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Live levels from 3 monitoring stations across Leicestershire, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Glen | 0.84 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 14.8 km by river | ||||
| South Wigston | 0.94 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| Station | Level now | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Temple Millplace estimated | 0.23 mASD 1h ago | Low |
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 Sence 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 Sence above South Wigston on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
No gauge below South Wigston is known on the river map.
No gauged tributary joins the Sence above Temple Mill on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Below Temple Mill, its water next reaches Polesworth, a gauge on River Anker, 19.0 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 South Wigston, the Sence’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Sence itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of South Wigston: 224 spills over 2,246 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 Sence includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of the Sence’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
3 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
17 storm overflows are traced upstream of Temple Mill, the Sence’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Sence itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Temple Mill: 295 spills over 1,638 hours in total, across all 17.
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 Sence 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.
11 sampling points on the River Sence and the streams that join it above South Wigston, and below it. 8 have a sample from the last 12 months; 8 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 Sence (Soar) downstream of Billesdon | River Sence | 8.7 km | Last sampled 8 Dec 2021, before the imported period | |
| River Sence (Soar) at Great Glen | River Sence | 0.2 km | 5 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago | Oxygen 96.3%Temp 7.9 °CpH 8.17Ammonia 0.17 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton (Sense) Brook at Burton Overy | Burton Brook | 17 km | 11 Sep 2026 · 27 days ago | Oxygen 75.1%Temp 13.7 °CpH 7.73Ammonia 0.032 mg/l |
| Burton (Sense) Brook at Great Glen | Burton Brook | 15 km | Last sampled 8 Dec 2021, before the imported period | |
| Fleckney Brook downstream of Fleckney sewage treatment works | unnamed stream | 13 km | 11 Sep 2026 · 27 days ago | Oxygen 96.3%Temp 16.5 °CpH 7.73Ammonia 0.16 mg/l |
| Lutterworth Road | unnamed stream | 8.9 km | 9 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago | Oxygen 91.2%Temp 9.9 °CpH 7.8Ammonia 0.058 mg/l |
| River Sence (Soar) at Newton Harcourt | River Sence | 8.9 km | Last sampled 8 Dec 2021, before the imported period | |
| River Sence (Soar) at Kilby Bridge | River Sence | 4.0 km | 7 Sep 2026 · 31 days ago | Oxygen 74.3%Temp 16.9 °CpH 7.63Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Countesthorpe Brook at Countesthorpe | unnamed stream | 2.9 km | 7 Sep 2026 · 31 days ago | Oxygen 83.4%Temp 16.5 °CpH 7.86Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Sence (Soar) at Wigston | River Sence | 0.1 km | 7 Sep 2026 · 31 days ago | Oxygen 68.7%Temp 17.8 °CpH 7.68Ammonia 0.22 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Sence (Soar) confluence with River Soar | River Sence | 4.7 km | 1 Sep 2026 · 37 days ago | Oxygen 65.3%Temp 16.8 °CpH 7.44Ammonia 2.3 mg/l |
11 sampling points on the River Sence and the streams that join it above Temple Mill, and below it. 5 have a sample from the last 12 months; 8 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 Sence (Anker) - Hugglescote Cem - upstream of Kelham BG | River Sence | 14 km | 20 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 92.8%Temp 12.7 °CpH 7.95Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Sence (Anker) - Pisca Lane Heather | River Sence | 9.8 km | Last sampled 9 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| River Sence at Heather Wood | River Sence | 9.0 km | 6 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years ago | Oxygen 89.2%Temp 4.5 °CpH 7.84Ammonia 0.17 mg/l |
| Osbaston Brook - Osbaston Hall | unnamed stream | 7.9 km | 6 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago | pH 8.04 |
| Odstone Brook/Ibstock Brook - downstream of Ibstock sewage treatment works | unnamed stream | 6.7 km | 18 Feb 2025 · 20 months ago | Oxygen 94.8%Temp 4.8 °CpH 8.05Ammonia 0.087 mg/l |
| River Sence (Anker) - Shackerstone | River Sence | 4.6 km | 21 Mar 2025 · 19 months ago | Oxygen 107.6%Temp 9.9 °CpH 8.38Ammonia 0.1 mg/l |
| Carlton Brook - Carlton Bridge | unnamed stream | 3.8 km | 6 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago | pH 8.14 |
| River Sence (Anker) - Congerstone | River Sence | 2.9 km | Last sampled 2 Mar 2010, before the imported period | |
| Carlton Brook NW of Market Bosworth | unnamed stream | 2.8 km | 2 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago | Oxygen 92.3%Temp 8.4 °CpH 8Ammonia 0.053 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Sence (Anker) - Harris Bridge | River Sence | 0.7 km | Last sampled 2 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| River Sence (Anker) - Ratcliffe Culey | River Sence | 8.0 km | 21 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 95.6%Temp 13.1 °CpH 8.07Ammonia 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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