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River Roch water levels

Live levels from 4 monitoring stations across Greater Manchester, updated every 15 minutes.

4stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
LittleboroughLittleborough0.10 m 33m agoNormal—
4.5 km by river
Albert Royds BridgeSmallbridge0.32 m 33m agoNormal—
4.8 km by river
RochdaleRochdale0.11 m 33m agoNormal—
14.9 km by river
Blackford BridgeBury0.05 m 33m 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 Roch 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, 3 gauges

Where the Roch goes

Below Blackford Bridge, its water next reaches Pioneer Mills, a gauge on River Irwell, 2.4 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 Roch 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

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

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 46 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 Blackford Bridge: 1,232 spills over 5,062 hours in total, across all 47.

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 Roch includes the smaller streams that join it there. Every overflow traced is listed here, each stretch in full. Back to the short lists →

Between Littleborough and Albert Royds Bridge4 overflows
  • Ashes Lane CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Beal · 2.7 km by river above Albert Royds Bridge · 2025: 43 spills, 332 h
  • Smith Bridge Road CSO 35051 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 2.2 km by river above Albert Royds Bridge · 2025: 20 spills, 159 h
  • Oakcliffe Road CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Culverted Trib Of River Roch · 720 m by river above Albert Royds Bridge · 2025: 26 spills, 52 h
  • Millgate CSO 35025 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 240 m by river above Albert Royds Bridge · 2025: 26 spills, 53 h
River Beal, above Station Roadjoins the Roch above Albert Royds Bridge3 overflows
  • Peppermint Bridge CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Piethorne Brook Trib Rvr Beal · 3.2 km by river above Station Road · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Shaw Road CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Beal · 1.6 km by river above Station Road · 2025: 2 spills, 3.8 h
  • Shaw Main Outfall Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Beal · 1.5 km by river above Station Road · 2025: 20 spills, 174 h
Between Albert Royds Bridge and Rochdale23 overflows
  • Whitworth SSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Spodden · 7.7 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 3 spills, 13 h
  • Whitworth CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Spodden · 6.7 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 53 spills, 269 h
  • Station Road (Whitworth) CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Spodden · 5.8 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 2 spills, 7.2 h
  • Newbold Street CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into The Stanney Brook · 4.9 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 26 spills, 22 h
  • Bond St CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Hey Brook Via Sws · 4.9 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Albert Royds Street CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 4.7 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 2 spills, 14 h
  • Albert Royds Street CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 4.6 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 73 spills, 139 h
  • Stanney Road CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Stanney Brook · 4.6 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 4 spills, 13 h
  • Yorkshire St Oswald St CSO 35024 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Hey Brook Trib Of River Roch · 4.3 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 31 spills, 51 h
  • Trafalgar Street /Ramsey Street CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch Via Sws · 3.3 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 2 spills, 0.6 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Milnrow Road/Pine Street CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch Via Sws · 3.1 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 5 spills, 0.9 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Milnrow Road/Fishwick Street CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch Via Sws · 3.1 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 55 spills, 76 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Milnrow Road/Fishwick Street CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch Via Sws · 3.1 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 2 spills, 0.2 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Footwood / Spodden Valley CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Spodden, Trib River Roch · 2.8 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 35 spills, 219 h
  • Smith St And John St CSO 35021 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 2.7 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 34 spills, 48 h
  • Water Street CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 2.6 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 22 spills, 17 h
  • Drake Street CSO (35038) Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Culverted River Roch Via Sws · 2.2 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 8 spills, 11 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Spotland Bridge CSO 35035 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Spodden · 2.2 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 51 spills, 128 h
  • Mellor Street CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Spodden · 2.2 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Yorkshire Street CSO 35022 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 2.1 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 5 spills, 12 h
  • Manchester Rd CSO (351tt) Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch Via Sws · 1.7 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 11 spills, 2.9 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Toad Lane - High Street CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 1.6 km by river above Rochdale · 2025: 9 spills, 5.6 h
  • Oakenrod Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 650 m by river above Rochdale · 2025: 87 spills, 509 h
Between Rochdale and Blackford Bridge17 overflows
  • Oldham Road CSO 35027 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Clvrt Sec Of Sudden Brook · 18.4 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 84 spills, 241 h
  • Rochdale WwTW Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 14.5 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 104 spills, 1,503 h
  • Sudden Valley Sewer Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 14.4 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 83 spills, 236 h
  • Norden/Bamford Outfall Sewer Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 13.6 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 22 spills, 74 h
  • Edenfield Road CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Naden Brook · 12.9 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 1 spill, 3.7 h
  • 745 Edenfield Road CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Naden Brook Trib Of R Roch · 12.9 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 1 spill, 0.1 h
  • John Street CSO 35020 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Millers Brook Via Sws · 11.9 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 20 spills, 18 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Hooley Bridge CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into The River Roch · 10.0 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 39 spills, 140 h
  • Peel Lane No 2 CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 8.8 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 35 spills, 69 h
  • Peel Lane CSO No. 1 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 8.7 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 43 spills, 92 h
  • Heywood (Botany STW) CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 8.5 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 35 spills, 241 h
  • Bridge Hall Lane CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 5.4 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Opp 182 Rochdale Road CSO (Bry0141) Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Clv Trib Of River Roch · 4.7 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 4 spills, 3.5 h
  • Rochdale Road/Wash Lane SSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 4.6 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 25 spills, 26 h
  • Waterfold Lane CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Roch · 4.0 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 30 spills, 14 h
  • Primrose Hill CSO Status unknown
    United Utilities · into Barn Brook · 3.9 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Pimhole CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Barn Brook · 3.8 km by river above Blackford Bridge · 2025: 49 spills, 71 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Manchester Road CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Tame · 30 m from Blackford Bridge in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Sunny Bank Road CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Parr Brook Via Sws · 370 m from Blackford Bridge in a straight line · reaches the river through a sewer or culvert · 2025: 32 spills, 76 h
  • Linksview Estate CSO 091bc Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Parr Brook · 370 m from Blackford Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 18 spills, 9.7 h
  • Belfield Road/Beswicke Royds St CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Sanney Brook · 490 m from Albert Royds Bridge in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 40 spills, 93 h
  • Dyehouse Lane CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Ash Brook · 640 m from Albert Royds Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 11 spills, 1.2 h
  • Parr Brook CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Parr Brook · 1.0 km from Blackford Bridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 42 spills, 96 h
  • Greenbank Road/Rossall Road CSO Not discharging bathing water
    United Utilities · into Foxholes Brook · 1.0 km from Albert Royds Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 1 spill, 0.1 h
  • Cheetham Street / St Mary’s Gate CSO (359kz-Co2) Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Culverted Section Of River Roch · 1.4 km from Albert Royds Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Union Street CSO (359kz-Co1) Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Culverted Section Of River Roch · 1.4 km from Albert Royds Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • St Marys Gate/Cheetham Street CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Johnson Brook · 1.5 km from Albert Royds Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 21 spills, 16 h
  • Rooley Moor Rd W51 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Trib Healey Dell · 1.7 km from Rochdale in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 7 spills, 8.9 h
  • Hartley Lane CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Trib Of Suddon Brook · 1.8 km from Rochdale in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 45 spills, 78 h
  • Waterhouse Close (Wardle) CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Ash Brook · 2.0 km from Albert Royds Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 20 spills, 23 h
  • Opposite 110 Water Street Combined Sewer Oveflow (Bry0139) Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Manchester, Bolton And Bury Canal · 2.7 km from Blackford Bridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 7 spills, 12 h
  • Maple Avenue CSO Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Trib Bradley Brook Suf Wtr Sew · 2.8 km from Blackford Bridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 14 spills, 9.9 h

3 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.

16 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Roch’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.

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.

47 sampling points on the River Roch and the streams that join it above Blackford Bridge. 7 have a sample from the last 12 months; 9 have any sample banked.

Sampled most recently, anywhere on the Roch and its streams:

Where, from the source downSampling pointsNewest sample
Above Littleborough2 points0 samplednone banked
Above Station RoadRiver Beal · joins the Roch above Albert Royds Bridge2 points1 sampled24 Jul 2026
Above Albert Royds Bridge8 points0 samplednone banked
Above Rochdale15 points3 sampled24 Mar 2026
Above Blackford Bridge20 points5 sampled28 May 2026

England's samples only. Each count opens the list of those points, nearest first, with the date of each one’s latest sample (the gauge’s “Upstream of here” list).

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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