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Live levels from 2 monitoring stations across West Northamptonshire, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towcester | 0.22 mASD 1h ago | Low | ||
| 2.8 km by river | ||||
| Cappenham | 0.15 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
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 Tove above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
No gauged tributary joins the Tove above Cappenham on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.
Below Cappenham, its water next reaches Haversham, a gauge on River Great Ouse, 20.8 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.
10 storm overflows are traced upstream of Cappenham, the Tove’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Tove itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Cappenham: 130 spills over 1,173 hours in total, across the 9 that have a figure. 1 has no 2025 figure.
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 Tove includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of the Tove’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
3 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Tove’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.
13 sampling points on the River Tove and the streams that join it above Cappenham, and below it. 10 have a sample from the last 12 months; 10 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helmdon Brook Helmdon Road Bridge | River Tove | 14 km | 7 Sep 2026 · 31 days ago | Oxygen 92.8% Jun 2026Temp 14.5 °C Jun 2026pH 8.22 Jun 2026Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l Jun 2026 |
| Falcutt House Farm CSF Point 3 | River Tove | 13 km | Last sampled 12 Jul 2012, before the imported period | |
| River Tove Weedon Road Bridge | River Tove | 9.0 km | Last sampled 23 Aug 2023, before the imported period | |
| Blakesley Brook tributary of Tove Blakesley Road Bridge | unnamed stream | 7.8 km | 17 Sep 2026 · 21 days ago | Oxygen 82.4%Temp 14.2 °CpH 7.93Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Caswell Brook tributary of Tove Caswell | unnamed stream | 5.5 km | Last sampled 30 Jun 2023, before the imported period | |
| River Tove Abthorpe Road Bridge | River Tove | 5.4 km | 1 Sep 2026 · 37 days ago | Oxygen 73.1%Temp 15.4 °CpH 8Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Blakesley Brook tributary of Tove Kingthorn Mill | unnamed stream | 3.4 km | 1 Sep 2026 · 37 days ago | Oxygen 91.4%Temp 15.1 °CpH 8.31Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverstone Brook West End Silverstone | unnamed stream | 7.6 km | 22 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 93.8%Temp 14 °CpH 8Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Silverstone Brook A43 Road Bridge | Silverstone Brook | 3.8 km | 1 Sep 2026 · 37 days ago | Oxygen 89.2%Temp 14.9 °CpH 8.18Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Tove Cappenham Bridge | River Tove | 0.3 km | 4 Sep 2026 · 34 days ago | Oxygen 91.2%Temp 17.2 °CpH 8.2Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Tove A508 Road Bridge Stoke Park | River Tove | 6.0 km | 4 Sep 2026 · 34 days ago | Oxygen 67.1%Temp 17.4 °CpH 7.88Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| River Tove Bozenham Mill | River Tove | 8.5 km | 7 Sep 2026 · 31 days ago | Oxygen 72.4%Temp 17.6 °CpH 7.98Ammonia 0.15 mg/l |
| River Tove Cosgrove Park Footbridge | River Tove | 18 km | 1 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 104.7%Temp 13.4 °CpH 8.19Ammonia 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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