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River Thrushel water levels

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

2stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Hayne BridgeLifton0.10 mASD 32m agoLow—
3.0 km by river
TinhayLifton0.31 m 32m 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 Thrushel above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.

1 gauged tributary, 1 gauge

River Wolf

Joins the Thrushel between Hayne Bridge and Tinhay, no more than 12.2 km by river above Tinhay.

Germansweek0.06 m 32m agoLow

Its water passes Tinhay and every gauge below it on the Thrushel. It does not pass Hayne Bridge or the gauges above it.

Where the Thrushel goes

Below Tinhay, its water next reaches Lifton Park, a gauge on River Lyd, 1.9 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 Thrushel 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

3 storm overflows are traced upstream of Tinhay, the Thrushel’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Thrushel itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

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

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Tinhay: 231 spills over 2,176 hours in total, across all 3.

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 Thrushel includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Hayne Bridge, the Thrushel’s highest gauge3 overflows
  • Bratton Clovelly WwTW CSO Not discharging
    South West Water · into Trib Of River Thrushel · 10.4 km by river above Hayne Bridge · 2025: 104 spills, 574 h
  • Lewdown Wastewater Treatment Works Not discharging
    South West Water · into Tributary Of River Thrushel · 5.6 km by river above Hayne Bridge · 2025: 70 spills, 621 h
  • Lewdown Wastewater Treatment Works Not discharging
    South West Water · into Tributary Of River Thrushel · 5.6 km by river above Hayne Bridge · 2025: 57 spills, 981 h

1 other overflow within 3 km of these gauges is placed below the Thrushel’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: © 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.

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.

14 sampling points on the River Thrushel and the streams that join it above Tinhay, and below it. 7 have a sample from the last 12 months; 8 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Hayne Bridge River Thrushel 5 points, 4 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Thrushel above RivermeadRiver Thrushel13 km27 Aug 2026 · 42 days agoOxygen 78.8%Temp 16.9 °CpH 7.27Ammonia 0.11 mg/l
River Thrushel at Rivermead BridgeRiver Thrushel12 kmLast sampled 30 Nov 2004, before the imported period
Breazle Water at HeadsonBreazle Water7.2 km12 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years agoOxygen 95.7%Temp 9.8 °CpH 7.2Ammonia 0.17 mg/l
River Thrushel downstream of Breazle WaterRiver Thrushel5.1 km15 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 97.8%Temp 9.8 °CpH 7.14Ammonia 0.075 mg/l
River Thrushel at Stowford BridgeRiver Thrushel1.6 km18 Sep 2026 · 20 days agoOxygen 84.7%Temp 14.2 °CpH 7.53Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Above Tinhay River Thrushel 7 points, 3 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Wolf at Weeks Mill BridgeRiver Wolf12 km14 Sep 2026 · 24 days agoOxygen 93.5%Temp 16 °CpH 7.3Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Wolf at Roadford New BridgeRiver Wolf6.4 kmLast sampled 1 Dec 2021, before the imported period
River Wolf at Rexon BridgeRiver Wolf4.8 km11 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 101.4%Temp 12.2 °CpH 6.92Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Broadwood Brook at Kellacott Bridgeunnamed stream3.3 kmLast sampled 14 Sep 2015, before the imported period
River Thrushel at Hayne BridgeRiver Thrushel3.1 kmLast sampled 1 Nov 2018, before the imported period
River Thrushel at MilfordRiver Thrushel1.1 km10 Aug 2026 · 59 days agoOxygen 88.3%Temp 18.7 °CpH 7.6Ammonia below 0.002 mg/l
River Wolf Prior to River ThrushelRiver Wolf1.0 kmLast sampled 17 Jun 2019, before the imported period
Below Tinhay 2 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Thrushel at Tinhay BridgeRiver Thrushel0.5 km15 Apr 2026 · 6 months agoOxygen 99.1%Temp 11.1 °CpH 7.41Ammonia 0.024 mg/l Feb 2024
River Thrushel downstream of Lifton (Joint) sewage treatment worksRiver Thrushel0.9 kmLast sampled 6 Mar 2002, 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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