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River Wheelock water levels

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

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Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Wheelock Crewe RoadWheelock0.33 m 35m agoNormal—

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.

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Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Wheelock 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 Wheelock above Wheelock Crewe Road on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Wheelock goes

Below Wheelock Crewe Road, its water next reaches Rudheath, a gauge on River Dane, 23.6 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 Wheelock 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.

Storm overflows upstream

1 storm overflow is traced upstream of Wheelock Crewe Road, the Wheelock’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Wheelock itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 1 not discharging
  • 0 offline or silent: 0 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 0 no live feed

Official figures for 2025, for the overflow traced upstream of Wheelock Crewe Road: 15 spills over 11 hours.

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 Wheelock includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Wheelock Crewe Road, the Wheelock’s highest gauge1 overflow
  • Hassall Road CSO 131x8 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Wheelock · 1.4 km by river above Wheelock Crewe Road · 2025: 15 spills, 11 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

Within 3 km of one of the Wheelock’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • Crewe Road Mill Lane CSO 138cg Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Wheelock · 10 m from Wheelock Crewe Road in a straight line · too close to Wheelock Crewe Road to say which side · 2025: 1 spill, 0.2 h
  • Mill Hill Lane CSO 132f8 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into River Wheelock · 780 m from Wheelock Crewe Road in a straight line · several watercourses close by, nothing to choose between them · 2025: 23 spills, 24 h
  • Middlewich Road CSO 131ad Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Unnamed Trib River Wheelock · 1.2 km from Wheelock Crewe Road in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 15 spills, 22 h
  • Brook Mill Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Clvrtd Section Of Brook Mill · 1.2 km from Wheelock Crewe Road in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 13 spills, 16 h
  • Front Street CSO 13521 Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Arclid Brook · 1.9 km from Wheelock Crewe Road in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 40 spills, 54 h
  • Tbc Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Croco · 1.9 km from Wheelock Crewe Road in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 5 spills, 1.9 h
  • Moss Lane Sandbach 138cf Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Trent And Mersey Canal · 2.6 km from Wheelock Crewe Road in a straight line · discharges into a canal · 2025: 14 spills, 9.3 h
  • Cookesmere Lane Not discharging
    United Utilities · into Trib Of The River Croco · 2.7 km from Wheelock Crewe Road in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 12 spills, 57 h

1 other overflow within 3 km of these gauges is placed below the Wheelock’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: © United Utilities 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.

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.

10 sampling points on the River Wheelock and the streams that join it above Wheelock Crewe Road, and below it. 3 have a sample from the last 12 months; 3 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Wheelock Crewe Road River Wheelock 6 points, 2 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Day Green Stream at B5078 upstream of Alsager Etwunnamed stream5.9 km30 Apr 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 94.9%Temp 10.7 °CpH 7.85Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Kidsgrove Stream A/B Day Green Streamunnamed stream4.1 km19 Feb 2026 · 8 months agopH 7.88
Kidsgrove Stream downstream of Day Green Streamunnamed stream2.9 kmLast sampled 5 Oct 2018, before the imported period
Kidsgrove Stream upstream of Malkins Bankunnamed stream2.7 kmLast sampled 9 Nov 2017, before the imported period
River Wheelock upstream of Kidsgrove Streamunnamed stream1.4 kmLast sampled 1 Mar 2023, before the imported period
Malkins Bank Outfall 1River Wheelock1.4 kmLast sampled 9 Nov 2017, before the imported period
Below Wheelock Crewe Road 4 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Wheelock upstream of Sandbach E.T.W.River Wheelock1.2 kmLast sampled 20 Jun 2018, before the imported period
River Wheelock upstream of Flash BrookRiver Wheelock2.7 kmLast sampled 7 Mar 2022, before the imported period
River Wheelock at Hall Lane BridgeRiver Wheelock4.2 kmLast sampled 4 Apr 2008, before the imported period
River Wheelock above confluence DaneRiver Wheelock14 km26 Aug 2026 · 43 days agoOxygen 97%Temp 16.8 °CpH 7.95Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l

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.