River Amber at Hockley Quarry Footbridge

EA name: RIVER AMBER AT HOCKLEY QUARRY F/BRIDGE (also listed as “RIVER AMBER AT HOCKLEY QUARRY FOOTBRIDGE”)
Environment Agency sampling point MD-50901380 · 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
9 Jul 2026, 11:443 months ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone)
Samples banked
12 since 12 Oct 2023 Imported periods: 1 Oct 2023 – 8 Oct 2026. Samples outside them are not shown here.
Latest sample
River / running surface water Monitoring (national agency policy)
Where
National Grid 434900, 362600As published, to the nearest 100 m (so up to about 70 m out). Open in a map
River, by its own name
Amber
River, by the map
River AmberPlaced on the river its name gives, 71 m from the line.
Next gauge downstream
Wingfield Park On the River Amber · 14 km along the river
Why it was sampled
Monitoring (national agency policy) (10 samples)
Environmental monitoring statutory (EU directives) (2 samples)

Main measurements, river water

pH

code 0061

8.02

Sampled 9 Jul 2026, 3 months ago · 12 results banked

77.588.520242025202612 Oct 2023, 13:47: 8.1911 Jan 2024, 10:05: 7.919 Apr 2024, 12:47: 7.171 Jul 2024, 13:20: 7.9110 Oct 2024, 09:08: 7.8414 Jan 2025, 10:00: 7.982 Apr 2025, 09:10: 8.1825 Jul 2025, 09:43: 7.988 Oct 2025, 10:42: 7.956 Jan 2026, 10:14: 8.077 Apr 2026, 10:09: 8.269 Jul 2026, 11:44: 8.02
Every result (12)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
9 Jul 2026, 11:448.02 8.02
7 Apr 2026, 10:098.26 8.26
6 Jan 2026, 10:148.07 8.07
8 Oct 2025, 10:427.95 7.95
25 Jul 2025, 09:437.98 7.98
2 Apr 2025, 09:108.18 8.18
14 Jan 2025, 10:007.98 7.98
10 Oct 2024, 09:087.84 7.84
1 Jul 2024, 13:207.91 7.91
9 Apr 2024, 12:477.17 7.17
11 Jan 2024, 10:057.91 7.91
12 Oct 2023, 13:478.19 8.19

Everything measured here

5 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 5 rows
DeterminandMaterialResults First – lastLatest result
pH 0061 River water 12 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 8.02 9 Jul 2026
Calcium, Dissolved 0239 River water 12 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 57 mg/l 9 Jul 2026
Carbon, Organic, Dissolved as C :- {DOC} 0301 River water 10 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 2.9 mg/l 9 Jul 2026
Iron, Dissolved 6460 River water 12 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 50 µg/l 9 Jul 2026
Magnesium, Dissolved 0235 River water 12 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 9.7 mg/l 9 Jul 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.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.