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River Sowe water levels

Live levels from 2 monitoring stations across West Midlands, updated every 15 minutes.

2stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Longford—0.44 mASD 1h agoNormal▽
1.5 km by river
Hall Green Road—0.38 mASD 1h 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 Sowe 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 Sowe above Hall Green Road on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Sowe goes

Below Hall Green Road, its water next reaches Warwick, a gauge on River Avon, 34.8 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 Sowe 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

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Hall Green Road on the river map. That is not the same as none: the map leaves out many small streams and culverts, so an overflow it cannot place may still drain here, and not every company publishes every overflow.

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Holbrooks - Whitmore Park Road (CSO) Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Sowe · 1.1 km from Longford in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Coventry - Nunts Lane (CSO) Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Chaddesden Brook · 1.7 km from Longford in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 2 spills, 0.2 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.

17 sampling points on the River Sowe and the streams that join it above Hall Green Road, and below it. 4 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 Longford River Sowe 8 points, 3 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Sowe River Astley Lane BedworthRiver Sowe6.7 kmLast sampled 23 Feb 2017, before the imported period
Breach Brook at Smorral Lane Bridge, upstream of Corley sewage treatment works, BedworthBreach Brook6.3 kmLast sampled 22 May 2009, before the imported period
Breach Brook - 200 m downstream Corley sewage treatment worksBreach Brook5.7 kmLast sampled 15 Dec 2016, before the imported period
Breach Brook Foot-Bridge downstream of Corley sewage treatment worksBreach Brook5.0 kmLast sampled 9 Dec 2019, before the imported period
Breach Brook - Source to confluence River SoweBreach Brook2.8 km13 Dec 2024 · 22 months agoOxygen 91.2%Temp 7.4 °CpH 7.8Ammonia 0.17 mg/l
Sowe River School Lane ExhallRiver Sowe2.7 km8 Sep 2026 · 30 days agoOxygen 27.3% Aug 2026Temp 16.4 °C Aug 2026pH 7.5 Aug 2026Ammonia 0.089 mg/l Aug 2026
Breach Brook Exhall ChurchBreach Brook2.5 km14 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 97%Temp 5.5 °CpH 8Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Hall Brook confluence of River SoweRiver Sowe0.1 kmLast sampled 10 Apr 2017, before the imported period
Above Hall Green Road River Sowe 2 points, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Sowe River downstream confluence with Hall BrookRiver Sowe1.5 kmLast sampled 10 Apr 2017, before the imported period
Longford Brook Chingford Road downstream of Applied Chemunnamed stream1.4 kmLast sampled 3 Aug 2007, before the imported period
Below Hall Green Road 7 points, 4 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Sowe River Tackford Bridge Henley RoadRiver Sowe1.2 km17 Sep 2026 · 21 days agoOxygen 67.6%Temp 15.3 °CpH 7.79Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Sowe at Abbotsbury CloseRiver Sowe6.2 km8 Nov 2024 · 23 months agoOxygen 89.9%Temp 9.9 °CpH 8.11Ammonia 0.062 mg/l
River Sowe Hungerley Hall FarmRiver Sowe6.6 kmLast sampled 10 Apr 2017, before the imported period
Sowe River Binley Road BridgeRiver Sowe9.0 kmLast sampled 7 Sep 2004, before the imported period
Sowe River A45 Road BridgeRiver Sowe16 km7 Apr 2026 · 6 months agoOxygen 127.1%Temp 12.9 °CpH 7.99Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l Mar 2026
Sowe River Baginton MillRiver Sowe17 kmLast sampled 3 Dec 2021, before the imported period
Sowe River StoneleighRiver Sowe20 km5 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 100.3%Temp 15.2 °CpH 7.97Ammonia 0.067 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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