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River Sprint water levels

Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Westmorland and Furness, updated every 15 minutes.

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Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Sprint Mill, KendalBurneside0.31 m 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 Sprint 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 Sprint above Sprint Mill, Kendal on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Sprint goes

Below Sprint Mill, Kendal, its water next reaches Victoria Bridge, a gauge on River Kent, 4.5 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 Sprint 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 Sprint Mill, Kendal 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.

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 →

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.

5 sampling points on the River Sprint and the streams that join it above Sprint Mill, Kendal, and below it. 3 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.

Above Sprint Mill, Kendal River Sprint 4 points, 3 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Stockdale Beck at Grey CragStockdale Beck13 km21 Aug 2026 · 48 days agoOxygen 100.1%Temp 10.9 °CpH 7.26Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Sprint near Beech HillRiver Sprint8.4 km11 Sep 2026 · 27 days agoTemp 13 °CAmmonia below 0.03 mg/lNitrate 0.316 mg/lPhosphate below 0.01 mg/l
River Sprint at Garnett BridgeRiver Sprint3.9 kmLast sampled 10 Apr 2017, before the imported period
River Sprint downstream of Gurnal BridgeRiver Sprint1.5 km4 Dec 2024 · 22 months agoOxygen 98.7%Temp 6.6 °CpH 7.52Ammonia below 0.002 mg/l
Below Sprint Mill, Kendal 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Sprint above the confluence with River KentRiver Sprint0.2 km10 Sep 2026 · 28 days agoOxygen 107.6% May 2026Temp 15.6 °CpH 8.11 May 2026Ammonia 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.