Axe at Brean Cross Sluice
EA name: AXE AT BREAN CROSS SLUICE (also listed as “RIVER AXE AT BREAN CROSS SLUICE”)
Environment Agency sampling point SW-60041500 · 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
- 14 Sep 2026, 09:1617 days ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone)
- Samples banked
- 61 since 4 May 2024 Imported periods: 1 Oct 2023 – 30 Sep 2026. Samples outside them are not shown here.
- Latest sample
- River / running surface water Planned investigation (local monitoring)
- Where
- National Grid 330900, 156195As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map
- River, by its own name
- Axe
- River, by the map
- River AxePlaced on the river its name gives, 15 m from the line.
- Next gauge downstream
- None tracedIts water reaches the sea without passing a gauge.
- Nearest gauge upstream
- Cheddar Gorge On the Cheddar Yeo · 19 km along the riverWookey On the River Axe · 30 km along the river
- Why it was sampled
- Planned investigation (local monitoring) (59 samples)
Unplanned reactive monitoring (pollution incidents) (2 samples)
Main measurements, river water
E. coli
confirmed, membrane filtration · code 2348 · per 100 ml
370 per 100 ml
Sampled 14 Sep 2026, 17 days ago · 59 results banked
Every result (59)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep 2026, 09:16 | 370 | 370 per 100 ml |
| 8 Sep 2026, 17:10 | 250 | 250 per 100 ml |
| 1 Sep 2026, 09:33 | 180 | 180 per 100 ml |
| 30 Aug 2026, 09:07 | 190 | 190 per 100 ml |
| 14 Aug 2026, 08:57 | 36 | 36 per 100 ml |
| 10 Aug 2026, 17:36 | 45 | 45 per 100 ml |
| 5 Aug 2026, 11:07 | 18 | 18 per 100 ml |
| 2 Aug 2026, 10:06 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 31 Jul 2026, 09:02 | 45 | 45 per 100 ml |
| 27 Jul 2026, 17:58 | 140 | 140 per 100 ml |
| 16 Jul 2026, 09:36 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 7 Jul 2026, 11:47 | 81 | 81 per 100 ml |
| 1 Jul 2026, 08:58 | 18 | 18 per 100 ml |
| 17 Jun 2026, 09:33 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 11 Jun 2026, 16:11 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 2 Jun 2026, 10:02 | 190 | 190 per 100 ml |
| 28 May 2026, 17:53 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 22 May 2026, 11:21 | 18 | 18 per 100 ml |
| 18 May 2026, 10:05 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 25 Sep 2025, 09:15 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 18 Sep 2025, 15:40 | 63 | 63 per 100 ml |
| 9 Sep 2025, 08:56 | 18 | 18 per 100 ml |
| 5 Sep 2025, 16:34 | 140 | 140 per 100 ml |
| 27 Aug 2025, 09:48 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 24 Aug 2025, 11:31 | 27 | 27 per 100 ml |
| 14 Aug 2025, 11:24 | 36 | 36 per 100 ml |
| 10 Aug 2025, 09:07 | 99 | 99 per 100 ml |
| 28 Jul 2025, 09:38 | 270 | 270 per 100 ml |
| 25 Jul 2025, 09:22 | 45 | 45 per 100 ml |
| 16 Jul 2025, 12:16 | 18 | 18 per 100 ml |
| 12 Jul 2025, 10:36 | 54 | 54 per 100 ml |
| 27 Jun 2025, 10:45 | 420 | 420 per 100 ml |
| 23 Jun 2025, 15:38 | 81 | 81 per 100 ml |
| 16 Jun 2025, 10:50 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 13 Jun 2025, 08:31 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 29 May 2025, 09:47 | 140 | 140 per 100 ml |
| 23 May 2025, 16:33 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 15 May 2025, 09:20 | 18 | 18 per 100 ml |
| 2 May 2025, 10:53 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 23 Sep 2024, 10:50 | 680 | 680 per 100 ml |
| 20 Sep 2024, 09:25 | 110 | 110 per 100 ml |
| 6 Sep 2024, 09:40 | 330 | 330 per 100 ml |
| 4 Sep 2024, 09:04 | 160 | 160 per 100 ml |
| 22 Aug 2024, 09:24 | 130 | 130 per 100 ml |
| 8 Aug 2024, 09:46 | 81 | 81 per 100 ml |
| 6 Aug 2024, 09:07 | 54 | 54 per 100 ml |
| 26 Jul 2024, 10:34 | 63 | 63 per 100 ml |
| 24 Jul 2024, 09:18 | 72 | 72 per 100 ml |
| 19 Jul 2024, 18:33 | 45 | 45 per 100 ml |
| 8 Jul 2024, 11:40 | 36 | 36 per 100 ml |
| 3 Jul 2024, 17:08 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 27 Jun 2024, 11:06 | 36 | 36 per 100 ml |
| 25 Jun 2024, 09:52 | 45 | 45 per 100 ml |
| 19 Jun 2024, 17:51 | <10 | below 10 per 100 ml (not detected above this) |
| 3 Jun 2024, 16:56 | 81 | 81 per 100 ml |
| 29 May 2024, 11:30 | 1400 | 1400 per 100 ml |
| 26 May 2024, 10:15 | 36 | 36 per 100 ml |
| 20 May 2024, 17:32 | 18 | 18 per 100 ml |
| 4 May 2024, 16:27 | 160 | 160 per 100 ml |
Everything measured here
10 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 10 rows
| Determinand | Material | Results | First – last | Latest result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen, Dissolved, % Saturation 9901 | Any solid/sediment - unspecified | 2 | Mar 2026 – Mar 2026 | 130.1% 18 Mar 2026 |
| Temperature of Water 0076 | Any solid/sediment - unspecified | 2 | Mar 2026 – Mar 2026 | 13 °C 18 Mar 2026 |
| pH 0061 | Any solid/sediment - unspecified | 2 | Mar 2026 – Mar 2026 | 8.4 18 Mar 2026 |
| Escherichia coli : Confirmed : MF 2348 | River water | 59 | May 2024 – Sep 2026 | 370 per 100 ml 14 Sep 2026 |
| Enterococci: Intestinal: Presumptive: MF 3722 | River water | 59 | May 2024 – Sep 2026 | 170 colony forming units / 100ml 14 Sep 2026 |
| MST Filtration 4926 | River water | 59 | May 2024 – Sep 2026 | DNA Stored 14 Sep 2026 |
| Volume of Sample Filtered 4865 | River water | 59 | May 2024 – Sep 2026 | 850 millilitre 14 Sep 2026 |
| GCMS Screen : Semi-Volatile Screen: Semi Quantitative 3106 | Any solid/sediment - unspecified | 2 | Mar 2026 – Mar 2026 | 1 unitless value 18 Mar 2026 |
| National Grid Reference : Whole : Field report 7434 | Any solid/sediment - unspecified | 1 | Mar 2026 – Mar 2026 | 1 unitless value 18 Mar 2026 |
| Salinity : In Situ 7608 | Any solid/sediment - unspecified | 2 | Mar 2026 – Mar 2026 | 0.58 parts per thousand 18 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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