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River Piddle water levels

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

5stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
South HouseWhite Lackington0.09 mASD 26m agoNormal—
3.1 km by river
Little PuddlePiddlehinton0.07 mASD 26m agoLow—
5.0 km by river
Puddletown North BrookPuddletown North Brook0.09 m 18h agoold reading
order between these two not confirmed
Puddletown Riverside CourtPuddletown Riverside Court0.04 m 1h agoLow▽
8.3 km by river
BriantspuddleBriantspuddle0.17 mASD 26m 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 Piddle above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.

1 gauged tributary, 1 gauge

Where the Piddle goes

Below Briantspuddle, its water next reaches BAGGS MILL, 14.4 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 Piddle 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

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

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 3 not discharging
  • 1 offline or silent: 1 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 0 no live feed

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Briantspuddle: 154 spills over 3,446 hours in total, across all 4.

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 Piddle includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above South House, the Piddle’s highest gauge2 overflows
Between Little Puddle and Puddletown North Brook1 overflow
  • WXW01305 Not discharging
    Wessex Water · 670 m by river above Puddletown North Brook · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · placed on the river by its position alone
Above Briantspuddle, below Puddletown North Brook and Puddletown Riverside Court1 overflow
  • Affpuddle Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Tributary Of River Piddle · 1.9 km by river above Briantspuddle · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Briantspuddle Sewage Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Tributary Of River Piddle (S) · 230 m from Briantspuddle in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 1 spill, 6.8 h

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: © Wessex 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.

21 sampling points on the River Piddle and the streams that join it above Briantspuddle, and below it. 5 have a sample from the last 12 months; 5 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above South House River Piddle 2 points, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Piddle downstream of Manor HouseRiver Piddle3.8 kmLast sampled 6 Dec 2006, before the imported period
River Piddle at Alton PancrasRiver Piddle3.8 kmLast sampled 25 Feb 2005, before the imported period
Above Little Puddle River Piddle 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Piddle at PiddlehintonRiver Piddle0.9 km4 Sep 2026 · 34 days agoOxygen 94%Temp 18.2 °CpH 8.1Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Above Briantspuddle River Piddle 8 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Mill HouseDevil's Brook12 km17 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 95.7%Temp 9.2 °CpH 8.2Ammonia 0.015 mg/l
Devils Fryers BridgeDevil's Brook8.9 kmLast sampled 4 Jun 2019, before the imported period
River Piddle at PuddletownRiver Piddle8.3 kmLast sampled 17 Mar 2009, before the imported period
River Piddle WestRiver Piddle4.9 kmLast sampled 29 Nov 2004, before the imported period
Piddle upstream of East Tolpuddle BHRiver Piddle4.1 kmLast sampled 29 Nov 2004, before the imported period
River Piddle at TolpuddleRiver Piddle4.0 kmLast sampled 29 Nov 2004, before the imported period
River Piddle SouthRiver Piddle3.3 kmLast sampled 29 Nov 2004, before the imported period
River Piddle EastRiver Piddle1.9 kmLast sampled 29 Nov 2004, before the imported period
Below Briantspuddle 10 points, 3 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Piddle at TurnerspuddleRiver Piddle1.0 kmLast sampled 4 Jun 2021, before the imported period
River Piddle upstream of Brockhill Fish FarmRiver Piddle2.1 kmLast sampled 3 Jul 2000, before the imported period
River Piddle downstream of Brockhill Fish FarmRiver Piddle2.2 kmLast sampled 19 Jan 2004, before the imported period
Piddle upstream of Chamberlaynes FarmRiver Piddle3.1 km23 Jul 2026 · 3 months agopH 7.97
River Piddle at HydeRiver Piddle7.0 kmLast sampled 4 Dec 2012, before the imported period
Piddle at Hyde EstateRiver Piddle8.8 km3 Jul 2026 · 3 months agoOxygen 110.9%Temp 17.1 °CpH 8.16Ammonia 0.0058 mg/l
River Piddle downstream of Purbeck Fish FarmRiver Piddle11 kmLast sampled 13 Jan 2004, before the imported period
River Piddle at Eight HatchesRiver Piddle11 kmLast sampled 16 Nov 2017, before the imported period
River Piddle downstream of 8 Hatches Fish FarmRiver Piddle12 kmLast sampled 17 Mar 2009, before the imported period
River Piddle at West MillsRiver Piddle14 km12 Aug 2026 · 57 days agoOxygen 102.9%Temp 18.8 °CpH 7.94Ammonia 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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