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Live levels from 3 monitoring stations across Leicestershire, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frisby on the Wreakestructure | 0.49 mASD 30m ago | Normal | ||
| 13.9 km by river | ||||
| Syston | 1.45 mASD 45m ago | Normal | ||
These gauges are filed under the Wreake, but the river map places them on another watercourse, so they are not in the Wreake’s order above.
| Melton Parkon River Eye | 0.78 mASD 45m ago | Normal | ||
| Its water joins the Wreake above Frisby on the Wreake, 8.9 km by river. | ||||
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 Wreake above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
Joins the Wreake above Frisby on the Wreake, its highest gauge, no more than 8.9 km by river above Frisby on the Wreake.
| Melton Park | 0.78 mASD 45m ago | Normal |
Its water passes every gauge on the Wreake, from Frisby on the Wreake down.
Joins the Wreake between Frisby on the Wreake and Syston, no more than 22.0 km by river above Syston.
| Marefield | 0.88 mASD 30m ago | Normal |
Its water passes Syston and every gauge below it on the Wreake. It does not pass Frisby on the Wreake or the gauges above it.
Joins the Wreake between Frisby on the Wreake and Syston, no more than 6.2 km by river above Syston.
| Rearsby | 0.10 mASD 30m ago | Normal |
Its water passes Syston and every gauge below it on the Wreake. It does not pass Frisby on the Wreake or the gauges above it.
Below Syston, its water next reaches Pillings Lock, a gauge on River Soar, 13.5 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.
28 storm overflows are traced upstream of Syston, the Wreake’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Wreake itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Syston: 358 spills over 2,089 hours in total, across the 27 that have a figure. 1 has 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 Wreake includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of the Wreake’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
6 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Wreake’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.
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.
37 sampling points on the River Wreake and the streams that join it above Syston. 19 have a sample from the last 12 months; 23 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langham Brook upstream of Langham sewage treatment works | unnamed stream | 27 km | 7 May 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 91.2%Temp 9.3 °CpH 7.98Ammonia 0.043 mg/l |
| Langham Brook downstream of Langham sewage treatment works | unnamed stream | 24 km | 14 Sep 2026 · 24 days ago | Oxygen 71.8%Temp 16.8 °CpH 7.63Ammonia 0.091 mg/l |
| Whissendine Brook downstream of Whissendine sewage treatment works | Whissendine Brook | 19 km | 1 Sep 2026 · 37 days ago | Oxygen 74.8%Temp 16.2 °CpH 7.75Ammonia 0.077 mg/l |
| Somerby Brook Whissendine Road Bridge | unnamed stream | 16 km | 10 Mar 2025 · 19 months ago | Oxygen 109.3%Temp 6.7 °CpH 8.44Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Matamata Farm | unnamed stream | 15 km | 6 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years ago | Oxygen 94.5%Temp 4.9 °CpH 7.77Ammonia 0.059 mg/l |
| Whissendine Brook upstream of Langham Brook | Whissendine Brook | 15 km | 11 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago | Oxygen 97.4%Temp 8.5 °CpH 8.03Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Wymondham Brook at Stapleford | unnamed stream | 13 km | 7 Sep 2026 · 31 days ago | Oxygen 44.5%Temp 15.4 °CpH 7.63Ammonia 0.054 mg/l |
| Freeby Brook confluence River Eye | unnamed stream | 11 km | 1 Sep 2026 · 37 days ago | Oxygen 55.6%Temp 15.7 °CpH 7.58Ammonia 0.14 mg/l |
| Tributary of Scalford Brook, downstream of Wildberry | unnamed stream | 10 km | Last sampled 18 Mar 2019, before the imported period | |
| Thorpe/Chadwell Brook - at Chadwell | unnamed stream | 8.9 km | 10 Sep 2026 · 28 days ago | Oxygen 78.2%Temp 12.4 °CpH 7.57Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Burton Brook (East) upstream of Burton Lazars sewage treatment works | Burton Brook | 6.0 km | 14 Sep 2026 · 24 days ago | Oxygen 46.1%Temp 16.3 °CpH 7.78Ammonia 0.078 mg/l |
| Burton Brook (East) at Burton Lazars | Burton Brook | 5.4 km | 1 Sep 2026 · 37 days ago | Oxygen 64.1%Temp 14.3 °CpH 7.73Ammonia 0.087 mg/l |
| Melton Country Park B | Scalford Brook | 3.9 km | 13 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago | Oxygen 94.4%Temp 7.2 °CpH 8.09Ammonia 0.17 mg/l |
| Melton Country Park | Scalford Brook | 3.7 km | Last sampled 11 Sep 2023, before the imported period | |
| Thorpe Brook upstream of A607 Melton Mowbray | Thorpe Brook | 3.2 km | 13 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago | Oxygen 99.6%Temp 7.9 °CpH 8.3Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Thorpe/Chadwell Brook - at Melton | Thorpe Brook | 1.7 km | Last sampled 6 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| Scalford Brook at Melton | Scalford Brook | 1.4 km | 26 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago | Oxygen 98.4%Temp 8.5 °CpH 8.47Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Wreake (Eye) - upstream of Melton sewage treatment works | River Wreake | 6.3 km | Last sampled 29 May 2018, before the imported period | |
| Great Dalby Brook at Leicester Road | unnamed stream | 5.9 km | 11 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago | Oxygen 101.3%Temp 8.4 °CpH 8.26Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Welby Brook at Welby Grange | unnamed stream | 5.7 km | Last sampled 27 Aug 2003, before the imported period | |
| River Wreake (Eye) - at Kirby Bellars | River Wreake | 4.3 km | 7 Sep 2026 · 31 days ago | Oxygen 63.1%Temp 18.3 °CpH 7.87Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Welby Brook at Asfordby Valley | Welby Brook | 3.7 km | Last sampled 2 Sep 2008, before the imported period | |
| River Wreake (Eye) - at Asfordby | River Wreake | 1.6 km | Last sampled 17 Sep 2014, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaddesby Brook Burrough tributary of Lowenva Lodge | Gaddesby Brook | 20 km | Last sampled 6 Dec 2021, before the imported period | |
| Gaddesby Brook at Twyford | Gaddesby Brook | 18 km | 7 Sep 2026 · 31 days ago | Oxygen 82.7%Temp 16.3 °CpH 8.06Ammonia 0.044 mg/l |
| Gaddesby Brook at Twyford | Gaddesby Brook | 18 km | Last sampled 20 Nov 2012, before the imported period | |
| Baggrave Park | Queniborough Brook | 13 km | Last sampled 2 Dec 2022, before the imported period | |
| River Wreake (Eye) - at Frisby | River Wreake | 13 km | 4 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago | Oxygen 98.4%Temp 7.9 °CpH 8.15Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Austen Dyke - Frisby | Austen Dyke | 12 km | Last sampled 7 Mar 2017, before the imported period | |
| Bill's Field | Gaddesby Brook | 7.8 km | 12 Dec 2023 · 2.8 years ago | Oxygen 94.9%Temp 7.3 °CpH 7.87Ammonia 0.038 mg/l |
| Rearsby Brook at Rearsby | Rearsby Brook | 6.0 km | Last sampled 26 Aug 2008, before the imported period | |
| A607 | Gaddesby Brook | 4.6 km | 1 Sep 2026 · 37 days ago | Oxygen 66.5%Temp 15.5 °CpH 7.75Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Gaddesby Brook at confluence with Queniborough Brook | Gaddesby Brook | 4.0 km | 24 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago | Oxygen 129.9%Temp 13.5 °CpH 8.51Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Queniborough Brook at confluence with Gaddesby Brook | Queniborough Brook | 4.0 km | Last sampled 8 Dec 2022, before the imported period | |
| River Wreake (Eye) - at Ratcliffe-on-Wreake | River Wreake | 3.1 km | Last sampled 6 Mar 2020, before the imported period | |
| Queniborough Brook at confluence with River Wreak | Queniborough Brook | 2.4 km | 1 Sep 2026 · 37 days ago | Oxygen 67.2%Temp 15.2 °CpH 7.77Ammonia 0.043 mg/l |
| River Wreake (Eye) - at Lewin Bridge | River Wreake | 0.9 km | 10 Mar 2025 · 19 months ago | Oxygen 100.6%Temp 8.1 °CpH 8.39Ammonia 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.
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