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Live levels from 5 monitoring stations across Northumberland, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haltwhistle | 0.58 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 29.1 km by river | ||||
| Hexham | 31.24 mAOD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 5.8 km by river | ||||
| Corbridge | 0.42 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 5.7 km by river | ||||
| Riding Mill | 0.42 m 27h ago | old reading | ||
| 1.5 km by river | ||||
| Bywell | 0.75 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 Tyne above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
Joins the Tyne above Haltwhistle, its highest gauge, no more than 5.0 km by river above Haltwhistle.
| Alston | 0.43 m 1h ago | Normal |
| 18.4 km by river | ||
| Featherstone | 0.38 m 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes every gauge on the Tyne, from Haltwhistle down.
Joins the Tyne between Haltwhistle and Hexham, no more than 2.1 km by river above Hexham.
| Acomb Garden House | -0.05 m 1h ago | Low |
Its water passes Hexham and every gauge below it on the Tyne. It does not pass Haltwhistle or the gauges above it.
Joins the Tyne between Haltwhistle and Hexham, no more than 1.2 km by river above Hexham.
| Hexham | 0.11 m 1h ago | Normal |
| 960 m by river | ||
| Hexham Tanners Row upstream | 0.65 m 1h ago | Normal |
| downstream, distance by river not measured | ||
| Hexham Tanners Row Downstream | -0.01 m 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Hexham and every gauge below it on the Tyne. It does not pass Haltwhistle or the gauges above it.
Joins the Tyne between Haltwhistle and Hexham, no more than 3.0 km by river above Hexham.
| Acomb Millersfield | 0.24 m 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Hexham and every gauge below it on the Tyne. It does not pass Haltwhistle or the gauges above it.
Joins the Tyne between Haltwhistle and Hexham, no more than 8.6 km by river above Hexham.
| Kielder Butteryhaugh | 0.54 m 1h ago | Normal |
| downstream, distance by river not measured | ||
| Ugly Dub | 0.56 m 1h ago | Normal |
| 2.1 km by river | ||
| Falstone | 0.37 m 1h ago | Normal |
| 14.3 km by river | ||
| Bellingham | 0.22 m 1h ago | Normal |
| 18.4 km by river | ||
| Reaverhill | 0.59 m 1h ago | Normal |
| 5.4 km by river | ||
| Chollerford | 0.24 m 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Hexham and every gauge below it on the Tyne. It does not pass Haltwhistle or the gauges above it.
Joins the Tyne above Hexham, no more than 3.6 km by river above Hexham.
| Haydon Bridge Brigwood | 0.46 m 1h ago | Normal |
| 1.8 km by river | ||
| Haydon Bridge | 0.47 m 1h ago | Normal |
| 7.8 km by river | ||
| Warden Bridge End | 0.21 m 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Hexham and every gauge below it on the Tyne.
Below Bywell, its water next reaches North Shields, a gauge on an unnamed watercourse (distance by river not measured).
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.
70 storm overflows are traced upstream of Bywell, the Tyne’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Tyne itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Bywell: 1,684 spills over 9,210 hours in total, across all 70.
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 Tyne includes the smaller streams that join it there. Where a stretch or a tributary has more than 4, the 3 discharging now or nearest its gauge are listed, the rest are counted, and every one is in that gauge’s “Upstream of here” list. Show every overflow in every stretch →
and 9 more: show all 12 overflows on the South Tyne and the streams that join it → All above Featherstone, nearest first →
and 4 more: show all 7 overflows on this stretch → All above Hexham, nearest first →
and 8 more: show all 11 overflows on the North Tyne and the streams that join it → All above Chollerford, nearest first →
and 16 more: show all 19 overflows on the South Tyne and the streams that join it → All above Warden Bridge End, nearest first →
and 6 more: show all 9 overflows on this stretch → All above Riding Mill, nearest first →
Within 3 km of one of the Tyne’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
6 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
2 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Tyne’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: © Northumbrian 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.
223 sampling points on the River Tyne and the streams that join it above Bywell, and below it. 83 have a sample from the last 12 months; 140 have any sample banked.
Sampled most recently, anywhere on the Tyne and its streams:
| Where, from the source down | Sampling points | Newest sample |
|---|---|---|
| River South Tyne and its streamsjoins the Tyne above Haltwhistle | 72 points48 sampled | 16 Sep 2026 |
| River North Tyne and its streamsjoins the Tyne above Hexham | 47 points24 sampled | 21 Sep 2026 |
| River South Tyne and its streamsjoins the Tyne above Hexham | 66 points45 sampled | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Above Haltwhistle | 10 points5 sampled | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Above Hexham | 4 points | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Above Corbridge | 9 points6 sampled | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Above Riding Mill | 9 points2 sampled | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Above Bywell | 1 point | 13 Aug 2025 |
| Below the lowest gauge | 5 points | 18 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.
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