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 Ure above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
6 gauged tributaries, 29 gauges
Each tributary’s water passes the gauge it joins above and every gauge below it on the Ure, and none of the gauges above where it joins. For each, the gauge nearest the Ure is shown; its own page lists the rest.
Joins the Ure between Ripon Ure Bank and Westwick Weir, no more than 7.4 km by river above Westwick Weir. Nearest the Ure: Alma WeirNormal; 2 more gauges further up. Gauged streams joining it: River Laver.
Named streams on the river map that flow into the Ure 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.
108 storm overflows are traced upstream of Aldwark Bridge, the Ure’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Ure itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
0 report discharging now
101 not discharging
7 offline or silent: 2 monitor offline, 1 status unknown, 4 no live feed
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Aldwark Bridge: 3,199 spills over 18,411 hours in total, across the 107 that have a figure. 1 had no usable monitor data that year.
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 Ure includes the smaller streams that join it there. Every overflow traced is listed here, each stretch in full. Back to the short lists →
Above Bainbridge, the Ure’s highest gauge2 overflows
The Holme Bridge CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Gayle Beck · 7.8 km by river above Bainbridge · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Hawes Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 6.7 km by river above Bainbridge · 2025: 78 spills, 372 h
Between Bainbridge and Kilgram9 overflows
Bainbridge STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Bain · 34.7 km by river above Kilgram · 2025: 64 spills, 139 h
Askrigg Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Paddock Beck · 33.3 km by river above Kilgram · 2025: 16 spills, 19 h
Tbc When Permit IssuedNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Bishopdale Beck · 26.9 km by river above Kilgram · 2025: 46 spills, 272 h
Tbc When Permit IssuedNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Bishopdale Beck · 25.4 km by river above Kilgram · 2025: 88 spills, 318 h
Aysgarth Falls STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 24.7 km by river above Kilgram · 2025: 4 spills, 3.8 h
Leyburn Wpc WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 10.9 km by river above Kilgram · 2025: 117 spills, 1,771 h
Leyburn Wpc WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 10.8 km by river above Kilgram · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h
Harmby Combined Sewer OverflowNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Harmby Beck · 9.8 km by river above Kilgram · 2025: 29 spills, 77 h
Middleham Sewage Pumping StationNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 8.2 km by river above Kilgram · 2025: 24 spills, 43 h
Between Masham and Ripon Ure Bank6 overflows
Leyburn Road CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Tributary Of River Ure · 23.5 km by river above Ripon Ure Bank · 2025: 30 spills, 29 h
Swinton Masham STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Burn · 23.4 km by river above Ripon Ure Bank · 2025: 62 spills, 476 h · placed on the river by its position alone
Silver Street CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Tributary Of River Ure · 23.4 km by river above Ripon Ure Bank · 2025: 10 spills, 6.8 h
Millgate Masham CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Tributary Of River Ure · 23.3 km by river above Ripon Ure Bank · 2025: 30 spills, 68 h
Masham Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 22.7 km by river above Ripon Ure Bank · 2025: 38 spills, 107 h
Wath (Ripon) Sewage WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Norton Beck · 6.1 km by river above Ripon Ure Bank · 2025: 47 spills, 218 h
Between Ripon Ure Bank and Westwick Weir13 overflows
South Stainley SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Stainley Beck · 10.4 km by river above Westwick Weir · 2025: 29 spills, 548 h
CSO At Clock Tower/Stonebridge/No live feed Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 7.8 km by river above Westwick Weir · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
CSO At Clock Tower/Stonebridge/No live feed Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 7.8 km by river above Westwick Weir · 2025: 22 spills, 25 h
CSO At Clock Tower/Stonebridge/No live feed Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 7.8 km by river above Westwick Weir · 2025: 8 spills, 7.3 h
Clock Tower CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 7.6 km by river above Westwick Weir · 2025: 43 spills, 100 h
Sharow SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 7.5 km by river above Westwick Weir · 2025: 22 spills, 79 h
Skell Bridge SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Skell · 7.0 km by river above Westwick Weir · 2025: 5 spills, 3.5 h
Ripon Wpc WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 6.3 km by river above Westwick Weir · 2025: 58 spills, 180 h
Ripon Wpc WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 6.2 km by river above Westwick Weir · 2025: 46 spills, 278 h
Skelton On Ure Wpc WorksStatus unknown Yorkshire Water · into Scour Gutter · 3.7 km by river above Westwick Weir · 2025: 101 spills, 1,159 h
Skelton On Ure Wpc WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Scour Gutter · 3.7 km by river above Westwick Weir · 2025: 70 spills, 639 h
Bishop Monkton STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Bishop Monkton Beck · 2.6 km by river above Westwick Weir · 2025: 26 spills, 159 h
Bishop Monkton STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Bishop Monkton Beck · 2.6 km by river above Westwick Weir · 2025: 55 spills, 151 h
River Skell, above Alma Weirjoins the Ure above Westwick Weir10 overflows
Harrogate Road CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Skell · 710 m by river above Alma Weir · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Clotherholme CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Skell · 560 m by river above Alma Weir · 2025: 29 spills, 46 h
Park Street CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Skell · 560 m by river above Alma Weir · 2025: 43 spills, 115 h
Borrage Bridge CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Skell Via A Public Sewer · 560 m by river above Alma Weir · 2025: 28 spills, 14 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
Blossomgate CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Skell · 550 m by river above Alma Weir · 2025: 11 spills, 30 h
Kirkby Road CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Skell · 550 m by river above Alma Weir · 2025: 8 spills, 9.5 h
Mallorie Park CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Skell Via Surface Wtr Sw · 550 m by river above Alma Weir · 2025: 5 spills, 3.8 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
Water Skellgate CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Skell · 530 m by river above Alma Weir · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
South Crescent CSOMonitor offline Yorkshire Water · into River Skell · 470 m by river above Alma Weir · 2025: 1 spill, 0.5 h
Bondgate Green CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Skell · 150 m by river above Alma Weir · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
River Laver, above Ripon Birkby Nabjoins the Skell1 overflow
Kirkby Malzeard STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Kex Beck · 5.4 km by river above Ripon Birkby Nab · 2025: 21 spills, 44 h
Between Westwick Weir and Boroughbridge2 overflows
Langthorpe SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 350 m by river above Boroughbridge · 2025: 45 spills, 283 h
Milby Island SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Ure · 260 m by river above Boroughbridge · 2025: 2 spills, 19 h
Between Boroughbridge and Aldwark Bridge3 overflows
Myton On Swale Sewage WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 7.6 km by river above Aldwark Bridge · 2025: 61 spills, 938 h
Upper Dunsforth CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Caulkhill Beck · 4.0 km by river above Aldwark Bridge · 2025: 4 spills, 5.8 h
Aldwark Moor Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Unnamed Trib Of River Ure · 1.4 km by river above Aldwark Bridge · 2025: 44 spills, 105 h
River Wiske, above Romanbyjoins the Swale2 overflows
Applegarth Bridge CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Sun Beck · 1.3 km by river above Romanby · 2025: 39 spills, 71 h
Springwell Lane North CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Willow Beck · 840 m by river above Romanby · 2025: 57 spills, 139 h
River Wiske, above Northallertonjoins the Swale2 overflows
Yws Unknown Sites DefaultNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Trib Wiske/Swale · 3.9 km by river above Northallerton · 2025: 25 spills, 85 h
Yws Unknown Sites DefaultNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Trib Wiske/Swale · 2.9 km by river above Northallerton · 2025: 27 spills, 60 h
River Swale, above Grinton Bridgejoins the Ure above Aldwark Bridge1 overflow
Reeth/Fremington/Grinton STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Arkle Beck · 960 m by river above Grinton Bridge · 2025: 43 spills, 76 h
River Swale, above Richmond Lownthwaite Bridgejoins the Ure above Aldwark Bridge1 overflow
Marske Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Marske Beck · 6.0 km by river above Richmond Lownthwaite Bridge · 2025: 170 spills, 2,046 h
River Swale, above Catterick Bridgejoins the Ure above Aldwark Bridge14 overflows
Ravensworth Sewage Pumping StationNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Holme Beck · 15.6 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 45 spills, 235 h
Reeth Road No 2 CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 10.0 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 48 spills, 81 h
Gilling West Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Gilling Beck · 9.0 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 7 spills, 15 h
Riverside Road No.2 CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 8.9 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 48 spills, 126 h
Richmond Bridge No2 CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 8.9 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 6 spills, 2.4 h
The Batts CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 8.2 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 87 spills, 376 h
Richmond SSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 8.0 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 77 spills, 211 h
Richmond Baths CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into The River Swale · 7.8 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 6 spills, 1.8 h
Rugby Field Richmond CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 7.6 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 47 spills, 83 h
Shute Road No2 SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Cottages Beck · 6.7 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 18 spills, 127 h
Skeeby Sewage Pumping StationNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Skeeby Beck · 6.3 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 16 spills, 67 h
Richmond Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 6.3 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 52 spills, 364 h
Colburn Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 2.7 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 82 spills, 1,381 h
Colburn Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 2.7 km by river above Catterick Bridge · 2025: 3 spills, 3.8 h
River Swale, above Maunbyjoins the Ure above Aldwark Bridge5 overflows
Catterick Bridge SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 31.3 km by river above Maunby · 2025: 23 spills, 62 h
Catterick Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 27.7 km by river above Maunby · 2025: 1 spill, 1.3 h
Bolton On Swale SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Scorton Beck · 27.4 km by river above Maunby · 2025: 1 spill, 4.0 h
Great Langton SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 21.4 km by river above Maunby · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
River Swale, above Crakehilljoins the Ure above Aldwark Bridge2 overflows
Skipton On Swale STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 12.1 km by river above Crakehill · 2025: 10 spills, 18 h
Jamesville Way CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Trib Of River Swale · 4.8 km by river above Crakehill · 2025: 31 spills, 66 h
River Swale, above Myton-On-Swalejoins the Ure above Aldwark Bridge4 overflows
Coxwold Sewage Treatment PlantNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Green's Beck · 26.9 km by river above Myton-On-Swale · 2025: 3 spills, 2.5 h
Husthwaite STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Elphin Beck · 24.0 km by river above Myton-On-Swale · 2025: 69 spills, 202 h
Helperby Market CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Culv Trib Of River Swale · 5.2 km by river above Myton-On-Swale · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Helperby (Brafferton) SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Swale · 5.2 km by river above Myton-On-Swale · 2025: 33 spills, 48 h
Bedale Beck, above Leemingjoins the Swale15 overflows
Constable Burton STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Burton Beck · 18.8 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 57 spills, 544 h
Church Bank CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Unnamed Trib Of Hunton Beck · 18.8 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Sewage Pumping Station Low HallNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Hunton Beck · 18.6 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 9 spills, 59 h
Hunton STW Final EffluentNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Hunton Beck · 18.2 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 63 spills, 501 h
Hackforth No. 2 STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Bowbridge Beck · 13.7 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 31 spills, 108 h
Newton Le Willows STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Newton Beck · 13.7 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Newton Le Willows STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Newton Beck · 13.7 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 3 spills, 1.3 h
Great Crakehall SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Bedale Beck · 10.8 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 17 spills, 61 h
Not Matched In Ea Consents DatabaseNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Not Matched In Ea Consents Database · 5.8 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 15 spills, 9.8 h · placed on the river by its position alone
Tbc When Permit IssuedNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Tbc When Permit Issued · 5.8 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 16 spills, 19 h · placed on the river by its position alone
Bedale Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Bedale Beck · 5.5 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 24 spills, 52 h
Bedale Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Bedale Beck · 5.4 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 37 spills, 299 h
Tbc When Permit IssuedNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Tbc When Permit Issued · 1.9 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 16 spills, 36 h · placed on the river by its position alone
Leeming Bar CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Bedale Beck · 1.7 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 8 spills, 15 h
Leeming Bar Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Bedale Beck · 1.0 km by river above Leeming · 2025: 29 spills, 190 h
Brough Beck, above Catterick Brough Parkjoins the Swale1 overflow
Arc Factory No 2 CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Sour Beck · 3.1 km by river above Catterick Brough Park · 2025: 40 spills, 350 h
Cod Beck, above Daltonjoins the Swale5 overflows
St James Green SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Cod Beck · 8.2 km by river above Dalton · 2025: 45 spills, 165 h
Thirsk Finkle Street No. 2 CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Cod Beck · 8.1 km by river above Dalton · 2025: 7 spills, 5.5 h
Chapel Street CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Cod Beck · 8.0 km by river above Dalton · 2025: 3 spills, 2.8 h
Blakey Lane No 2 CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Cod Beck · 7.0 km by river above Dalton · 2025: 35 spills, 63 h
Thirsk Sewage Treatment WorksNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Cod Beck · 5.9 km by river above Dalton · 2025: 40 spills, 196 h
River Wiske, above Viewly Bridgejoins the Swale7 overflows
Ingleby Arncliffe STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Carr Beck · 36.1 km by river above Viewly Bridge · 2025: 3 spills, 2.5 h
Ingleby Cross SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Carr Beck · 36.0 km by river above Viewly Bridge · 2025: 49 spills, 412 h
Appleton Wiske STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Wiske · 21.3 km by river above Viewly Bridge · 2025: 13 spills, 66 h
Danby Wiske Vill SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Wiske · 8.2 km by river above Viewly Bridge · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Yafforth Sewage Pumping StationNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into River Wiske · 2.8 km by river above Viewly Bridge · 2025: 6 spills, 4.3 h
Yws Unknown Sites DefaultNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Trib Wiske/Swale · 2.0 km by river above Viewly Bridge · 2025: 22 spills, 25 h
Northallerton & Romanby STWNo live feed Yorkshire Water · into River Wiske · 990 m by river above Viewly Bridge · 2025: 51 spills, 363 h
River Wiske, above Kirby Wiskejoins the Swale1 overflow
Otterington Sewage Pumping StationNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Howe Beck · 5.1 km by river above Kirby Wiske · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
River Tutt, above Boroughbridgejoins the Ure above Aldwark Bridge2 overflows
Low Moor Lane SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Jumwell Beck · 10.3 km by river above Boroughbridge · 2025: 8 spills, 27 h
New Row Combined Sewer OverflowMonitor offline Yorkshire Water · into River Tutt · 470 m by river above Boroughbridge · 2025: no data
Near these gauges, connection not known
Within 3 km of one of the Ure’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
Stonebridgegate Fire Station CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Skittergate Gutter · 570 m from Ripon Ure Bank in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 15 spills, 20 h
Stonebridge Gate CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Skittergate Gutter · 570 m from Ripon Ure Bank in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 11 spills, 49 h
Church Wood CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Culverted Scour Gutter · 1.1 km from Westwick Weir in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 31 spills, 60 h
Boroughbridge STWNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Unnamed Trib Of Ure · 1.1 km from Boroughbridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 75 spills, 990 h
Aldborough SSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Low Commondrain · 2.1 km from Boroughbridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h
Little Ouseburn SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Trib Of Ouse Gill Beck · 2.1 km from Aldwark Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 18 spills, 18 h
Great Ouseburn SPSNot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Unnamed Trib Of Ouse Gill Beck · 2.2 km from Aldwark Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 33 spills, 104 h
Broadlands Farm No 2 CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Trib Of Ouse Gill Beck · 2.4 km from Aldwark Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 11 spills, 5.5 h
Ellingstring CSONot discharging Yorkshire Water · into Tributary Of Broad Beck · 2.6 km from Kilgram in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h
1 other overflow within 3 km of these gauges is placed below the Ure’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.
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.
219 sampling points on the River Ure and the streams that join it above Aldwark Bridge. 87 have a sample from the last 12 months; 159 have any sample banked.
Sampled most recently, anywhere on the Ure and its streams:
Turn Beck on Carlton MoorTurn Beck · 19 km above KilgramLast sampled 23 Sep 2026 · 15 days agoOxygen 106.4%Temp 13.8 °CpH 8.59Ammonia below 0.002 mg/l
Kex Beck at AzerleyKex Beck · 3.9 km above Ripon Birkby NabLast sampled 23 Sep 2026 · 15 days agoOxygen 94.8%Temp 14.1 °CpH 8.48Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Kex Beck downstream of Kirkby MalzeardKex Beck · 6.2 km above Ripon Birkby NabLast sampled 23 Sep 2026 · 15 days agoOxygen 92%Temp 12.6 °CpH 8.28Ammonia 0.012 mg/l
Where, from the source down
Sampling points
Newest sample
River Swale and its streamsjoins the Ure above Aldwark Bridge
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.