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Live levels from 3 monitoring stations across Cumberland, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbiggin Bridge | 0.34 m 1h ago | Low | ||
| 5.1 km by river | ||||
| Harraby Green Business Park | 0.16 m 1h ago | Low | ||
| 1.7 km by river | ||||
| Botcherby Bridge, Carlisle | 0.50 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
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 Petteril 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 Petteril above Botcherby Bridge, Carlisle on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Below Botcherby Bridge, Carlisle, its water next reaches Sands Centre, Carlisle, a gauge on River Eden, 2.7 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.
10 storm overflows are traced upstream of Botcherby Bridge, Carlisle, the Petteril’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Petteril itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Botcherby Bridge, Carlisle: 285 spills over 2,796 hours in total, across all 10.
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 Petteril includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of the Petteril’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
10 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Petteril’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: © United Utilities 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.
17 sampling points on the River Petteril and the streams that join it above Botcherby Bridge, Carlisle, and below it. 10 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.
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Petteril adjacent to Hilltop Farm | River Petteril | 37 km | 12 Aug 2026 · 57 days ago | Oxygen 87.1%Temp 13.6 °CpH 7.96Ammonia below 0.002 mg/l |
| River Petteril upstream of confluence Millrigg Beck | River Petteril | 36 km | Last sampled 11 Sep 2002, before the imported period | |
| Millrigg Beck above the confluence with River Petteril | River Petteril | 36 km | Last sampled 11 Sep 2002, before the imported period | |
| Summerground Gill above the confluence with River Petteril | North Petteril | 36 km | Last sampled 3 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| River Petteril at Greystoke | River Petteril | 35 km | Last sampled 19 Nov 2013, before the imported period | |
| Petteril downstream of Autosampler (Greystoke) | River Petteril | 35 km | Last sampled 29 Feb 2008, before the imported period | |
| River Petteril upstream of Bridge Little Blencow | River Petteril | 33 km | 11 Sep 2026 · 27 days ago | Oxygen 94.3%Temp 11.6 °CpH 8.12Ammonia 0.0051 mg/l |
| Lamb Beck above the confluence with River Petteril | Lamb Beck | 33 km | Last sampled 25 Aug 2004, before the imported period | |
| River Petteril at Newton Reigny | River Petteril | 29 km | 11 Sep 2026 · 27 days ago | Oxygen 94.6%Temp 11.8 °CpH 8.08Ammonia 0.013 mg/l |
| River Petteril at Brockley Moor | River Petteril | 22 km | 13 Aug 2026 · 56 days ago | Oxygen 70.9%Temp 18.5 °CpH 7.81Ammonia 0.048 mg/l |
| Calthwaite Beck above the confluence with River Petteril | River Petteril | 17 km | 7 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago | Oxygen 103%Temp 14.4 °CpH 8.35Ammonia 0.02 mg/l |
| River Petteril at Calthwaite Bridge | River Petteril | 17 km | 13 Aug 2026 · 56 days ago | Oxygen 71.9%Temp 17.7 °CpH 7.93Ammonia 0.078 mg/l |
| Blackrack Beck at NY479428 | Blackrack Beck | 16 km | Last sampled 17 May 2017, before the imported period | |
| River Petteril at Southwaite | River Petteril | 10 km | 3 Sep 2026 · 35 days ago | Oxygen 91.5%Temp 15.7 °CpH 8.09Ammonia 0.017 mg/l |
| Petteril - downstream of Wreay Bridge | River Petteril | 4.0 km | 14 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago | Oxygen 94.5%Temp 15.1 °CpH 8.02Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Petteril at Golden Fleece | River Petteril | 5.1 km | 3 Sep 2026 · 35 days ago | Oxygen 87.9%Temp 14.8 °CpH 7.97Ammonia 0.023 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Petteril at Stonyholme | River Petteril | 1.1 km | 3 Sep 2026 · 35 days ago | Oxygen 90.2%Temp 15.7 °CpH 8.04Ammonia 0.018 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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