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The Cut water levels

Live levels from 3 monitoring stations across Bracknell Forest, Windsor and Maidenhead, updated every 15 minutes.

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0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
WarfieldWarfield1.87 mASD 30m agoNormal▼
3.3 km by river
BinfieldBinfield0.18 mASD 30m agoNormal—
11.9 km by river
The BinghamsMaidenhead1.06 mASD 30m 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 Cut 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 Cut above The Binghams on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where The Cut goes

Below The Binghams, its water next reaches Boveney Lock, a gauge on River Thames, 6.1 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 Cut 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

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

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 2 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 The Binghams: 19 spills over 215 hours in total, across all 2.

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 Cut includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Between Warfield and Binfield1 overflow
  • Foul Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    Thames Water · into The Cut · 1.2 km by river above Binfield · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · placed on the river by its position alone
Between Binfield and The Binghams1 overflow
  • Bracknell WwTW Not discharging
    Thames Water · into The Cut · 10.9 km by river above The Binghams · 2025: 19 spills, 215 h · placed on the river by its position alone

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Maidenhead Not discharging
    Thames Water · into Maidenhead Ditch · 1.2 km from The Binghams in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Marsh Lane Bridge, Taplow Status unknown
    Thames Water · into Boveney Ditch · 2.2 km from The Binghams in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h

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: © Thames 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.

5 sampling points on the Cut and the streams that join it above The Binghams, and below it. 4 have a sample from the last 12 months; 5 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Warfield The Cut 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Bull Brook at Warfield Park Farm, WarfieldBull Brook2.7 km1 Jul 2026 · 3 months agoOxygen 85.3%Temp 18.7 °CpH 7.75Ammonia 0.059 mg/l
Above The Binghams The Cut 3 points
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Cut at Pitts Bridge, BinfieldThe Cut12 km26 May 2026 · 4 months agoOxygen 63.3%Temp 24.6 °CpH 8.36Ammonia 16 mg/l
Cut at Buck Bridge, BinfieldThe Cut7.5 km10 Jan 2024 · 2.7 years agopH 7.78
Cut at Cannon Hill, Bray WickThe Cut0.2 km30 Sep 2026 · 8 days agoOxygen 74.4%Temp 18.3 °CpH 7.59Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Below The Binghams 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Cut above ThamesThe Cut2.0 km24 Aug 2026 · 45 days agoOxygen 71.7%Temp 16.9 °CpH 7.73Ammonia 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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