Hele Stream Prior to Beach

EA name: HELE STREAM PRIOR TO BEACH
Environment Agency sampling point SW-73110509 · 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
21 Sep 2026, 11:2610 days ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone)
Samples banked
60 since 3 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) · results completed 25 Sep 2026
Where
National Grid 253520, 147610As published, to the nearest 10 m. Open in a map
River, by its own name
Its name does not give one
River, by the map
Hele Valley StreamPlaced by position alone, on a line whose map name differs from its own, 2 m from the line.
Next gauge downstream
None tracedThe map stops before any gauge.
Nearest gauge upstream
Ilfracombe Hele Witheridge Place On the Hele Stream · 0.2 km along the river
Why it was sampled
Planned investigation (local monitoring) (60 samples)

Results here were completed a median of 4 days after the sample was taken (4 to 52 days, 25 samples).

Main measurements, river water

E. coli

confirmed, membrane filtration · code 2348 · per 100 ml

1400 per 100 ml

Sampled 21 Sep 2026, 10 days ago · 58 results banked

0250005000075000100000per 100 ml2024202520263 May 2024, 12:23: 600 per 100 ml16 May 2024, 11:01: 2300 per 100 ml28 May 2024, 11:08: 1800 per 100 ml2 Jun 2024, 11:22: 1100 per 100 ml10 Jun 2024, 12:31: 910 per 100 ml18 Jun 2024, 11:26: 2000 per 100 ml27 Jun 2024, 11:04: 4300 per 100 ml1 Jul 2024, 10:49: 2100 per 100 ml11 Jul 2024, 14:57: 2200 per 100 ml14 Jul 2024, 12:33: 18000 per 100 ml18 Jul 2024, 13:05: 1800 per 100 ml25 Jul 2024, 10:54: 2700 per 100 ml29 Jul 2024, 13:47: 5600 per 100 ml12 Aug 2024, 11:36: 2300 per 100 ml15 Aug 2024, 11:09: 3200 per 100 ml27 Aug 2024, 12:52: 1200 per 100 ml30 Aug 2024, 15:51: 1500 per 100 ml9 Sep 2024, 10:42: 780 per 100 ml13 Sep 2024, 10:47: 310 per 100 ml23 Sep 2024, 12:12: 3700 per 100 ml7 May 2025, 10:37: 260 per 100 ml17 May 2025, 11:28: 220 per 100 ml22 May 2025, 12:24: 200 per 100 ml29 May 2025, 10:46: 810 per 100 ml5 Jun 2025, 10:09: 2900 per 100 ml16 Jun 2025, 12:58: 270 per 100 ml21 Jun 2025, 10:25: 770 per 100 ml30 Jun 2025, 11:36: 1200 per 100 ml7 Jul 2025, 11:40: 2800 per 100 ml21 Jul 2025, 11:27: 1300 per 100 ml28 Jul 2025, 11:34: 310 per 100 ml4 Aug 2025, 14:27: 30000 per 100 ml12 Aug 2025, 13:12: 490 per 100 ml19 Aug 2025, 10:47: 950 per 100 ml27 Aug 2025, 12:29: 790 per 100 ml3 Sep 2025, 10:35: 1000 per 100 ml11 Sep 2025, 12:40: 35000 per 100 ml16 Sep 2025, 10:10: 1900 per 100 ml24 Sep 2025, 12:02: 260 per 100 ml21 May 2026, 11:34: 210 per 100 ml28 May 2026, 10:19: 1000 per 100 ml1 Jun 2026, 11:21: 1500 per 100 ml7 Jun 2026, 13:37: 1400 per 100 ml10 Jun 2026, 10:10: 1600 per 100 ml17 Jun 2026, 11:37: 9500 per 100 ml25 Jun 2026, 12:59: 420 per 100 ml30 Jun 2026, 10:13: 410 per 100 ml2 Jul 2026, 12:40: 760 per 100 ml7 Jul 2026, 14:20: 1900 per 100 ml13 Jul 2026, 10:30: 90000 per 100 ml20 Jul 2026, 14:11: 2500 per 100 ml4 Aug 2026, 13:17: 3900 per 100 ml13 Aug 2026, 11:58: 630 per 100 ml24 Aug 2026, 11:23: 800 per 100 ml2 Sep 2026, 12:25: 3200 per 100 ml5 Sep 2026, 12:56: 670 per 100 ml10 Sep 2026, 12:49: 1300 per 100 ml21 Sep 2026, 11:26: 1400 per 100 ml
Every result (58)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
21 Sep 2026, 11:261400 1400 per 100 ml
10 Sep 2026, 12:491300 1300 per 100 ml
5 Sep 2026, 12:56670 670 per 100 ml
2 Sep 2026, 12:253200 3200 per 100 ml
24 Aug 2026, 11:23800 800 per 100 ml
13 Aug 2026, 11:58630 630 per 100 ml
4 Aug 2026, 13:173900 3900 per 100 ml
20 Jul 2026, 14:112500 2500 per 100 ml
13 Jul 2026, 10:3090000 90000 per 100 ml
7 Jul 2026, 14:201900 1900 per 100 ml
2 Jul 2026, 12:40760 760 per 100 ml
30 Jun 2026, 10:13410 410 per 100 ml
25 Jun 2026, 12:59420 420 per 100 ml
17 Jun 2026, 11:379500 9500 per 100 ml
10 Jun 2026, 10:101600 1600 per 100 ml
7 Jun 2026, 13:371400 1400 per 100 ml
1 Jun 2026, 11:211500 1500 per 100 ml
28 May 2026, 10:191000 1000 per 100 ml
21 May 2026, 11:34210 210 per 100 ml
24 Sep 2025, 12:02260 260 per 100 ml
16 Sep 2025, 10:101900 1900 per 100 ml
11 Sep 2025, 12:4035000 35000 per 100 ml
3 Sep 2025, 10:351000 1000 per 100 ml
27 Aug 2025, 12:29790 790 per 100 ml
19 Aug 2025, 10:47950 950 per 100 ml
12 Aug 2025, 13:12490 490 per 100 ml
4 Aug 2025, 14:2730000 30000 per 100 ml
28 Jul 2025, 11:34310 310 per 100 ml
21 Jul 2025, 11:271300 1300 per 100 ml
7 Jul 2025, 11:402800 2800 per 100 ml
30 Jun 2025, 11:361200 1200 per 100 ml
21 Jun 2025, 10:25770 770 per 100 ml
16 Jun 2025, 12:58270 270 per 100 ml
5 Jun 2025, 10:092900 2900 per 100 ml
29 May 2025, 10:46810 810 per 100 ml
22 May 2025, 12:24200 200 per 100 ml
17 May 2025, 11:28220 220 per 100 ml
7 May 2025, 10:37260 260 per 100 ml
23 Sep 2024, 12:123700 3700 per 100 ml
13 Sep 2024, 10:47310 310 per 100 ml
9 Sep 2024, 10:42780 780 per 100 ml
30 Aug 2024, 15:511500 1500 per 100 ml
27 Aug 2024, 12:521200 1200 per 100 ml
15 Aug 2024, 11:093200 3200 per 100 ml
12 Aug 2024, 11:362300 2300 per 100 ml
29 Jul 2024, 13:475600 5600 per 100 ml
25 Jul 2024, 10:542700 2700 per 100 ml
18 Jul 2024, 13:051800 1800 per 100 ml
14 Jul 2024, 12:3318000 18000 per 100 ml
11 Jul 2024, 14:572200 2200 per 100 ml
1 Jul 2024, 10:492100 2100 per 100 ml
27 Jun 2024, 11:044300 4300 per 100 ml
18 Jun 2024, 11:262000 2000 per 100 ml
10 Jun 2024, 12:31910 910 per 100 ml
2 Jun 2024, 11:221100 1100 per 100 ml
28 May 2024, 11:081800 1800 per 100 ml
16 May 2024, 11:012300 2300 per 100 ml
3 May 2024, 12:23600 600 per 100 ml

Everything measured here

23 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 23 rows
DeterminandMaterialResults First – lastLatest result
Escherichia coli : Confirmed : MF 2348 River water 58 May 2024 – Sep 2026 1400 per 100 ml 21 Sep 2026
Bacteroides HF183 primer 5886 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 Present / 100ml 13 Jul 2026
Bacteroidetes Marker : All 4907 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 Present 13 Jul 2026
Bacteroidetes Marker : Human copy number 3820 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 5.3 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 13 Jul 2026
Bacteroidetes Marker : Ruminant 4906 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 Present 13 Jul 2026
Bacteroidetes Marker : Ruminant copy number 3819 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 3.4 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 13 Jul 2026
Bacteroidetes marker: All copy number 3818 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 7.4 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 13 Jul 2026
Catellicoccus Marker : Seabird 3120 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 Not found 13 Jul 2026
Catellicoccus Marker : Seabird Copy Number 3116 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 below 2 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 13 Jul 2026
Enterococci: Intestinal: Presumptive: MF 3722 River water 57 May 2024 – Sep 2026 460 colony forming units / 100ml 21 Sep 2026
Microbial Source Tracking 4876 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 1 text result 13 Jul 2026
Mitochondrial Marker : Avian 4871 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 Not found 13 Jul 2026
Mitochondrial Marker : Avian copy number 3817 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 below 2 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 13 Jul 2026
Mitochondrial Marker : Canine 4870 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 Not found 13 Jul 2026
Mitochondrial Marker : Cattle 4755 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 Present 13 Jul 2026
Mitochondrial Marker : Cattle copy number 3789 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 2.7 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 13 Jul 2026
Mitochondrial Marker : Human 4869 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 Present 13 Jul 2026
Mitochondrial Marker : Human copy number 3812 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 4.7 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 13 Jul 2026
Mitochrondrial Marker: Canine copy number 3816 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 below 2 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 13 Jul 2026
MST Filtration 4926 River water 60 May 2024 – Sep 2026 DNA Stored 21 Sep 2026
Preparation: DNA 5923 River water 1 Jul 2026 – Jul 2026 Done 13 Jul 2026
Salinity : In Situ 7608 River water 60 May 2024 – Sep 2026 0.14 parts per thousand 21 Sep 2026
Volume of Sample Filtered 4865 River water 60 May 2024 – Sep 2026 910 millilitre 21 Sep 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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