River Ellen at Arkleby Mill

EA name: RIVER ELLEN AT ARKLEBY MILL
Environment Agency sampling point NW-88005790 · 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
4 Jan 2024, 10:092.8 years ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone). Not sampled since, as far as the archive shows: the Environment Agency was asked up to 8 Oct 2026 and had nothing newer.
Samples banked
2 since 2 Oct 2023 Imported periods: 1 Oct 2023 – 8 Oct 2026. Samples outside them are not shown here.
Latest sample
River / running surface water Environmental monitoring statutory (EU directives)
Where
National Grid 314249, 540444As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map
River, by its own name
Ellen
River, by the map
River EllenPlaced on the river its name gives, 2 m from the line.
Next gauge downstream
Bull Gill On the River Ellen · 6.2 km along the river
Nearest gauge upstream
Blennerhasset Bridge On the River Ellen · 4.9 km along the river
Why it was sampled
Environmental monitoring statutory (EU directives) (2 samples)

Main measurements, river water

pH

code 0061

7.67

Sampled 4 Jan 2024, 2.8 years ago · 2 results banked

7.67.77.87.988.1202420252026no sample published after Jan 20242 Oct 2023, 12:35: 8.044 Jan 2024, 10:09: 7.67
Every result (2)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
4 Jan 2024, 10:097.67 7.67
2 Oct 2023, 12:358.04 8.04

Everything measured here

6 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 6 rows
DeterminandMaterialResults First – lastLatest result
pH 0061 River water 2 Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 7.67 4 Jan 2024
Cadmium, Dissolved 0106 River water 2 Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 below 0.01 µg/l 4 Jan 2024
Calcium, Dissolved 0239 River water 2 Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 52 mg/l 4 Jan 2024
Carbon, Organic, Dissolved as C :- {DOC} 0301 River water 2 Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 2.3 mg/l 4 Jan 2024
Magnesium, Dissolved 0235 River water 2 Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 3.3 mg/l 4 Jan 2024
Mercury, Dissolved 0103 River water 2 Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 below 0.01 µg/l 4 Jan 2024

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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