189 storm overflows are traced upstream of Chester-Le-Street, the Wear’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Wear itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
- 0 report discharging now
- 176 not discharging
- 13 offline or silent: 3 monitor offline, 3 status unknown, 7 no live feed
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Chester-Le-Street: 3,943 spills over 20,910 hours in total, across the 187 that have a figure. 2 have 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 Wear includes the smaller streams that join it there. Every overflow traced is listed here, each stretch in full. Back to the short lists →
Above Stanhope, the Wear’s highest gauge5 overflows
- Vedra Close SSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 13.3 km by river above Stanhope · 2025: 2 spills, 2.1 h - Huntshield Ford CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 10.1 km by river above Stanhope · 2025: 13 spills, 26 h - Westgate Caravan Site CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 8.2 km by river above Stanhope · 2025: 2 spills, 17 h - Westgate CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 7.6 km by river above Stanhope · 2025: 21 spills, 86 h - Western Area STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 6.4 km by river above Stanhope · 2025: 107 spills, 1,822 h
Rookhope Burn, above Eastgatejoins the Wear above Stanhope2 overflows
- Stotsfield Burn CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Rookhope Burn · 3.6 km by river above Eastgate · 2025: 22 spills, 79 h - Rookhope STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Rookhope Burn · 3.2 km by river above Eastgate · 2025: 59 spills, 596 h
Between Stanhope and Witton Park12 overflows
- Rose Terrace CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 24.8 km by river above Witton Park · 2025: 12 spills, 3.7 h - Stanhope Swimming Pool CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 24.7 km by river above Witton Park · 2025: 29 spills, 48 h - Riverside (Butts Crescent) CSO Monitor offline
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 24.4 km by river above Witton Park · 2025: 25 spills, 54 h - Bondisle Way CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 23.5 km by river above Witton Park · 2025: 24 spills, 53 h - Stanhope STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 22.5 km by river above Witton Park · 2025: 29 spills, 170 h - Mill Cottages CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 19.4 km by river above Witton Park · 2025: 3 spills, 0.5 h - Frosterley Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 18.0 km by river above Witton Park · 2025: 52 spills, 513 h - Angate Street CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Waskerley Beck · 14.4 km by river above Witton Park · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - East End CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Waskerley Beck (River Wear) · 14.4 km by river above Witton Park · 2025: 29 spills, 38 h - Scotch Isle Farm CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Unnamed Trib Of River Wear · 12.9 km by river above Witton Park · 2025: 16 spills, 19 h - Wolsingham STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 10.9 km by river above Witton Park · 2025: 44 spills, 461 h - Low Lane Pumping Station Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 2.4 km by river above Witton Park · 2025: 34 spills, 104 h
Between Witton Park and Sunderland Bridge43 overflows
- Bladeside CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Crook Beck · 25.5 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 54 spills, 330 h - Ulswater Crescent CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Crook Beck · 25.3 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 14 spills, 14 h - The Hollows CSO Wv50 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Beechburn Beck · 24.1 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 38 spills, 165 h - The Hollows CSO Wv49 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Beechburn Beck · 23.8 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 24 spills, 42 h - Valley Terrace CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Beechburn Beck · 22.0 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 1 spill, 0.6 h - Mill Farm Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Beechburn Beck · 21.0 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 1 spill, 0 h - Grange Bank CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Beechburn Beck · 20.4 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 12 spills, 12 h - Low Wadsworth PS Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 20.2 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 52 spills, 645 h - Close House Storm Sewage Overflow Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Dene Beck · 20.0 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Low Wadsworth STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 19.2 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 62 spills, 680 h - Cumberland Street SSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Dene Beck · 19.0 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 24 spills, 65 h - Vinovium SSO No A23 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Dene Beck · 18.2 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 32 spills, 92 h - South Church CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Gaunless · 18.0 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Escomb SPS Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 18.0 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 15 spills, 81 h - Vinovium CSO No A22 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Gaunless · 17.9 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 1 spill, 0.7 h - Cattle Market B SSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Gaunless · 17.3 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 78 spills, 582 h - Dellwood Pumped Storage Tank CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Gaunless · 16.2 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 4 spills, 1.1 h - Gib Chare Housing Development Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Gaunless · 16.1 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 6 spills, 2.0 h - Vinovium SSO No A13 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Gaunless · 15.6 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 3 spills, 1.0 h - Vinovium CSO No A9 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 15.3 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 1 spill, 0.5 h - Gomer Tce SSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 15.3 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 1 spill, 0.6 h - Wear Chare CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 14.8 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 19 spills, 17 h - Binchester Plantation CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 13.8 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Vinovium STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 12.4 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 13 spills, 117 h - Hunwick Lane CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Willington Burn Tributary · 9.8 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 2 spills, 0.9 h - Chapel Street CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Willington Burn · 9.3 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 8 spills, 0.8 h - Gardner Avenue CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Willington Burn · 9.3 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 9 spills, 4.4 h - Newfield STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 9.1 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 96 spills, 698 h - Sunnybrow Sewage Pumping Station Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Holy Well Burn · 9.1 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 58 spills, 460 h - CSO Wv80 Disused STW Hunwick Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 9.0 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 35 spills, 57 h - Low Willington Park CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 7.9 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 37 spills, 84 h - Russel Place CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear Tributary · 7.7 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 21 spills, 48 h - Brancepeth CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Stockley Beck · 7.2 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 20 spills, 7.9 h - Willington STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 7.2 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 37 spills, 376 h - Brancepeth Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Brancepeth Beck · 6.9 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 44 spills, 395 h - Byers Green SPS Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 6.1 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 53 spills, 600 h - Mayfield CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Valley Burn · 5.8 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 44 spills, 120 h - Cow Plantation CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Valley Burn, River Wear · 5.8 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 14 spills, 25 h - 50 Oxclose Crescent Spennymoor Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Valley Burn · 5.8 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 17 spills, 3.4 h - Tudhoe Mill Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Valley Burn · 3.3 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 41 spills, 169 h - Tudhoe Mill Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Valley Burn · 3.3 km by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 46 spills, 375 h - Sunderland Bridge STW Status unknown
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 210 m by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2024: 53 spills, 1,074 h - Sunderland Bridge SPS Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 200 m by river above Sunderland Bridge · 2025: 11 spills, 99 h
Crook Beck, above Crook West Bridge Streetjoins the Wear above Sunderland Bridge1 overflow
- Peases West CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Crook Beck · 900 m by river above Crook West Bridge Street · 2025: 48 spills, 411 h
River Gaunless, above Lowlandsjoins the Wear above Sunderland Bridge6 overflows
- Quarry Lane SSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Grewburn Beck · 4.0 km by river above Lowlands · 2025: 10 spills, 8.0 h - The Slack CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Grewburn Beck · 3.0 km by river above Lowlands · 2025: 20 spills, 59 h - Lynesack And Softley CSO (Te 011) Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Crow Howle Beck · 2.9 km by river above Lowlands · 2025: 2 spills, 1.0 h - The Slack CSO (Te 010) Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Gaunless · 2.7 km by river above Lowlands · 2025: 5 spills, 15 h - Butterknowle CSO 2 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Gaunless · 2.5 km by river above Lowlands · 2025: 60 spills, 274 h - Butterknowle Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Gaunless · 2.0 km by river above Lowlands · 2025: 82 spills, 1,066 h
River Gaunless, above Ramshaw Milljoins the Wear above Sunderland Bridge5 overflows
- Cockfield P.s. & Lands Farm CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Gaunless · 2.9 km by river above Ramshaw Mill · 2025: 1 spill, 0.1 h - Cockfield STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Gaunless · 2.9 km by river above Ramshaw Mill · 2025: 22 spills, 210 h - Ramshaw SPS Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Gordon Beck · 880 m by river above Ramshaw Mill · 2025: 10 spills, 8.9 h - Ramshaw Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Gaunless · 650 m by river above Ramshaw Mill · 2025: 43 spills, 125 h - Ramshaw Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Gaunless · 650 m by river above Ramshaw Mill · 2025: 34 spills, 213 h
River Gaunless, above West Aucklandjoins the Wear above Sunderland Bridge1 overflow
- Toad Pool CSO Te351 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Gaunless · 890 m by river above West Auckland · 2025: 2 spills, 2.9 h
River Gaunless, above Dovecote Hilljoins the Wear above Sunderland Bridge6 overflows
- Vinovium SSO No A32river Walk Wv 12 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Gaunless · 6.6 km by river above Dovecote Hill · 2025: 3 spills, 0.8 h - Oakley Green Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into The River Gaunless Via A Surface Water Sewer · 6.5 km by river above Dovecote Hill · 2025: 18 spills, 12 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate - Wades Farm CSO Wv 010 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Gaunless · 4.7 km by river above Dovecote Hill · 2025: 12 spills, 8.6 h - Fieldon Bridge CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Gaunless · 2.6 km by river above Dovecote Hill · 2025: 28 spills, 301 h - Woodhouse Lane Library CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Gaunless · 240 m by river above Dovecote Hill · 2025: 4 spills, 1.9 h - Vinovium CSO A27 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Gaunless · 240 m by river above Dovecote Hill · 2025: 13 spills, 9.7 h
River Gaunless, above South Churchjoins the Wear above Sunderland Bridge2 overflows
- Caroline Street CSO No live feed
Northumbrian Water · into River Gaunless · 840 m by river above South Church · 2025: 3 spills, 0.9 h - Vinovium Ssos A17, A18, A19 & A21 No live feed
Northumbrian Water · into Gaunless · 840 m by river above South Church · 2025: 15 spills, 3.1 h
Between Sunderland Bridge and Durham New Elvet Bridge40 overflows
- Davey Lamp Ph CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coxhoe Beck · 21.1 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 8 spills, 4.7 h - Railway Line CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coxhoe Beck · 21.0 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 23 spills, 29 h - Workingmen's Club CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coxhoe Beck · 20.9 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Kelloe STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coxhoe Beck · 20.7 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 9 spills, 50 h - Black Horse CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coxhoe Beck · 18.6 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 17 spills, 38 h - Coxhoe CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coxhoe Beck · 18.0 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 10 spills, 1.4 h - Cornforth Pumping Station Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coxhoe Beck · 17.7 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 9 spills, 46 h - Park Hill CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coxhoe Beck · 17.1 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 16 spills, 25 h · placed on the river by its position alone - Paradise Farm (Willow Farm) SPS Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coxhoe Beck Trib · 17.1 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 33 spills, 117 h · placed on the river by its position alone - Maughan Close CSO Se39 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coxhoe Beck Trib · 16.7 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 2 spills, 0.3 h - West Cornforth SPS Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coxhoe Beck · 16.6 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 8 spills, 26 h - Coldwell Burn SSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coldwell Burn · 15.6 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 1 spill, 0.1 h - Tursdale PS - Nwl Name Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coxhoe Beck · 15.4 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Browney STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Browney · 11.0 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 16 spills, 125 h - Ludworth SSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Shadforth Beck · 10.7 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 32 spills, 129 h - Cross Street CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 9.6 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 3 spills, 0.3 h - Sunderland Bridge CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 9.6 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 40 spills, 58 h - High Pittington STW CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coalford Beck · 9.5 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 4 spills, 1.1 h - Pittington STW Status unknown
Northumbrian Water · into Coalford Beck · 9.5 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2024: 69 spills, 445 h - High Pittington SPS Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coalford Beck · 9.5 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 28 spills, 134 h - High Pittington Csos, Mhs 27,28&29 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coalford Beck · 9.4 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - High Pittington Csos, Mhs 27,28&29 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Coalford Beck · 9.4 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 4 spills, 1.0 h - Church Villas CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Shadforth Beck · 8.8 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 4 spills, 1.9 h - Durham University STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Saltwell Gill · 7.1 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 25 spills, 87 h - Durham University STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Saltwell Gill · 7.1 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 17 spills, 77 h - Sherburn SSO Manhole No. 33 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Sherburnhouse Beck · 5.9 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 1 spill, 0.2 h - Sherburn SSO Manhole No. 34 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Sherburnhouse Beck · 5.9 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 1 spill, 0 h - Chapel Court Du068 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Sherburn House Beck · 5.8 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Mill Lane CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Sherburnhouse Beck · 5.8 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 2 spills, 0.1 h - Sherburn Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Sherburn Beck · 5.6 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 32 spills, 181 h - Dragon Lane CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Pittington Beck Trib · 5.5 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 3 spills, 0.8 h - Devonshire Road East CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Tributary Of Pittington Beck · 5.4 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Devonshire Road West CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Tributary Of Pittington Beck · 5.4 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Rennys Lane Pumping Station Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Pittington Beck · 5.4 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 9 spills, 57 h - Station Bank (Du21) Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Pittington Beck · 5.1 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 20 spills, 13 h - Jubilee Place CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 2.9 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 2 spills, 0.6 h - Shincliffe No 2 PS Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Old Durham Beck · 2.6 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 12 spills, 50 h - Shincliffe SSO Manhole No. 2 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 2.5 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 7 spills, 18 h - Shincliffe (A177) CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 2.5 km by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 13 spills, 14 h - Pelaw Wood Sewer, No 1 Baths Bridge Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 160 m by river above Durham New Elvet Bridge · 2025: 29 spills, 65 h
River Browney, above Burn Halljoins the Wear above Durham New Elvet Bridge32 overflows
- Mount Pleasant CSO Der41 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Smallhope Burn · 20.5 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 29 spills, 29 h - Railway Sreet CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Smallhope Burn · 20.0 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 36 spills, 46 h - Lynwood House CSO Der44 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Smallhope Burn · 19.7 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 53 spills, 185 h - CSO Manor Court Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Smallhope Burn · 19.2 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Lanchester STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Smallhope Burn · 18.7 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 37 spills, 247 h - Esh Winning CSO Point A2 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Deerness · 15.3 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 16 spills, 39 h - Cornsay Colliery Storm Sewage Overf Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Hedleyhope Burn · 15.1 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Esh Winning CSO Point A2 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Deerness · 14.9 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 20 spills, 47 h - Langley Park Sewage PS Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Browney · 14.5 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 9 spills, 46 h - High Waterhouse Farm (100m West Of) Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Deerness · 14.2 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 17 spills, 77 h - Back Elm Street CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Browney · 13.2 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 11 spills, 4.3 h - Front Street CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Browney · 13.1 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Opposite 16 Front Street CSO Status unknown
Northumbrian Water · into River Browney · 13.1 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 40 spills, 50 h - Front Street CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Browney · 13.1 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 77 spills, 188 h - Esh Winning SPS Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Deerness · 12.8 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 20 spills, 109 h - Esh Winning CSO Point A2 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Deerness · 12.8 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 25 spills, 88 h - Fair View Storm Sewage Overflow Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Priest Burn · 12.5 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 18 spills, 62 h - Tool Hire CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Priest Burn · 12.3 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 3 spills, 30 h - Esh Winning Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Priest Burn · 11.4 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 47 spills, 600 h - Witton Gilbert STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Browney · 10.6 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 55 spills, 173 h - Witton Gilbert STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Browney · 10.6 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 37 spills, 399 h - Joyce Terrace And Deerness View STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Deerness · 9.1 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 17 spills, 24 h - Aldin Grange CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Unnamed Trib Of River Browney · 7.7 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 28 spills, 62 h - Scout House Farm 1 CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Deerness · 7.6 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 8 spills, 49 h - Scout House Farm 2 CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Deerness · 7.3 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 30 spills, 56 h - Aldin Grange (North) STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Browney · 7.3 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 40 spills, 305 h - Bleach Green Farm CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Deerness · 6.3 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 22 spills, 44 h - Toll House Road CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Browney · 6.1 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 37 spills, 47 h - Stonebridge Sewage Pumping Station Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Browney · 4.6 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 34 spills, 66 h - Stonebridge Sewage Pumping Station Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Browney · 4.6 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 24 spills, 98 h - Grove Terrace CSO Du005 Monitor offline
Northumbrian Water · into River Browney · 3.6 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 38 spills, 42 h - Snowdons Farm CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Browney · 2.1 km by river above Burn Hall · 2025: 36 spills, 347 h
Smallhope Burn, above Lanchester Front Streetjoins the Browney5 overflows
- Crookhall STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Stockerley Burn, Tributary Of · 5.3 km by river above Lanchester Front Street · 2025: 62 spills, 164 h - Crookhall STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Stockerley Burn, Tributary Of · 5.3 km by river above Lanchester Front Street · 2025: 33 spills, 240 h - Butsfield Lane CSO Der092 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Smallhope Burn · 5.0 km by river above Lanchester Front Street · 2025: 46 spills, 70 h - East Of Knitsley Grange Farm CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Smallhope Burn · 4.9 km by river above Lanchester Front Street · 2025: 18 spills, 32 h - Knitsley Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Smallhope Burn · 4.6 km by river above Lanchester Front Street · 2025: 41 spills, 280 h
Between Durham New Elvet Bridge and Chester-Le-Street29 overflows
- Elvet Syphon CSO Monitor offline
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 20.4 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 24 spills, 47 h - Cathedral Banks CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear/Pelaw Wood Beck · 20.2 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 2 spills, 0.2 h - Barclays A CSO Elvet Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 20.1 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 6 spills, 1.0 h - Church Street Du026 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 19.7 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 1 spill, 0 h - Stockton Rd & Quarry Heads Ln Csos No live feed
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 19.7 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 2 spills, 0.1 h - Barkers Haugh No 5 CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 19.3 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Cathedral Banks CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 18.9 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 6 spills, 0.8 h - Millburngate CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 18.6 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 22 spills, 90 h - Walkergate Durham CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 18.5 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 8 spills, 5.5 h - Frankland Lane CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 18.1 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 40 spills, 185 h - Barkers Haugh No 8 CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 18.1 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 22 spills, 77 h - Sands Syphon SSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 17.6 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 49 spills, 146 h - Barkers Haugh CSO No. 10 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 17.5 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 4 spills, 7.2 h - Barkers Haugh STW Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 17.2 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 41 spills, 344 h - West Rainton CSO Du085 No live feed
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 11.3 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 3 spills, 0.5 h - West Rainton CSO Du085 No live feed
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 11.3 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 5 spills, 0.9 h - West Rainton CSO Du085 No live feed
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 11.3 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 3 spills, 0.4 h - Finchale View No live feed
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 11.3 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 39 spills, 220 h - Leamside CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 11.0 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 2 spills, 28 h - Leamside Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 10.9 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 37 spills, 417 h - Cross Lane CSO Ch8 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Black Burn River Wear · 9.0 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Sacriston Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into South Burn · 8.8 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 27 spills, 268 h - Plawsworth Gate Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Blackdene Burn · 7.3 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 45 spills, 65 h - Warkworth Drive CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into South Burn · 5.4 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Beverley Gardens CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 2.8 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 20 spills, 22 h - Back Lane Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Brough's Gill · 1.4 km by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 2 spills, 0.1 h - Lumley Sewage Pumping Station Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 320 m by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 2 spills, 12 h - Park Road CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 220 m by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 21 spills, 87 h - Ropery Lane/Eardulph Ave CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear · 220 m by river above Chester-Le-Street · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
Near these gauges, connection not known
Within 3 km of one of the Wear’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
- Hopgarth Gardens CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Cong Burn · 620 m from Chester-Le-Street in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 7 spills, 10 h - Atherton Street CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Flass Burn · 720 m from Durham New Elvet Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Waddington Street CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear · 900 m from Durham New Elvet Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Pelaw Wood St. Giles Close CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Pelaw Wood Beck · 920 m from Durham New Elvet Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Ainsley Street CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Clvrtd Trib Of River Wear · 940 m from Durham New Elvet Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Park Road CSO Wv41 Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into River Wear Tributary · 970 m from Witton Park in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Nicky Nack Pumping Station Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Nicky Nack Beck · 1.1 km from Sunderland Bridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 39 spills, 205 h - Laurel Avenue CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Pelaw Wood Beck (River Wear) · 1.3 km from Durham New Elvet Bridge in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 28 spills, 49 h - Browney Lane CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Unnamed Trib. Of River Browney · 1.7 km from Sunderland Bridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 44 spills, 165 h - Front Street CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Browney Trib · 1.7 km from Sunderland Bridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h - Ash Meadows CSO Chester Le Street Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Trib. Of Wear Estuary · 1.8 km from Chester-Le-Street in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 5 spills, 1.8 h - Scorers Lane CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Broughs Gill · 1.9 km from Chester-Le-Street in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 5 spills, 3.0 h - High Carr Road CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear, Tributary Of · 1.9 km from Durham New Elvet Bridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 50 spills, 115 h - Willington System CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Wear, Tributary Of · 2.0 km from Witton Park in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 32 spills, 33 h - West Street CSO Not discharging
Northumbrian Water · into Blagdon Beck Trib · 2.0 km from Sunderland Bridge in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 1 spill, 0.2 h
9 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
16 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Wear’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 →
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