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Live levels from 6 monitoring stations across Devon, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sticklepath GS | 0.07 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 2.3 km by river | ||||
| Sticklepath | 0.16 m 45m ago | Normal | ||
| 16.5 km by river | ||||
| Taw Bridge | 0.11 m 45m ago | Low | ||
| 21.8 km by river | ||||
| Newnham Bridge | 0.18 m 45m ago | Low | ||
| 12.7 km by river | ||||
| Umberleigh | 0.17 m 45m ago | Low | ||
| 13.8 km by river | ||||
| Barnstapletidal | 1.04 mAOD 45m ago | — | ||
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 Taw 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 Taw between Taw Bridge and Newnham Bridge, no more than 9.8 km by river above Newnham Bridge.
| Chulmleigh | 0.33 m 45m ago | Normal |
Its water passes Newnham Bridge and every gauge below it on the Taw. It does not pass Taw Bridge or the gauges above it.
Joins the Taw between Taw Bridge and Newnham Bridge, no more than 17.9 km by river above Newnham Bridge.
| Collard Bridge | 0.25 m 45m ago | Normal |
| downstream, distance by river not measured | ||
| Lapford | 0.33 m 45m ago | Normal |
Its water passes Newnham Bridge and every gauge below it on the Taw. It does not pass Taw Bridge or the gauges above it.
Joins the Taw between Newnham Bridge and Umberleigh, no more than 17.6 km by river above Umberleigh.
| North Molton | 0.19 m 45m ago | Normal |
| 6.7 km by river | ||
| Mole Mills | -0.04 m 45m ago | Low |
| 14.6 km by river | ||
| Woodleigh | 0.26 m 45m ago | Low |
Its water passes Umberleigh and every gauge below it on the Taw. It does not pass Newnham Bridge or the gauges above it.
Joins the Taw between Umberleigh and Barnstaple, no more than 1.4 km by river above Barnstaple.
| Coney Gut | 0.48 mASD 45m ago | Normal |
| 790 m by river | ||
| Portmarsh Lane | 0.23 mASD 30m ago | Normal |
Its water passes Barnstaple and every gauge below it on the Taw. It does not pass Umberleigh or the gauges above it.
Joins the Taw between Umberleigh and Barnstaple, no more than 7.9 km by river above Barnstaple.
| Landkey Newland Tanners Road | 0.16 m 3h ago | Low |
Its water passes Barnstaple and every gauge below it on the Taw. It does not pass Umberleigh or the gauges above it.
Joins the Taw between Umberleigh and Barnstaple, no more than 11.0 km by river above Barnstaple.
| Swimbridge | 0.03 mASD 30m ago | Low |
Its water passes Barnstaple and every gauge below it on the Taw. It does not pass Umberleigh or the gauges above it.
No gauge below Barnstaple 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.
32 storm overflows are traced upstream of Barnstaple, the Taw’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Taw itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Barnstaple: 1,969 spills over 20,427 hours in total, across all 32.
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 Taw 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 Taw Bridge, nearest first →
and 2 more: show all 5 overflows on this stretch → All above Newnham Bridge, nearest first →
and 2 more: show all 5 overflows on this stretch → All above Lapford, nearest first →
and 6 more: show all 9 overflows on the Mole and the streams that join it → All above Woodleigh, nearest first →
Within 3 km of one of the Taw’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
13 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
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: © South West 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.
91 sampling points on the River Taw and the streams that join it above Barnstaple. 38 have a sample from the last 12 months; 49 have any sample banked.
Sampled most recently, anywhere on the Taw and its streams:
| Where, from the source down | Sampling points | Newest sample |
|---|---|---|
| Above STICKLEPATH | 1 point | 11 May 2026 |
| Above Sticklepath | 1 point0 sampled | none banked |
| River Mole and its streamsjoins the Taw above Umberleigh | 31 points16 sampled | 16 Sep 2026 |
| Above Taw Bridge | 11 points5 sampled | 8 Sep 2026 |
| River Yeo and its streamsjoins the Taw above Newnham Bridge | 17 points6 sampled | 11 Sep 2026 |
| Above ChulmleighLittle Dart River · joins the Taw above Newnham Bridge | 7 points3 sampled | 2 Sep 2026 |
| Above Newnham Bridge | 12 points9 sampled | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Above Umberleigh | 4 points3 sampled | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Above Coney GutConey Gut · joins the Taw above Barnstaple | 1 point | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Above Barnstaple | 6 points5 sampled | 10 Sep 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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