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Live levels from 4 monitoring stations across Norfolk, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redbridge | 0.05 mASD 1h ago | Low | ||
| 12.3 km by river | ||||
| Bridgham | 0.08 mASD 1h ago | Low | ||
| 11.5 km by river | ||||
| Melford | 0.09 mASD 1h ago | Low | ||
| downstream, distance by river not measured | ||||
| Thetford Coffee Mill Sluicestructure | 0.53 mASD 8h ago | Low | ||
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 Thet 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.
Joins the Thet between Redbridge and Bridgham, no more than 10.2 km by river above Bridgham.
| Quidenham | 0.07 mASD 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Bridgham and every gauge below it on the Thet. It does not pass Redbridge or the gauges above it.
No gauge below Thetford Coffee Mill Sluice 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.
4 storm overflows are traced upstream of Melford, the Thet’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Thet itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Melford: 3 spills over 3.8 hours in total, across all 4.
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 Thet includes the smaller streams that join it there.
3 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Thet’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: © 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.
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 Thet and the streams that join it above Melford, 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.
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Farm Field Corner | unnamed stream | 14 km | 26 Jun 2025 · 15 months ago | Oxygen 127.4%Temp 20.1 °CpH 8.5Ammonia 0.11 mg/l |
| River Thet Crowshall Road Bridge Attleborough | River Thet | 6.5 km | 28 May 2026 · 4 months ago | Oxygen 55.8%Temp 18 °CpH 7.77Ammonia 0.12 mg/l |
| River Thet Westcar Road Bridge Attleborough | River Thet | 4.8 km | 8 Sep 2026 · 30 days ago | Oxygen 57%Temp 16.7 °CpH 7.39Ammonia 0.78 mg/l |
| River Thet Red Bridge Shropham | River Thet | 0.1 km | 3 Mar 2025 · 19 months ago | Oxygen 96%Temp 5.5 °CpH 8.09Ammonia 0.074 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Thet Ford at South End | River Thet | 9.6 km | Last sampled 21 May 2014, before the imported period | |
| Upstream Broom Plantation | River Wittle | 8.4 km | Last sampled 2 Dec 2022, before the imported period | |
| River Whittle East Harling Common | River Wittle | 7.3 km | 14 Aug 2026 · 55 days ago | Oxygen 83.5%Temp 22.4 °CpH 7.68Ammonia 0.081 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Thet Bridgham Track Bridge | River Thet | 12 km | 8 Sep 2026 · 30 days ago | Oxygen 64.4%Temp 15.4 °CpH 7.77Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Thet Nun's Road Bridge Thetford | River Thet | 0.9 km | 7 Mar 2025 · 19 months ago | Oxygen 96.3%Temp 8.8 °CpH 8Ammonia 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.
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