Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Northumberland, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hindley Wrae Ford | 0.02 m 49m ago | Low |
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 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.
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.
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 →
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.
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Cleugh upstream of Coal Cleugh Adit | unnamed stream | 16 km | 17 Dec 2024 · 22 months ago | Oxygen 100.3%Temp 6.2 °CpH 6.1Conductivity 47 µS/cm |
| Coal Cleugh downstream of Coal Cleugh Adit | unnamed stream | 16 km | Last sampled 25 Nov 2020, before the imported period | |
| Alston Cleugh at Track | unnamed stream | 16 km | 26 Oct 2023 · 3 years ago | pH 5.52 |
| Coalcleugh upstream of Big Wall Input | unnamed stream | 16 km | Last sampled 27 Jan 2022, before the imported period | |
| Coalcleugh downstream of Big Wall Input | unnamed stream | 16 km | Last sampled 27 Jan 2022, before the imported period | |
| Coalcleugh upstream of Dressing Floor | unnamed stream | 16 km | Last sampled 27 Jan 2022, before the imported period | |
| West Allen upstream of Scraithole Minewater | River West Allen | 14 km | 19 Aug 2026 · 50 days ago | Oxygen 102.2%Oxygen 12.4 mg/l May 2026Temp 15.3 °CpH 8.1 |
| Downstream of Wellhopehead Lead Mine | unnamed stream | 14 km | 6 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years ago | pH 6.95 |
| West Allen downstream of Barney Craig Mine | River West Allen | 14 km | 21 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago | Oxygen 107%Temp 15.3 °CpH 8.3Conductivity 579 µS/cm |
| Wellhope Burn upstream Scabby Tongue | Wellhope Burn | 11 km | 6 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years ago | pH 7.52 |
| West Allen upstream of Mohope Burn | River West Allen | 8.0 km | 21 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago | Oxygen 107.5%Temp 16.6 °CpH 8.4Conductivity 496 µS/cm |
| Mohope Burn upstream of West Allen | Mohope Burn | 7.8 km | 21 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago | Oxygen 104.9%Temp 13.1 °CpH 8.2Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l Apr 2025 |
| Mohopeburn | Mohope Burn | 7.8 km | 1 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago | Oxygen 98.6%Temp 6.3 °CpH 7.88Ammonia below 0.002 mg/l |
| West Allen upstream of Ninebanks | River West Allen | 6.4 km | Last sampled 3 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| West Allen at Blackett Bridge | River West Allen | 5.4 km | 21 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago | Oxygen 99.8%Temp 15.2 °CpH 8.2Conductivity 515 µS/cm |
| West Allen at Low Harber Caravan Park Road Bridge | River West Allen | 4.2 km | 8 Sep 2026 · 30 days ago | Oxygen 100.3%Temp 12.3 °CpH 8Conductivity 258 µS/cm |
| West Allen at Blueback Bridge | River West Allen | 1.6 km | 2 Apr 2025 · 18 months ago | Oxygen 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.
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