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Live levels from 16 monitoring stations across Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheepwash | 0.28 mASD 1h ago | Low | ||
| 5.8 km by river | ||||
| Park Hill | 0.23 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 1.6 km by river | ||||
| Bescot | 0.88 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 6.4 km by river | ||||
| Sandwell Woodend | 0.57 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 2.8 km by river | ||||
| Perry Park | 0.47 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 3.9 km by river | ||||
| Brookvale Road | 0.55 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 10.9 km by river | ||||
| Water Ortonstructure | 0.29 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 8.6 km by river | ||||
| Lea Marston | 0.40 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 12.7 km by river | ||||
| Tamworth | 0.90 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 3.3 km by river | ||||
| Hopwas | 0.61 mASD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 6.5 km by river | ||||
| Elford | 1.38 mASD 1h ago | — | ||
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delph | 0.11 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 4.3 km by river | ||||
| Uppermill | 0.05 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 5.3 km by river | ||||
| Waggon Road | 0.46 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 13.6 km by river | ||||
| Broomstairs Bridge | 0.24 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 12.8 km by river | ||||
| Portwood | 0.12 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
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 Tame above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
Joins the Tame between Park Hill and Bescot, no more than 1.4 km by river above Bescot.
| Walsall | 0.21 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Bescot and every gauge below it on the Tame. It does not pass Park Hill or the gauges above it.
Joins the Tame between Brookvale Road and Water Orton, no more than 14.2 km by river above Water Orton.
| Longbridge | 0.28 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
| 8.8 km by river | ||
| Selly Park | -0.03 mASD 1h ago | Low |
| 3.2 km by river | ||
| Calthorpe Park | 0.09 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Water Orton and every gauge below it on the Tame. It does not pass Brookvale Road or the gauges above it.
Joins the Tame between Water Orton and Lea Marston, no more than 8.0 km by river above Lea Marston.
| Cheswick Green | 0.26 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
| downstream, distance by river not measured | ||
| Castle Farm | 0.69 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Lea Marston and every gauge below it on the Tame. It does not pass Water Orton or the gauges above it.
Joins the Tame between Water Orton and Lea Marston, no more than 6.0 km by river above Lea Marston.
| Solihull Lodge | 0.26 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
| 19.9 km by river | ||
| Bacons End | 0.18 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
| 5.8 km by river | ||
| Swans Barn | 1.01 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Lea Marston and every gauge below it on the Tame. It does not pass Water Orton or the gauges above it.
Joins the Tame between Lea Marston and Tamworth, no more than 8.5 km by river above Tamworth.
| Hints | 1.26 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Tamworth and every gauge below it on the Tame. It does not pass Lea Marston or the gauges above it.
Joins the Tame between Tamworth and Hopwas, no more than 12.8 km by river above Hopwas.
| Nuneaton | 0.72 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
| 12.6 km by river | ||
| Mancetter | 0.84 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
| 13.3 km by river | ||
| Polesworthstructure | 0.13 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Hopwas and every gauge below it on the Tame. It does not pass Tamworth or the gauges above it.
Below Elford, its water next reaches Drakelow, a gauge on River Trent, 18.2 km by river downstream.
Joins the Tame between Uppermill and Waggon Road, no more than 430 m by river above Waggon Road.
| Mossley Micklehurst Road | 0.94 m 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Waggon Road and every gauge below it on the Tame. It does not pass Uppermill or the gauges above it.
Below Portwood, its water next reaches Brinksway, a gauge on River Mersey, 3.4 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.
247 storm overflows are traced upstream of Elford, the Tame’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Tame itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Elford: 2,615 spills over 9,212 hours in total, across the 244 that have a figure. 3 had no usable monitor data that year.
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 Tame includes the smaller streams that join it there. Where a stretch or a tributary has more than 4, the 3 discharging now or nearest its gauge are listed, the rest are counted, and every one is in that gauge’s “Upstream of here” list. Show every overflow in every stretch →
and 6 more: show all 9 overflows on this stretch → All above Park Hill, nearest first →
and 17 more: show all 20 overflows on this stretch → All above Bescot, nearest first →
and 17 more: show all 20 overflows on this stretch → All above Walsall, nearest first →
and 4 more: show all 7 overflows on this stretch → All above Brookvale Road, nearest first →
and 57 more: show all 60 overflows on this stretch → All above Water Orton, nearest first →
and 22 more: show all 25 overflows on the Rea and the streams that join it → All above Calthorpe Park, nearest first →
and 28 more: show all 31 overflows on the Cole and the streams that join it → All above Swans Barn, nearest first →
and 3 more: show all 6 overflows on this stretch → All above Tamworth, nearest first →
and 2 more: show all 5 overflows on this stretch → All above Hints, nearest first →
and 39 more: show all 42 overflows on the Anker and the streams that join it → All above Polesworth, nearest first →
Within 3 km of one of the Tame’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
33 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
61 storm overflows are traced upstream of Portwood, the Tame’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Tame itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Portwood: 1,696 spills over 8,649 hours in total, across all 61.
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 Tame includes the smaller streams that join it there. Where a stretch or a tributary has more than 4, the 3 discharging now or nearest its gauge are listed, the rest are counted, and every one is in that gauge’s “Upstream of here” list. Show every overflow in every stretch →
and 3 more: show all 6 overflows on this stretch → All above Waggon Road, nearest first →
and 29 more: show all 32 overflows on this stretch → All above Broomstairs Bridge, nearest first →
and 13 more: show all 16 overflows on this stretch → All above Portwood, nearest first →
Within 3 km of one of the Tame’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
24 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
20 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Tame’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: © Severn Trent Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. 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.
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.
Sampled most recently, anywhere on these rivers and their streams:
177 sampling points on the River Tame and the streams that join it above Elford, and below it. 63 have a sample from the last 12 months; 80 have any sample banked.
| Where, from the source down | Sampling points | Newest sample |
|---|---|---|
| Above Sheepwash | 5 points1 sampled | 17 Dec 2024 |
| Above Park Hill | 7 points2 sampled | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Above WalsallFord Brook · joins the Tame above Bescot | 8 points3 sampled | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Above Bescot | 13 points6 sampled | 17 Sep 2026 |
| Above Sandwell Woodend | 3 points2 sampled | 15 Jul 2026 |
| River Rea and its streamsjoins the Tame above Water Orton | 6 points4 sampled | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Above Perry Park | 1 point | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Above Brookvale Road | 1 point0 sampled | none banked |
| River Anker and its streamsjoins the Tame above Hopwas | 37 points24 sampled | 17 Sep 2026 |
| River Cole and its streamsjoins the Tame above Lea Marston | 20 points6 sampled | 23 Sep 2026 |
| Above Water Orton | 19 points4 sampled | 28 Aug 2026 |
| River Blythe and its streamsjoins the Tame above Lea Marston | 13 points7 sampled | 21 Sep 2026 |
| Above Lea Marston | 15 points7 sampled | 21 Sep 2026 |
| Above Tamworth | 12 points5 sampled | 11 Sep 2026 |
| Above Hopwas | 4 points2 sampled | 29 May 2026 |
| Above Elford | 1 point0 sampled | none banked |
| Above HintsBourne Brook · joins the Tame above Tamworth | 11 points5 sampled | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Below the lowest gauge | 1 point | 28 Jul 2026 |
28 sampling points on the River Tame and the streams that join it above Portwood, and below it. 10 have a sample from the last 12 months; 14 have any sample banked.
| Where, from the source down | Sampling points | Newest sample |
|---|---|---|
| Above Delph | 5 points1 sampled | 5 Dec 2023 |
| Above Uppermill | 1 point0 sampled | none banked |
| Above Mossley Micklehurst RoadMicklehurst Brook · joins the Tame above Waggon Road | 1 point0 sampled | none banked |
| Above Waggon Road | 7 points4 sampled | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Above Broomstairs Bridge | 7 points5 sampled | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Above Portwood | 6 points3 sampled | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Below the lowest gauge | 1 point | 11 Aug 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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