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River West Allen water levels

Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Northumberland, updated every 15 minutes.

1stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Hindley Wrae FordAllendale Town0.02 m 49m agoLow—

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.

Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the West Allen 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 West Allen above Hindley Wrae Ford on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the West Allen goes

Below Hindley Wrae Ford, its water next reaches Haydon Bridge Brigwood, a gauge on River South Tyne, 13.7 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.

Streams without a gauge

Named streams on the river map that flow into the West Allen 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.

  • Church Burn (joins about 13 km above Haydon Bridge Brigwood)
  • Mohope Burn (joins about 7.6 km above Hindley Wrae Ford)

Storm overflows upstream

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Hindley Wrae Ford on the river map. That is not the same as none: the map leaves out many small streams and culverts, so an overflow it cannot place may still drain here, and not every company publishes every overflow.

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 →

Water samples

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.

17 sampling points on the River West Allen and the streams that join it above Hindley Wrae Ford. 7 have a sample from the last 12 months; 12 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Hindley Wrae Ford River West Allen 17 points, 12 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Coal Cleugh upstream of Coal Cleugh Aditunnamed stream16 km17 Dec 2024 · 22 months agoOxygen 100.3%Temp 6.2 °CpH 6.1Conductivity 47 µS/cm
Coal Cleugh downstream of Coal Cleugh Aditunnamed stream16 kmLast sampled 25 Nov 2020, before the imported period
Alston Cleugh at Trackunnamed stream16 km26 Oct 2023 · 3 years agopH 5.52
Coalcleugh upstream of Big Wall Inputunnamed stream16 kmLast sampled 27 Jan 2022, before the imported period
Coalcleugh downstream of Big Wall Inputunnamed stream16 kmLast sampled 27 Jan 2022, before the imported period
Coalcleugh upstream of Dressing Floorunnamed stream16 kmLast sampled 27 Jan 2022, before the imported period
West Allen upstream of Scraithole MinewaterRiver West Allen14 km19 Aug 2026 · 50 days agoOxygen 102.2%Oxygen 12.4 mg/l May 2026Temp 15.3 °CpH 8.1
Downstream of Wellhopehead Lead Mineunnamed stream14 km6 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years agopH 6.95
West Allen downstream of Barney Craig MineRiver West Allen14 km21 Jul 2026 · 3 months agoOxygen 107%Temp 15.3 °CpH 8.3Conductivity 579 µS/cm
Wellhope Burn upstream Scabby TongueWellhope Burn11 km6 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years agopH 7.52
West Allen upstream of Mohope BurnRiver West Allen8.0 km21 Jul 2026 · 3 months agoOxygen 107.5%Temp 16.6 °CpH 8.4Conductivity 496 µS/cm
Mohope Burn upstream of West AllenMohope Burn7.8 km21 Jul 2026 · 3 months agoOxygen 104.9%Temp 13.1 °CpH 8.2Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l Apr 2025
MohopeburnMohope Burn7.8 km1 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 98.6%Temp 6.3 °CpH 7.88Ammonia below 0.002 mg/l
West Allen upstream of NinebanksRiver West Allen6.4 kmLast sampled 3 Mar 2020, before the imported period
West Allen at Blackett BridgeRiver West Allen5.4 km21 Jul 2026 · 3 months agoOxygen 99.8%Temp 15.2 °CpH 8.2Conductivity 515 µS/cm
West Allen at Low Harber Caravan Park Road BridgeRiver West Allen4.2 km8 Sep 2026 · 30 days agoOxygen 100.3%Temp 12.3 °CpH 8Conductivity 258 µS/cm
West Allen at Blueback BridgeRiver West Allen1.6 km2 Apr 2025 · 18 months agoOxygen 103.7%Temp 7.6 °CConductivity 252 µS/cm

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.