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Live levels from 4 monitoring stations across West Midlands, Worcestershire, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longbridge | 0.27 mASD 34m ago | Normal | ||
| 8.8 km by river | ||||
| Selly Park | -0.05 mASD 49m ago | Low | ||
| 3.2 km by river | ||||
| Calthorpe Park | 0.08 mASD 49m ago | Low | ||
| Station | Level now | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Newnham Bridgeplace estimated | 0.57 mASD 49m 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 Rea above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
No gauged tributary joins the Rea above Calthorpe Park on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Below Calthorpe Park, its water next reaches Water Orton, a gauge on River Tame, 14.2 km by river downstream.
No gauged tributary joins the Rea above Newnham Bridge on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Below Newnham Bridge, its water next reaches Stanford Bridge, a gauge on River Teme, 13.3 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.
25 storm overflows are traced upstream of Calthorpe Park, the Rea’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Rea itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Calthorpe Park: 326 spills over 605 hours in total, across all 25.
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 Rea includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of the Rea’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
26 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Rea’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.
1 storm overflow is traced upstream of Newnham Bridge, the Rea’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Rea itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflow traced upstream of Newnham Bridge: 9 spills over 30 hours.
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 Rea includes the smaller streams that join it there.
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.
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.
8 sampling points on the River Rea and the streams that join it above Calthorpe Park, and below it. 4 have a sample from the last 12 months; 4 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 Rea - Bristol Road South | River Rea | 8.8 km | 16 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago | Oxygen 95.3%Temp 17.4 °CpH 7.87Ammonia 0.53 mg/l |
| River Rea - West Heath Road Northfield | River Rea | 6.3 km | Last sampled 27 Jan 2017, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Rea - Dog Pool Lane | River Rea | 2.9 km | 12 Aug 2026 · 57 days ago | Oxygen 104.5%Temp 20.7 °CpH 8.14Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Rea - Kitchener Road | River Rea | 2.7 km | Last sampled 29 Sep 2014, before the imported period | |
| Bourn Brook - at Pershore Road | Bourn Brook | 1.6 km | 12 Aug 2026 · 57 days ago | Oxygen 130.5%Temp 21.3 °CpH 8.4Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Rea - Cannon Hill Park | River Rea | 0.9 km | 19 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 95.5%Temp 12.5 °CpH 7.85Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Rea - Erskine Street | River Rea | 3.4 km | Last sampled 16 Feb 2017, before the imported period | |
| River Rea Cuckoo Road Gravelly Salford Park | River Rea | 5.9 km | Last sampled 2 Mar 2020, before the imported period |
14 sampling points on the River Rea and the streams that join it above Newnham Bridge. 4 have a sample from the last 12 months; 6 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterburn Brook at Upper Overton Farm | Winterburn Brook | 33 km | Last sampled 6 Dec 2022, before the imported period | |
| Cleobury Brook at Wrickton | Cleobury Brook | 32 km | 12 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 100%Temp 10.5 °CpH 8.43Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Rea at Walkerslow | Rea Brook | 32 km | Last sampled 15 May 2014, before the imported period | |
| Moor Brook at Duddlewick | Moor Brook | 28 km | Last sampled 27 Dec 2018, before the imported period | |
| River Rea 500 m upstream of Farlow Brook | River Rea | 25 km | Last sampled 13 Aug 2021, before the imported period | |
| Farlow Brook, Oreton Ford | Farlow Brook | 25 km | 12 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 104.9%Temp 10.3 °CpH 8.44Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Rea at Prescott | River Rea | 25 km | Last sampled 20 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| River Rea at Factory Lane | River Rea | 24 km | 16 Dec 2024 · 22 months ago | Oxygen 100.1%Temp 8.9 °CpH 8.18Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Rea at A4117 Bridge Cleobury Mortimr | River Rea | 16 km | Last sampled 20 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| Mill Brook at Oak Lodge | Mill Brook | 9.9 km | 11 Aug 2026 · 58 days ago | Oxygen 83.3% Jul 2026Temp 19.6 °C Jul 2026pH 7.91 Jul 2026Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l Jul 2026 |
| Shakenhurst Brook at Shakenhurst Hall | Shakenhurst Brook | 8.1 km | 19 Dec 2024 · 22 months ago | Oxygen 96%Temp 7.1 °CpH 8.08Ammonia 0.086 mg/l |
| Mill Brook Bridge Neen Solars, Mill Brook | Mill Brook | 6.4 km | 2 Sep 2026 · 36 days ago | Oxygen 93.8%Temp 14.6 °CpH 7.96Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Rea at Neen Solars | River Rea | 6.2 km | Last sampled 2 Aug 2002, before the imported period | |
| Mill Brook at Neen Sollars (BIO SP Point) | Mill Brook | 4.8 km | Last sampled 7 Nov 2013, 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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