Wicken Water at Chestnut Cottage
EA name: WICKEN WATER AT CHESTNUT COTTAGE
Environment Agency sampling point AN-WRPNTS45 · Freshwater - rivers · listed as open (“open” does not mean it is sampled now)
These are samples taken on a date, not live readings of the river. Results reach the Environment Agency's archive days to months after the sample is taken, so the newest here may be weeks or months old. FloodRadar does not grade them.
Where and when
- Last sampled
- 1 Sep 2026, 10:5030 days ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone)
- Samples banked
- 17 since 24 Apr 2025 Imported periods: 1 Oct 2023 – 30 Sep 2026. Samples outside them are not shown here.
- Latest sample
- River / running surface water Monitoring (national agency policy)
- Where
- National Grid 550049, 233338As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map
- River, by its own name
- Wicken Water
- River, by the map
- Wicken WaterPlaced on the river its name gives, 0 m from the line.
- Next gauge downstream
- Great Chesterford On the River Cam · 13 km along the river
- Why it was sampled
- Monitoring (national agency policy) (17 samples)
14 visits found no water to sample (recorded as “No flow”).
Main measurements, river water
Dissolved oxygen
% saturation · code 9901 · %
103.8%
Sampled 3 Mar 2026, 7 months ago · 3 results banked
Every result (3)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2026, 10:43 | 103.8 | 103.8% |
| 10 Feb 2026, 11:54 | 100.6 | 100.6% |
| 13 Jan 2026, 13:12 | 99 | 99% |
Dissolved oxygen
as O2 · code 9924 · mg/l
12.6 mg/l
Sampled 3 Mar 2026, 7 months ago · 3 results banked
Every result (3)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2026, 10:43 | 12.6 | 12.6 mg/l |
| 10 Feb 2026, 11:54 | 12 | 12 mg/l |
| 13 Jan 2026, 13:12 | 12 | 12 mg/l |
Water temperature
code 0076 · °C
6.9 °C
Sampled 3 Mar 2026, 7 months ago · 3 results banked
Every result (3)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2026, 10:43 | 6.9 | 6.9 °C |
| 10 Feb 2026, 11:54 | 7.6 | 7.6 °C |
| 13 Jan 2026, 13:12 | 7.1 | 7.1 °C |
pH
code 0061
8.5
Sampled 3 Mar 2026, 7 months ago · 3 results banked
Every result (3)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2026, 10:43 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| 10 Feb 2026, 11:54 | 8.39 | 8.39 |
| 13 Jan 2026, 13:12 | 8.31 | 8.31 |
Conductivity
at 25 °C · code 0077 · µS/cm
711 µS/cm
Sampled 3 Mar 2026, 7 months ago · 3 results banked
Every result (3)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2026, 10:43 | 711 | 711 µS/cm |
| 10 Feb 2026, 11:54 | 659 | 659 µS/cm |
| 13 Jan 2026, 13:12 | 669 | 669 µS/cm |
Everything measured here
8 determinands, each kept by its code, unit and sample material: results in different units or on different materials are never mixed. A “below” result is under the laboratory's detection limit, not zero.
Show all 8 rows
| Determinand | Material | Results | First – last | Latest result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen, Dissolved, % Saturation 9901 | River water | 3 | Jan 2026 – Mar 2026 | 103.8% 3 Mar 2026 |
| Oxygen, Dissolved as O2 9924 | River water | 3 | Jan 2026 – Mar 2026 | 12.6 mg/l 3 Mar 2026 |
| Temperature of Water 0076 | River water | 3 | Jan 2026 – Mar 2026 | 6.9 °C 3 Mar 2026 |
| pH 0061 | River water | 3 | Jan 2026 – Mar 2026 | 8.5 3 Mar 2026 |
| Conductivity at 25 C 0077 | River water | 3 | Jan 2026 – Mar 2026 | 711 µS/cm 3 Mar 2026 |
| Flow Type 2896 | River water | 16 | Apr 2025 – Sep 2026 | Dry 1 Sep 2026 |
| No flow /No sample 7668 | River water | 14 | Apr 2025 – Sep 2026 | No flow/discharge at sampling point 1 Sep 2026 |
| Photo Taken: Yes/No (1/0) 3257 | River water | 3 | Jan 2026 – Mar 2026 | Yes 3 Mar 2026 |
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.
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