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River Tone water levels

Live levels from 5 monitoring stations across Somerset, updated every 15 minutes.

5stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
GreenhamGreenham0.14 mASD 28m agoLow—
Bishops HullBishops Hull0.17 mASD 28m agoNormal—
Taunton MarketTaunton Market0.82 mASD 43m agoNormal—
Bathpool OutfallstructureBathpool7.55 mAOD 43m agoLow—
Currymoor Pumping StationstructureAthelney4.54 mAOD 28m agoLow▼

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 Tone above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.

3 gauged tributaries, 3 gauges

Hillfarrance Brook

Joins the Tone between Greenham and Bishops Hull, no more than 12.6 km by river above Bishops Hull.

Milverton0.10 mASD 28m agoLow

Its water passes Bishops Hull and every gauge below it on the Tone. It does not pass Greenham or the gauges above it.

Norton Brook name from the river map

Joins the Tone between Bishops Hull and Taunton Market, no more than 3.2 km by river above Taunton Market.

Halsewater0.19 mASD 28m agoLow

Its water passes Taunton Market and every gauge below it on the Tone. It does not pass Bishops Hull or the gauges above it.

Where the Tone goes

Below Currymoor Pumping Station, its water next reaches West Quay, a gauge on River Parrett, 12.0 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 Tone 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

24 storm overflows are traced upstream of Currymoor Pumping Station, the Tone’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Tone itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 24 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 Currymoor Pumping Station: 273 spills over 2,569 hours in total, across all 24.

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 Tone includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Between Greenham and Bishops Hull8 overflows
  • Westford Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Westford Stream · 14.1 km by river above Bishops Hull · 2025: 3 spills, 18 h
  • The Basins Sewer CSO Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Back Stream Via Sws · 13.3 km by river above Bishops Hull · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Wellington WwTW Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Tributary Of River Tone · 11.7 km by river above Bishops Hull · 2025: 31 spills, 223 h
  • Station Mills CSO Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into River Tone Via Sws · 11.6 km by river above Bishops Hull · 2025: 2 spills, 0.2 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Milverton WwTW Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Hillfarrance Brook · 9.7 km by river above Bishops Hull · 2025: 35 spills, 444 h
  • West Buckland Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Trib Of River Tone (S) · 7.9 km by river above Bishops Hull · 2025: 9 spills, 44 h
  • Tone Green Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into River Tone · 5.5 km by river above Bishops Hull · 2025: 12 spills, 196 h
  • Bradford On Tone WwTW Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into River Tone · 4.8 km by river above Bishops Hull · 2025: 53 spills, 619 h
Between Bishops Hull and Taunton Market4 overflows
  • Taunton Trull East Brook CSO Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Sherford Stream · 4.7 km by river above Taunton Market · 2025: 2 spills, 7.3 h
  • Newbarn Park CSO Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Galmington Stream Via Sws · 3.3 km by river above Taunton Market · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Mountway Bishops Hull CSO Not discharging bathing water
    Wessex Water · into River Tone · 2.8 km by river above Taunton Market · 2025: 11 spills, 20 h
  • Wilton Orchard Car Park CSO Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Gaol Stream Via Sws · 1.4 km by river above Taunton Market · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
Norton Brook, above Halsewaterjoins the Tone above Taunton Market2 overflows
  • Combe Florey STW Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Tributary Of The Back Stream · 10.4 km by river above Halsewater · 2025: 3 spills, 16 h
  • Bishops Lydeard WwTW Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Back Stream · 5.7 km by river above Halsewater · 2025: 13 spills, 167 h
Between Taunton Market and Bathpool Outfall4 overflows
  • Taunton Market CSO Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into River Tone · 2.3 km by river above Bathpool Outfall · 2025: 1 spill, 0.5 h
  • Priory Storm Tanks Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into River Tone(S) · 1.7 km by river above Bathpool Outfall · 2025: 19 spills, 175 h
  • Priory Storm Tanks Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into River Tone(S) · 1.7 km by river above Bathpool Outfall · 2025: 33 spills, 336 h
  • Maidenbrook Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into River Tone · 750 m by river above Bathpool Outfall · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Old River Tone, above Bathpool Outfalljoins the Tone above Bathpool Outfall1 overflow
  • Allens Brook CSO Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Allen's Brook · 2.3 km by river above Bathpool Outfall · 2025: 17 spills, 144 h
Between Bathpool Outfall and Currymoor Pumping Station5 overflows
  • Mill Lane No. 2 CSO Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Trib Of Broughton Brook · 18.5 km by river above Currymoor Pumping Station · 2025: 7 spills, 6.8 h
  • Stoke Road Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Black Brook · 15.5 km by river above Currymoor Pumping Station · 2025: 2 spills, 0.2 h
  • Hyde Lane Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into River Tone · 12.2 km by river above Currymoor Pumping Station · 2025: 19 spills, 151 h
  • North End Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Trib Of River Tone · 11.1 km by river above Currymoor Pumping Station · 2025: 1 spill, 1.5 h
  • Barton Lane Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into The River Tone · 10.8 km by river above Currymoor Pumping Station · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

Within 3 km of one of the Tone’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • 1a Shutewater Close Pumping Station Not discharging bathing water
    Wessex Water · into Trib Of River Tone Via Sws · 480 m from Bishops Hull in a straight line · reaches the river through a sewer or culvert · 2025: 1 spill, 1.9 h
  • Bridgwater Road CSO Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Tributary Of The River Tone · 650 m from Bathpool Outfall in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Curload Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into River Tone · 1.0 km from Currymoor Pumping Station in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 4 spills, 2.8 h
  • Longacre Close Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Kingston Stream(S) · 1.3 km from Taunton Market in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Stoke St Gregory STW Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Tidal River Tone(E) · 1.6 km from Currymoor Pumping Station in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 50 spills, 220 h
  • Lane End Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Storm Culvert (S) · 1.7 km from Currymoor Pumping Station in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 3 spills, 3.6 h
  • Rumwell Sewage P. Stn Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Unnamed Stream · 1.8 km from Bishops Hull in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: no data
  • Maidenbrook Lane CSO Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Trib Of Old River Tone · 1.9 km from Bathpool Outfall in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 8 spills, 30 h
  • Woodhill Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Trib Of West Sedgemoor M Drain · 2.0 km from Currymoor Pumping Station in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 3 spills, 21 h
  • Langford Lane Pumping Station Not discharging bathing water
    Wessex Water · into Trib Of River Tone (S) · 2.0 km from Bishops Hull in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 23 spills, 318 h
  • Poundshill Psco/EO Not discharging
    South West Water · into Stream · 2.3 km from Greenham in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Henlade Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Tributary Of Black Brook · 2.5 km from Bathpool Outfall in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 14 spills, 177 h
  • Meare Green Stoke St Gregory PS Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into Trib Of Sedgemoor Old Rhyne · 2.7 km from Currymoor Pumping Station in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Holcombe Rogus WwTW Not discharging
    South West Water · into Trib Of River Lyner · 2.7 km from Greenham in a straight line · several watercourses close by, nothing to choose between them · 2025: 75 spills, 1,111 h
  • Holcombe Rogus WwTW Not discharging
    South West Water · into Trib Of River Lyner · 2.9 km from Greenham in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 67 spills, 230 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: © Wessex Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. 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.

47 sampling points on the River Tone and the streams that join it above Currymoor Pumping Station. 20 have a sample from the last 12 months; 24 have any sample banked.

Sampled most recently, anywhere on the Tone and its streams:

Where, from the source downSampling pointsNewest sample
Above Currymoor Pumping Station10 points2 sampled12 Aug 2026
Above Greenham5 points3 sampled18 Sep 2026
Above MilvertonHillfarrance Brook · joins the Tone above Bishops Hull1 point1 May 2026
Above HalsewaterNorton Brook · joins the Tone above Taunton Market7 points4 sampled18 Sep 2026
Above Bishops Hull17 points10 sampled1 Oct 2026
Above Taunton Market3 points1 sampled14 Sep 2026
Above Bathpool OutfallOld River Tone · joins the Tone above Bathpool Outfall2 points1 sampled1 Oct 2026
Above Bathpool Outfall2 points18 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.