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.
Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Torridge above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
Named streams on the river map that flow into the Torridge 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.
Common Lake (joins about 4.1 km above Weare Giffard)
Langtree Lake (joins about 4.5 km above Weare Giffard)
Mussel Brook (joins about 4.9 km above Rockhay Bridge)
38 storm overflows are traced upstream of Weare Giffard, the Torridge’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Torridge itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
0 report discharging now
38 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 Weare Giffard: 1,823 spills over 13,891 hours in total, across all 38.
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 Torridge includes the smaller streams that join it there. Every overflow traced is listed here, each stretch in full. Back to the short lists →
Above Rockhay Bridge, the Torridge’s highest gauge5 overflows
Woolfardisworthy STWNot discharging South West Water · into (S) Trib Cranford Water · 35.2 km by river above Rockhay Bridge · 2025: 23 spills, 301 h · placed on the river by its position alone
Bradworthy WwTW SSONot discharging South West Water · into Trib Of River Torridge · 31.6 km by river above Rockhay Bridge · 2025: 109 spills, 579 h · placed on the river by its position alone
Shebbear Wastewater Treatment WorksNot discharging South West Water · into River Torridge · 15.2 km by river above Rockhay Bridge · 2025: 91 spills, 1,281 h
Black Torrington WwTWNot discharging South West Water · into River Torridge (And Trib Of) · 6.0 km by river above Rockhay Bridge · 2025: 102 spills, 636 h
Sheepwash WwTWNot discharging South West Water · into River Torridge · 3.7 km by river above Rockhay Bridge · 2025: 139 spills, 1,519 h
Between Rockhay Bridge and Dolton11 overflows
Sampford Courtney STWNot discharging South West Water · into Tributary Of Hole Brook · 18.2 km by river above Dolton · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Sampford Courtney STWNot discharging South West Water · into Tributary Of Hole Brook · 18.2 km by river above Dolton · 2025: 15 spills, 16 h
Exbourne STWNot discharging South West Water · into (S)trib. Of Hole Brook · 14.8 km by river above Dolton · 2025: 84 spills, 319 h
Hatherleigh Bridge CSONot discharging South West Water · into River Lew · 10.2 km by river above Dolton · 2025: 44 spills, 154 h
11 High Street CSONot discharging South West Water · into River Lew · 10.2 km by river above Dolton · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
5a High Street CSONot discharging South West Water · into River Lew Via Sws · 10.2 km by river above Dolton · 2025: 3 spills, 0.3 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
8 High Street CSONot discharging South West Water · into River Lew Via Sws · 10.2 km by river above Dolton · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
Buddle Lane CSONot discharging South West Water · into River Lew Via Sws · 10.2 km by river above Dolton · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
South Street CSONot discharging South West Water · into River Lew · 10.2 km by river above Dolton · 2025: 4 spills, 0.6 h
Manor Hill Combined Sewer OverflowNot discharging South West Water · into River Lew · 10.1 km by river above Dolton · 2025: 46 spills, 30 h
Hatherleigh STWNot discharging South West Water · into River Lew (S) · 9.9 km by river above Dolton · 2025: 58 spills, 855 h
River Okement, above Jacobstowejoins the Torridge above Dolton10 overflows
Castle Hospital CSONot discharging South West Water · into West Okement (S) · 9.7 km by river above Jacobstowe · 2025: 2 spills, 4.5 h
Taxi Rank 1 Combined Sewer OverflowNot discharging South West Water · into East Okement River · 9.0 km by river above Jacobstowe · 2025: 4 spills, 0.7 h
Old Gateway 2 Combined Sewer OfNot discharging South West Water · into East Okement River · 8.9 km by river above Jacobstowe · 2025: 24 spills, 14 h
Old Gateway 1 Combined Sewer OfNot discharging South West Water · into East Okement River · 8.9 km by river above Jacobstowe · 2025: 43 spills, 36 h
North Street CSONot discharging South West Water · into Trib Of East Okement River · 8.8 km by river above Jacobstowe · 2025: 35 spills, 22 h
The Olde Smithy CSONot discharging South West Water · into River Okement · 8.6 km by river above Jacobstowe · 2025: 34 spills, 19 h
#n/ANot discharging South West Water · into River Okement · 8.4 km by river above Jacobstowe · 2025: 35 spills, 25 h
Brightley Woods CSONot discharging South West Water · into River Okement · 6.9 km by river above Jacobstowe · 2025: 32 spills, 46 h
Okehampton STWNot discharging South West Water · into River Okement(S) · 5.1 km by river above Jacobstowe · 2025: 58 spills, 184 h
Okehampton STWNot discharging South West Water · into River Okement(S) · 5.0 km by river above Jacobstowe · 2025: 87 spills, 1,091 h
Between Dolton and Torrington4 overflows
Petrockstowe STWNot discharging South West Water · into Trib Of Little Mere River(S) · 22.8 km by river above Torrington · 2025: 76 spills, 885 h
Merton WwTW CSONot discharging South West Water · into Trib Of Little Mere River · 21.4 km by river above Torrington · 2025: 144 spills, 1,461 h
Dolton Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging South West Water · into Trib Of River Torridge(S) · 20.8 km by river above Torrington · 2025: 118 spills, 1,678 h
Kingscott STWNot discharging South West Water · into (S) Dodscott Brook · 8.1 km by river above Torrington · 2025: 84 spills, 1,260 h
Between Torrington and Weare Giffard7 overflows
Dartington Close Pumping StationNot dischargingshellfish water South West Water · into Common Lake Stream · 6.9 km by river above Weare Giffard · 2025: 5 spills, 17 h
Mill Street Combined Sewer OverflowNot dischargingshellfish water South West Water · into River Torridge · 5.7 km by river above Weare Giffard · 2025: 3 spills, 0.6 h
Taddiport Bridge Pumping StationNot dischargingshellfish water South West Water · into River Torridge · 5.7 km by river above Weare Giffard · 2025: 13 spills, 52 h
Town Park Pumping StationNot dischargingshellfish water South West Water · into Trib. Of Common Lake Stream · 5.5 km by river above Weare Giffard · 2025: 77 spills, 117 h
Torridge Vale Dairies CSONot dischargingshellfish water South West Water · into River Torridge · 5.5 km by river above Weare Giffard · 2025: 46 spills, 61 h
Torrington WwTWNot dischargingshellfish water South West Water · into River Torridge · 4.8 km by river above Weare Giffard · 2025: 11 spills, 35 h
Torrington WwTWNot dischargingshellfish water South West Water · into River Torridge · 4.8 km by river above Weare Giffard · 2025: 31 spills, 271 h
Above E818051 overflow
Roborough STWNot discharging South West Water · into Trib. Of Woolleigh Brook · 11.9 km by river above E81805 · 2025: 143 spills, 920 h
Near these gauges, connection not known
Within 3 km of one of the Torridge’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
Weare Giffard WwTWNot dischargingshellfish water South West Water · into River Torridge · 20 m from Weare Giffard in a straight line · too close to Weare Giffard to say which side · 2025: 115 spills, 1,341 h
Rolle Road Combined Sewer OverflowNot dischargingshellfish water South West Water · into Castle Hill Stream · 220 m from Torrington in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 58 spills, 75 h
Watery Lane CSONot dischargingshellfish water South West Water · into Castle Hill Stream · 370 m from Torrington in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 72 spills, 36 h
Watery Lane CSONot dischargingshellfish water South West Water · into Castle Hill Stream Via Sws · 370 m from Torrington in a straight line · reaches the river through a sewer or culvert · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
#n/ANot discharging South West Water · into Tributary Of River Mere · 1.5 km from Torrington in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 17 spills, 5.0 h
Monkleigh Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging South West Water · into River Torridge · 2.1 km from Weare Giffard in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 62 spills, 68 h
West Lane CSONot discharging South West Water · into Trib Of R. Torridge (S) · 2.3 km from Rockhay Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 16 spills, 3.0 h
Oaklands CSONot discharging South West Water · into Trib Of Little Mere River (S) · 2.9 km from Rockhay Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 6 spills, 31 h
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.
121 sampling points on the River Torridge and the streams that join it above Weare Giffard. 37 have a sample from the last 12 months; 64 have any sample banked.
Sampled most recently, anywhere on the Torridge and its streams:
Medland Brook at WaterhouseMedland Brook · 15 km above DoltonLast sampled 29 Sep 2026 · 9 days agoOxygen 52.3%Temp 13.9 °CpH 7.18Ammonia 0.064 mg/l
Brandis CornerWhiteleigh Water · 16 km above Rockhay BridgeLast sampled 15 Sep 2026 · 23 days agoOxygen 91.6%Temp 16 °CpH 7.37Ammonia 0.0037 mg/l
Huntshaw Water at Bridge at Vans Woodunnamed stream · 1.0 km above Weare GiffardLast sampled 11 Sep 2026 · 27 days agoOxygen 105.6%Temp 15.7 °CpH 7.77Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Where, from the source down
Sampling points
Newest sample
River Okement and its streamsjoins the Torridge above Dolton
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.
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