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West Fen Catchwater Drain water levels

Live levels from 2 monitoring stations across Lincolnshire, updated every 15 minutes.

2stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
New YorkNew York0.63 mASD 33m agoNormal—
8.8 km by river
RevesbyRevesby0.57 mASD 38m 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 West Fen Catchwater Drain above one of its gauges, from the source down. The river map knows where gauges are, not every stream, so a tributary without a gauge is not listed here.

1 gauged tributary, 1 gauge

Billinghay Skirth

Joins West Fen Catchwater Drain above New York, its highest gauge.

Billinghay0.46 mASD 23m agoNormal

Its water passes every gauge on West Fen Catchwater Drain, from New York down.

Where West Fen Catchwater Drain goes

Below Revesby, its water next reaches Sibsey, a gauge on Stone Bridge Drain, 13.3 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.

Storm overflows upstream

1 storm overflow is traced upstream of Revesby, West Fen Catchwater Drain’s lowest gauge on the river map: on West Fen Catchwater Drain 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 Revesby: 55 spills over 668 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 West Fen Catchwater Drain includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Billinghay Skirth, above Billinghayjoins West Fen Catchwater Drain above New York1 overflow
  • Metheringham STW Not discharging
    Anglian Water · into Car Dyke Meth'gham Delph Rive · 15.7 km by river above Billinghay · 2025: 55 spills, 668 h · placed on the river by its position alone

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: © Anglian 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.

14 sampling points on the West Fen Catchwater Drain and the streams that join it above Revesby, and below it. 7 have a sample from the last 12 months; 8 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Billinghay Billinghay Skirth 11 points, 6 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Metheringham Brookunnamed stream16 kmLast sampled 30 Mar 2017, before the imported period
Headwaters Metheringham Beckunnamed stream16 km10 Mar 2025 · 19 months agoOxygen 86.7%Temp 10 °CpH 7.59Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Prior Lane off Dunston Fen Laneunnamed stream16 km7 Sep 2026 · 32 days agoOxygen 76.2%Temp 15.7 °CpH 7.94Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Metheringham Beck at Moor Laneunnamed stream15 km9 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 56%Temp 10.9 °CpH 7.54Ammonia 0.25 mg/l
Metheringham downstream of sewage treatment worksunnamed stream15 km3 Sep 2026 · 36 days agoOxygen 44.4%Temp 16.6 °CpH 7.47Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Springwell BrookSpringwell Brook12 kmLast sampled 6 Dec 2021, before the imported period
Springwell Brook By FootbridgeSpringwell Brook9.9 km3 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 90.1%Temp 7.4 °CpH 7.89Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Dorrington Beck Fen Road BridgeDorrington Dike6.6 kmLast sampled 6 Dec 2021, before the imported period
Car Dyke South at Fen RoadCar Dyke5.6 kmLast sampled 5 Dec 2022, before the imported period
Dorrington Dike DrainDorrington Dike3.7 kmLast sampled 29 Mar 2017, before the imported period
Farroway Drain North KymeFarroway Drain2.1 km14 Sep 2026 · 25 days agoOxygen 76.2%Temp 17.3 °CpH 7.3Ammonia 0.14 mg/l
Above Revesby West Fen Catchwater Drain 2 points
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Catchwater Drain upstream of Mareham Le Fen sewage treatment worksCatchwater Drain3.5 km16 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 81.7%Temp 8.9 °CpH 7.55Ammonia 0.13 mg/l
Revesby Drain at A155unnamed stream2.5 km5 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 90.6%Temp 6.7 °CpH 8.01Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Below Revesby 1 point, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
West Fen Catchwater Stickney BridgeWest Fen Catchwater Drain6.9 kmLast sampled 2 Dec 2021, before the imported period

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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