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River Meden 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
Mansfield PleasleyPleasley0.74 mASD 1h agoNormal—
8.0 km by river
Church WarsopMarket Warsop0.19 mASD 1h agoNormal▽
12.0 km by river
PerlethorpePerlethorpe0.52 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.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Gauged tributaries

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

Where the Meden goes

Below Perlethorpe, its water next reaches Ordsall, a gauge on River Idle, 16.7 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.

Storm overflows upstream

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

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 17 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 Perlethorpe: 177 spills over 590 hours in total, across all 18.

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 Meden includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Mansfield Pleasley, the Meden’s highest gauge6 overflows
  • Meden Bank Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Meden · 5.2 km by river above Mansfield Pleasley · 2025: 2 spills, 1.7 h
  • Meden Bank Combined Sewer Overflow Status unknown
    Severn Trent Water · into River Meden · 5.2 km by river above Mansfield Pleasley · 2025: 2 spills, 6.1 h
  • Skegby - Mansfield Road SSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of River Meden · 4.7 km by river above Mansfield Pleasley · 2025: 6 spills, 1.0 h
  • Skegby Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Skegby Brook · 4.3 km by river above Mansfield Pleasley · 2025: 38 spills, 114 h · placed on the river by its position alone
  • Skegby Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Skegby Brook · 4.3 km by river above Mansfield Pleasley · 2025: 37 spills, 253 h · placed on the river by its position alone
  • Wilkinsons Close CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Meden · 470 m by river above Mansfield Pleasley · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Between Mansfield Pleasley and Church Warsop4 overflows
  • Pleasley - Jenkins Street SPS Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Meden · 7.9 km by river above Church Warsop · 2025: 7 spills, 5.9 h
  • Oxclose Lane SPS Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Meden · 6.4 km by river above Church Warsop · 2025: 4 spills, 1.2 h
  • Shirebrook Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Shire Brook · 3.5 km by river above Church Warsop · 2025: 13 spills, 74 h · placed on the river by its position alone
  • Shirebrook Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Shire Brook · 3.5 km by river above Church Warsop · 2025: 8 spills, 9.2 h · placed on the river by its position alone
Between Church Warsop and Perlethorpe8 overflows

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Church Warsop WwTW Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of River Meden · 2.7 km from Church Warsop in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 30 spills, 164 h
  • Shirebrook Sewerage System CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Trib Of River Meden · 2.9 km from Church Warsop in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h

1 other overflow within 3 km of these gauges is placed below the Meden’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.

14 sampling points on the River Meden and the streams that join it above Perlethorpe. 8 have a sample from the last 12 months; 8 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Mansfield Pleasley River Meden 3 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Meden at Stanton HillRiver Meden5.6 kmLast sampled 14 Jul 2021, before the imported period
Skegby Brook at B6014unnamed stream4.8 km22 Jun 2026 · 4 months agoOxygen 95.7%Temp 14.4 °CpH 7.74Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Meden at PleasleyRiver Meden1.8 kmLast sampled 23 Nov 2012, before the imported period
Above Church Warsop River Meden 8 points, 5 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Outgang LaneRiver Meden5.4 km15 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 100.7%Temp 9.5 °CpH 8.32Ammonia 0.048 mg/l
Meden at LittlewoodRiver Meden4.5 km10 Sep 2026 · 28 days agoOxygen 96.6%Temp 13 °CpH 8.33Ammonia 0.15 mg/l
Shire Brook downstream of Shirebrook sewage treatment worksunnamed stream3.5 kmLast sampled 3 Mar 2016, before the imported period
Shirebrook Wood - Sookholme Brookunnamed stream2.6 km15 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 83.1%Temp 10.8 °CpH 7.54Ammonia 0.089 mg/l
Leas Brook at Nettleworth ManorLeas Brook2.5 kmLast sampled 15 Jun 2018, before the imported period
River Meden at LittlewoodRiver Meden2.1 kmLast sampled 6 Dec 2021, before the imported period
Shire Brook at confluence with Sookholme Brookunnamed stream2.1 km11 Mar 2026 · 7 months agoOxygen 85.1%Temp 10 °CpH 7.67Ammonia 0.13 mg/l
Shire Brook at Sookholmeunnamed stream1.7 km3 Sep 2026 · 35 days agoOxygen 82.3%Temp 16 °CpH 7.75Ammonia 0.074 mg/l
Above Perlethorpe River Meden 3 points, 2 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Meden at Warsop MillRiver Meden11 km18 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 101.4%Temp 10.9 °CpH 7.94Ammonia 0.11 mg/l
Barn Owl CloseRiver Meden10 km3 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 95.3%Temp 7.9 °CpH 8.1Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Meden at BudbyRiver Meden3.4 kmLast sampled 13 Mar 2020, before the imported period

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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