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River Poulter water levels

Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Nottinghamshire, updated every 15 minutes.

1stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Twyford BridgeElkesley1.04 mASD 47m 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 Poulter 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 Poulter above Twyford Bridge on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Poulter goes

Below Twyford Bridge, its water next reaches Ordsall, a gauge on River Idle, 5.6 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

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

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

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Twyford Bridge: 191 spills over 828 hours in total, across the 5 that have a figure. 1 had no usable monitor data that year.

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 Poulter includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Twyford Bridge, the Poulter’s highest gauge6 overflows
  • Creswell Sewage Pumping Station Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Millwood Brook - Creswell Arm · 22.7 km by river above Twyford Bridge · 2025: 35 spills, 127 h · placed on the river by its position alone
  • Creswell Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into A Tributary Of Millwood Brook · 22.7 km by river above Twyford Bridge · 2025: 59 spills, 286 h
  • Whaley Thorns - Main Road/Limes Ave (So) No live feed
    Severn Trent Water · into River Poulter · 20.8 km by river above Twyford Bridge · 2025: no data
  • Langwith CSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Poulter · 20.7 km by river above Twyford Bridge · 2025: 39 spills, 82 h
  • Nether Langwith STW Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Poulter · 19.7 km by river above Twyford Bridge · 2025: 15 spills, 111 h
  • Norton STW Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Poulter · 16.2 km by river above Twyford Bridge · 2025: 43 spills, 223 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: © 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.

24 sampling points on the River Poulter and the streams that join it above Twyford Bridge. 7 have a sample from the last 12 months; 7 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Twyford Bridge River Poulter 24 points, 7 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Millwood Brook downstream of Clowne sewage treatment worksunnamed stream26 km11 Aug 2026 · 58 days agoOxygen 97.6%Temp 16.8 °CpH 8.08Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Millwood Brook at Hazelmere Roadunnamed stream25 kmLast sampled 14 Feb 2023, before the imported period
Millwood Brook at Cresswell upstream of B6042unnamed stream24 kmLast sampled 28 Jul 2015, before the imported period
Millwood Brook, Creswell Crags Footbridgeunnamed stream23 kmLast sampled 28 Jul 2015, before the imported period
Millwood Brook at A60 Road Bridgeunnamed stream22 km9 Jul 2026 · 3 months agopH 8.17
River Poulter at Nether LangwithRiver Poulter22 kmLast sampled 6 Dec 2021, before the imported period
River Poulter at Queens WalkRiver Poulter21 kmLast sampled 5 Feb 2020, before the imported period
Millwood Brook downstream of Mill PondsMillwood Brook21 kmLast sampled 14 Feb 2023, before the imported period
River Poulter downstream of Nether Langwith LakeRiver Poulter20 km9 Jul 2026 · 3 months agopH 8.37
River Poulter downstream of Langwith Lodge LaneRiver Poulter20 kmLast sampled 17 Nov 2009, before the imported period
River Poulter downstream of Langwith sewage treatment worksRiver Poulter20 kmLast sampled 7 Jan 2020, before the imported period
Millwood Brook upstream of Sloswicks FarmMillwood Brook19 kmLast sampled 28 Dec 2017, before the imported period
Millwood Brook at Sloswicks FarmMillwood Brook19 kmLast sampled 14 Feb 2023, before the imported period
River Poulter at CuckneyRiver Poulter18 km20 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 97.2%Temp 12.3 °CpH 8.22Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Poulter upstream of Norton Water MeadowsRiver Poulter16 kmLast sampled 5 Feb 2020, before the imported period
River Poulter at Inlet to Great LakeRiver Poulter15 kmLast sampled 25 Feb 2015, before the imported period
Poulter, Exit from Carburton Forge DamRiver Poulter14 kmLast sampled 25 Feb 2015, before the imported period
River Poulter at Exit Carburton Dam WFD InvestigationalRiver Poulter13 kmLast sampled 21 Sep 2021, before the imported period
River Poulter at CarburtonRiver Poulter12 km3 Aug 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 92.6%Temp 16.4 °CpH 8.24Ammonia 0.041 mg/l
Poulter, Inlet to Clumber LakeRiver Poulter11 kmLast sampled 25 Feb 2015, before the imported period
River Poulter As It Exits Clumber LakeRiver Poulter8.0 kmLast sampled 25 Feb 2015, before the imported period
River Poulter at Normanton BridgeRiver Poulter6.8 kmLast sampled 10 Mar 2017, before the imported period
River Poulter CrookfordRiver Poulter3.7 km5 Aug 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 93.2%Temp 19.5 °CpH 8.36Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Poulter at ElkesleyRiver Poulter0.1 km22 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 89.3%Temp 15.3 °CpH 8.34Ammonia 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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