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River Lugg water levels

Live levels from 6 monitoring stations across Herefordshire, Powys, updated every 15 minutes.

6stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Monaughty River StationNatural Resources Wales—0.15 m 11m agoNormal—
21.4 km by river
BytonEnvironment AgencyByton0.24 mASD 41m agoLow—
22.2 km by river
Leominster Upper MarshEnvironment Agency—0.32 mASD 41m agoLow—
910 m by river
Butts BridgeEnvironment AgencyButts Bridge0.74 mASD 41m agoLow—
5.7 km by river
Ford BridgeEnvironment Agency—0.04 mASD 41m agoLow—
29.6 km by river
LugwardineEnvironment AgencyLugwardine0.25 mASD 41m 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 Lugg 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, 4 gauges

Where the Lugg goes

Below Lugwardine, its water next reaches Mordiford, a gauge on River Wye, 6.5 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 Lugg 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

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

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

Official annual figures for the overflows traced upstream of Lugwardine, each return added up on its own. The Environment Agency’s return, 2025: 484 spills over 2,830 hours in total, across the 11 that have a figure. Welsh Water’s own return, 2022: 64 spills over 341 hours in total, across the 5 that have a figure. These are two separate returns, so the figures are given side by side, not added together.

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 Lugg includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Kenwater, above Leominster Osbourne Placejoins the Lugg above Leominster Upper Marsh2 overflows
  • Shobdon STW Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Pinsley Brook · 10.9 km by river above Leominster Osbourne Place · 2025: 122 spills, 700 h
  • Kingsland WwTW Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Pinsley Brook · 5.5 km by river above Leominster Osbourne Place · 2022: 31 spills, 163 h
Between Leominster Upper Marsh and Butts Bridge1 overflow
  • Yarpole Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Ridgemoor Brook · 10.0 km by river above Butts Bridge · 2022: 12 spills, 78 h
Between Butts Bridge and Ford Bridge3 overflows
  • Weobley Wastewater Treatment Works Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Newbridge Brook · 19.3 km by river above Ford Bridge · 2025: 62 spills, 517 h
  • Manhole 9 CSO Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Newbridge Brook · 18.6 km by river above Ford Bridge · 2025: 50 spills, 173 h
  • Leominster Wastewater Treatment Wks Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Lugg · 4.8 km by river above Ford Bridge · 2025: 58 spills, 332 h
River Arrow, above Titley Milljoins the Lugg above Ford Bridge4 overflows
River Arrow, above Eardislandjoins the Lugg above Ford Bridge2 overflows
  • Lyonshall WwTW Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Curl Brook · 11.9 km by river above Eardisland · 2022: 8 spills, 17 h
  • Pembridge CSO Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Arrow · 4.7 km by river above Eardisland · 2025: 35 spills, 65 h
Between Ford Bridge and Lugwardine4 overflows
  • Bodenham Moor Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Tributary Of River Lugg · 24.1 km by river above Lugwardine · 2022: 13 spills, 83 h
  • Off Millcroft Road Bodenham Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Tributary Of River Lugg · 23.4 km by river above Lugwardine · 2022: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Moreton On Lugg WwTW Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Lugg · 10.5 km by river above Lugwardine · 2025: 31 spills, 499 h
  • New Court Sewage Pumping Station Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Withington Brook · 2.2 km by river above Lugwardine · 2025: 32 spills, 299 h · placed on the river by its position alone

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Castlefields Leominster Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Lugg · 540 m from Butts Bridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 5 spills, 1.3 h
  • Eign Road Hereford Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Yazor Brook · 3.0 km from Lugwardine in a straight line · several watercourses close by, nothing to choose between them · 2025: 3 spills, 6.5 h

2 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Lugg’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: © Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, from its Storm Overflow Map. Annual figures for England: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence v3.0. Annual figures for Wales: Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water’s return to Natural Resources Wales, as compiled by The Rivers Trust, Open Government Licence.

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.

14 sampling points on the River Lugg and the streams that join it above Lugwardine. 9 have a sample from the last 12 months; 10 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Titley Mill River Arrow 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
The Arrow tributary at Pawpitts Farmunnamed stream5.0 km9 Jul 2026 · 3 months agoOxygen 85.8% Jun 2026Temp 12.4 °C Jun 2026pH 7.75 Jun 2026Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l Jun 2026
Above Byton River Lugg 2 points
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Lugg at Rossers Bridge, PresteigneRiver Lugg4.1 km5 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 98.9%Temp 7.4 °CpH 8.13Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Lugg downstream of Hindwell BrookRiver Lugg2.9 km23 Mar 2026 · 7 months agoOxygen 99.9%Temp 9.1 °CpH 8Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Above Eardisland River Arrow 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Arrow at MowleyRiver Arrow12 km17 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 100.4%Temp 6.6 °CpH 7.9Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Above Leominster Upper Marsh River Lugg 2 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Lugg at Lyepole BridgeRiver Lugg17 km10 Aug 2026 · 59 days agoOxygen 100.2%Temp 15.1 °CpH 8.29Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Lugg at Gilberts FarmRiver Lugg5.8 kmLast sampled 27 Feb 2023, before the imported period
Above Butts Bridge River Lugg 2 points
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Cheaton Brook at Western ViewCheaton Brook15 km19 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 96.6%Temp 7.9 °CpH 7.9Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Stretford Brook at the LeasowsStretford Brook6.7 km15 Sep 2026 · 23 days agoOxygen 79.8%Temp 15.6 °CpH 7.92Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Above Ford Bridge River Lugg 1 point, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Arrow downstream of Arrow GreenRiver Arrow14 kmLast sampled 2 Jun 2023, before the imported period
Above Lugwardine River Lugg 5 points, 3 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Humber BrookHumber Brook32 km19 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 92.2%Temp 7.7 °CpH 7.91Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Lugg tributary, Swainhill Dingleunnamed stream28 kmLast sampled 7 Mar 2023, before the imported period
Lugg MardenRiver Lugg13 km30 Jul 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 89.8%Temp 18.8 °CpH 8.11Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Lugg, downstream of Moreton on LuggRiver Lugg11 kmLast sampled 2 Dec 2021, before the imported period
River Lugg at Lugwardine BridgeRiver Lugg0.3 km18 Sep 2026 · 20 days agoOxygen 88.1%Temp 15.1 °CpH 8.19Ammonia 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.

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