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River Stiffkey water levels

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

2stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Little WalsinghamLittle Walsingham0.10 m 27m agoNormal—
5.8 km by river
Warham—0.52 m 27m 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 Stiffkey above one of its gauges, from the source down. The river map knows where gauges are, not every stream, so a tributary without a gauge is not listed here.

No gauged tributary joins the Stiffkey above Warham on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Stiffkey goes

No gauge below Warham is known on the river map.

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.

Storm overflows upstream

1 storm overflow is traced upstream of Warham, the Stiffkey’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Stiffkey itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 1 not discharging
  • 0 offline or silent: 0 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 0 no live feed

Official figures for 2025, for the overflow traced upstream of Warham: 0 spills over 0 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 Stiffkey includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Between Little Walsingham and Warham1 overflow
  • Great Walsingham STW Not discharging
    Anglian Water · into River Stiffkey · 3.0 km by river above Warham · 2025: 0 spills, 0 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: © Anglian 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.

9 sampling points on the River Stiffkey and the streams that join it above Warham, and below it. 4 have a sample from the last 12 months; 5 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Little Walsingham River Stiffkey 4 points, 2 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Stiffkey Great Snoring BridgeRiver Stiffkey10 km11 Sep 2026 · 27 days agoOxygen 94.9%Temp 15.5 °CpH 8.32Ammonia 0.038 mg/l
River Stiffkey Thorpland Hall BridgeRiver Stiffkey7.9 kmLast sampled 17 Nov 2015, before the imported period
River Stiffkey East Barsham BridgeRiver Stiffkey4.7 km11 Sep 2026 · 27 days agoOxygen 89.6%Temp 15.3 °CpH 8.14Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Stiffkey Little Walsingham BridgeRiver Stiffkey0.7 kmLast sampled 14 Jan 2020, before the imported period
Above Warham River Stiffkey 2 points
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Stiffkey off Sunk Road Little WalsinghamRiver Stiffkey5.7 km3 Dec 2024 · 22 months agoOxygen 91.3%Temp 7.4 °CpH 8.03Ammonia 0.037 mg/l
River Stiffkey Wighton BridgeRiver Stiffkey2.0 km31 Jul 2026 · 2 months agoOxygen 88.1%Temp 14.9 °CpH 7.93Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Below Warham 3 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Stiffkey Warham BridgeRiver Stiffkey0.4 kmLast sampled 12 Jun 2012, before the imported period
River Stiffkey Stiffkey Village BridgeRiver Stiffkey4.1 km11 Sep 2026 · 27 days agoOxygen 110.6%Temp 16.4 °CpH 8.3Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Stiffkey Coast Road BridgeRiver Stiffkey6.8 kmLast sampled 12 Feb 2014, 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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