Wear at Cocken Bridge

Where and when

Last sampled

3 Jul 2026, 08:573 months ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone)

Samples banked

35 since 16 Nov 2023 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 428051, 547213As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map

River, by its own name

Wear

River, by the map

River WearPlaced on the river its name gives, 5 m from the line.

Next gauge downstream

Chester-Le-Street On the River Wear · 7.6 km along the river

Nearest gauge upstream

Durham New Elvet Bridge On the River Wear · 13 km along the river

Why it was sampled

Monitoring (national agency policy) (28 samples)
Environmental monitoring statutory (EU directives) (7 samples)

Main measurements, river water

Everything measured here

63 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.