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River Worfe water levels

Live levels from 3 monitoring stations across Shropshire, updated every 15 minutes.

3stations
0above typical high
3catchments
The river map shows these 3 catchments’ gauges are all on one river, so they are listed together from source to mouth.

Gauges

River Worfe — Severn Vale

1 station in this catchment

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Burlington—0.13 mASD 24h agoold reading

River Worfe — Shropshire Middle Severn

1 station in this catchment

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Continues from the section above: 7.6 km by river below Burlington
Cosford River—0.08 mASD 1h agoNormal—

River Worfe — Worcestershire Middle Severn

1 station in this catchment

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Continues from the section above: 23.9 km by river below Cosford River
BurcoteAllscott0.16 mASD 1h 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.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Worfe above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.

1 gauged tributary, 1 gauge

Wesley Brook

Joins the Worfe between Cosford River and Burcote, no more than 27.9 km by river above Burcote.

Shifnal0.16 mASD 1h agoNormal

Its water passes Burcote and every gauge below it on the Worfe. It does not pass Cosford River or the gauges above it.

Where the Worfe goes

Below Burcote, its water next reaches Bridgnorth, a gauge on River Severn, 5.2 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 Worfe 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

5 storm overflows are traced upstream of Burcote, the Worfe’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Worfe itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

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

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Burcote: 65 spills over 380 hours in total, across all 5.

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 Worfe includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Between Burlington and Cosford River1 overflow
  • Tong Newport Road Pumping Station Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Church Pool · 3.9 km by river above Cosford River · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · placed on the river by its position alone
Between Cosford River and Burcote4 overflows
  • Newport Road SSO Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Albrighton Brook · 27.3 km by river above Burcote · 2025: 30 spills, 35 h
  • Beckbury Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Worfe · 17.5 km by river above Burcote · 2025: 10 spills, 8.0 h
  • Ackleton And Stableford STW Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Worfe · 11.3 km by river above Burcote · 2025: 18 spills, 324 h
  • Claverley Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Danford Brook · 9.4 km by river above Burcote · 2025: 7 spills, 14 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Albrighton Sewage Treatment Works Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Maltby Dyke · 2.2 km from Cosford River in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 10 spills, 57 h
  • Weston Hall Pu St. Emerg Sewage Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Worfe (Tributary) · 2.4 km from Burlington in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 4 spills, 33 h

1 other overflow within 3 km of these gauges is placed below the Worfe’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: © Severn Trent Water 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.

16 sampling points on the River Worfe and the streams that join it above Burcote, and below it. 6 have a sample from the last 12 months; 10 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Cosford River River Worfe 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Neachley Brook - Borehole at Tong Lodgeunnamed stream2.4 km5 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 101.6%Temp 7.1 °CpH 8.34Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Above Burcote River Worfe 12 points, 7 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Wesley Brook at Haughton Bridge upstream of ShifnalWesley Brook28 kmLast sampled 6 Jan 2003, before the imported period
Albrighton Brook upstream of Albrighton sewage treatment worksAlbrighton Brook27 kmLast sampled 6 Feb 2006, before the imported period
The Hem Nedge Brookunnamed stream26 kmLast sampled 19 Nov 2014, before the imported period
Wesley Brook at GrindlefordWesley Brook21 km5 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 100%Temp 7.8 °CpH 8.12Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Worfe at Ryton BridgeRiver Worfe20 km11 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 94.4%Temp 11.4 °CpH 8.09Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Worfe at BeckburyRiver Worfe18 km14 Aug 2026 · 55 days agoOxygen 88.1%Temp 17.4 °CpH 7.91Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Mad Brook at Beckbury Bridge (GQA)Mad Brook18 km11 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 94.2%Temp 11.3 °CpH 8.14Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Worfe Immed downstream of Mad BrookRiver Worfe17 km8 Apr 2026 · 6 months agopH 8.31
River Worfe - West Arm upstream of NortonRiver Worfe15 kmLast sampled 14 Dec 2005, before the imported period
River Worfe downstream of Mad Brook Stableford BridgeRiver Worfe12 kmLast sampled 12 Apr 2018, before the imported period
Claverley Brook at Sutton MillClaverley Brook7.9 km19 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 102.4%Temp 7.2 °CpH 8.22Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Stratford Brook - at the Wyken BridgeStratford Brook4.3 km20 Aug 2026 · 49 days agoOxygen 91.1%Temp 15.2 °CpH 8.13Ammonia 0.13 mg/l
Below Burcote 3 points, 2 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Worfe at RindlefordRiver Worfe1.1 kmLast sampled 12 May 2021, before the imported period
River Worfe A442 BridgeRiver Worfe1.7 km20 Aug 2026 · 49 days agoOxygen 90.2%Temp 15.7 °CpH 7.99Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Worfe Alongside Worfe CoppiceRiver Worfe2.4 km7 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years agoOxygen 91.2%Temp 5.1 °CpH 7.76Ammonia 0.042 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.

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