemon includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Between Holbeam Dam Downstream and Union Bridge1 overflow
  • East Ogwell WwTW Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into River Lemon · 2.1 km by river above Union Bridge · 2025: 68 spills, 1,099 h
Between Union Bridge and Templers Road6 overflows
  • Opp 65 Highweek Road CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into River Lemon(S) · 940 m by river above Templers Road · 2025: 8 spills, 59 h
  • Clocktower CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into River Lemon(S) · 910 m by river above Templers Road · 2025: 8 spills, 1.7 h
  • Bank Street CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into Trib O River Lemon Via Sw Sewr · 880 m by river above Templers Road · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Brunswick House CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into The River Lemon (S) · 770 m by river above Templers Road · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Market Walk CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into River Lemon(S) · 620 m by river above Templers Road · 2025: 3 spills, 0.3 h
  • Queen Street CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into River Lemon Via Sws(S) · 620 m by river above Templers Road · 2025: 1 spill, 4.8 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Templers Road CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into River Lemon Via Sws · 180 m from Templers Road in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • O/S 11 Kingsteignton Road CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into The Aller Brook (S) · 200 m from Templers Road in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • No 15 Lemon Road CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into River Lemon (S) · 280 m from Templers Road in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 3 spills, 0.3 h
  • Elm Road Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into Trib Of River Teign · 440 m from Union Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 15 spills, 35 h
  • Barton Drive CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into Trib Of River Lemon Via Sws · 690 m from Union Bridge in a straight line · reaches the river through a sewer or culvert · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Forde Road Pscso/EO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into River Teign Via S/W Sewer(S) · 710 m from Templers Road in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 31 spills, 292 h
  • Pitt Hill Road CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into S/W Sewer Then To Whitelake(S) · 750 m from Templers Road in a straight line · reaches the river through a sewer or culvert · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Barton Drive CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into Tributary Of River Lemon(S) · 760 m from Union Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 19 spills, 44 h
  • Sandringham Park CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into Aller Brook(S) · 840 m from Templers Road in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 7 spills, 5.9 h
  • #n/A Not discharging
    South West Water · into Aller Brook (Teign) · 840 m from Templers Road in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 11 spills, 5.1 h
  • #n/A Not discharging
    South West Water · into Aller Brook(S) · 850 m from Templers Road in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 65 spills, 36 h
  • Old Totnes Road CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into Trib Of River Lemon · 850 m from Union Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 4 spills, 0.4 h
  • St Marychurch Road CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into Aller Brook(S) · 1.0 km from Templers Road in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 32 spills, 104 h
  • Hackney PS Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into Trib Of R.teign(S) · 1.1 km from Templers Road in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 6 spills, 8.8 h
  • Coach Road CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    South West Water · into The Wolborough Stream (S) · 1.1 km from Union Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 4 spills, 0.7 h

13 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.

2 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Lemon’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: © 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.

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.

10 sampling points on the River Lemon and the streams that join it above Templers Road. 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 Bickington River Lemon 9 points, 2 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Langworthy Brook at Halsanger WoodLangworthy Brook4.0 km17 Jul 2026 · 3 months agoOxygen 95.1%Temp 15.7 °CpH 7.01Ammonia 0.081 mg/l
Tributary of Langworthy Brook, upstream of MineLangworthy Brook3.1 kmLast sampled 5 Mar 2013, before the imported period
Langworthy Brook downstream of Owlacombe BridgeLangworthy Brook3.1 kmLast sampled 5 Mar 2013, before the imported period
River Lemon downstream of Sigford BridgeRiver Lemon2.7 kmLast sampled 5 Mar 2013, before the imported period
River Sig upstream of Lower Sigford BridgeRiver Sig2.6 kmLast sampled 5 Mar 2013, before the imported period
Langworthy Brook at Hooks BridgeLangworthy Brook2.4 kmLast sampled 5 Mar 2013, before the imported period
River Sig upstream of River Lemon confluenceRiver Sig2.4 kmLast sampled 5 Mar 2013, before the imported period
River Lemon downstream of River Sig confluenceRiver Lemon2.1 km17 Sep 2026 · 21 days agoOxygen 96.3%Temp 14 °CpH 8.2Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Lemon at G'stone Woods downstream of Hooks CottRiver Lemon1.0 kmLast sampled 5 Mar 2013, before the imported period
Above Union Bridge River Lemon 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Lemon at Bradley Playing FieldsRiver Lemon0.5 km13 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 100.3%Temp 6.7 °CpH 8.03Ammonia 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.