Hele Stream at Ilfracombe (Hele) Beach
EA name: HELE STREAM AT ILFRACOMBE (HELE) BEACH (also listed as “ILFRACOMBE (HELE) BEACH - STREAM A”)
Environment Agency sampling point SW-73110513 · 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, 11:4410 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 253546, 147850As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map
- River, by its own name
- Hele Stream
- River, by the map
- An unnamed streamPlaced by position alone (the only river line close by), 16 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 · 0.5 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 14 days, 25 samples).
Main measurements, river water
E. coli
confirmed, membrane filtration · code 2348 · per 100 ml
910 per 100 ml
Sampled 21 Sep 2026, 10 days ago · 58 results banked
Every result (58)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Sep 2026, 11:44 | 910 | 910 per 100 ml |
| 10 Sep 2026, 13:03 | 1900 | 1900 per 100 ml |
| 5 Sep 2026, 12:37 | 630 | 630 per 100 ml |
| 2 Sep 2026, 12:49 | 3100 | 3100 per 100 ml |
| 24 Aug 2026, 11:51 | 450 | 450 per 100 ml |
| 13 Aug 2026, 10:50 | 490 | 490 per 100 ml |
| 4 Aug 2026, 13:34 | 4100 | 4100 per 100 ml |
| 30 Jul 2026, 10:22 | 460 | 460 per 100 ml |
| 20 Jul 2026, 14:22 | 3000 | 3000 per 100 ml |
| 13 Jul 2026, 10:53 | 25000 | 25000 per 100 ml |
| 7 Jul 2026, 14:30 | 1600 | 1600 per 100 ml |
| 2 Jul 2026, 12:25 | 1000 | 1000 per 100 ml |
| 30 Jun 2026, 10:31 | 270 | 270 per 100 ml |
| 25 Jun 2026, 11:50 | 310 | 310 per 100 ml |
| 17 Jun 2026, 11:31 | 7900 | 7900 per 100 ml |
| 10 Jun 2026, 10:45 | 600 | 600 per 100 ml |
| 7 Jun 2026, 13:44 | 830 | 830 per 100 ml |
| 1 Jun 2026, 11:12 | 2000 | 2000 per 100 ml |
| 28 May 2026, 10:00 | 2800 | 2800 per 100 ml |
| 21 May 2026, 11:53 | 320 | 320 per 100 ml |
| 24 Sep 2025, 11:39 | 250 | 250 per 100 ml |
| 16 Sep 2025, 10:22 | 2600 | 2600 per 100 ml |
| 11 Sep 2025, 12:22 | 10000 | 10000 per 100 ml |
| 3 Sep 2025, 10:14 | 1200 | 1200 per 100 ml |
| 27 Aug 2025, 12:01 | 560 | 560 per 100 ml |
| 19 Aug 2025, 10:26 | 1400 | 1400 per 100 ml |
| 12 Aug 2025, 12:44 | 290 | 290 per 100 ml |
| 4 Aug 2025, 14:54 | 26000 | 26000 per 100 ml |
| 28 Jul 2025, 11:49 | 120 | 120 per 100 ml |
| 21 Jul 2025, 11:57 | 1500 | 1500 per 100 ml |
| 7 Jul 2025, 11:56 | 200 | 200 per 100 ml |
| 30 Jun 2025, 12:16 | 400 | 400 per 100 ml |
| 21 Jun 2025, 10:35 | 610 | 610 per 100 ml |
| 16 Jun 2025, 12:43 | 300 | 300 per 100 ml |
| 5 Jun 2025, 10:28 | 3600 | 3600 per 100 ml |
| 29 May 2025, 10:26 | 750 | 750 per 100 ml |
| 22 May 2025, 13:04 | 160 | 160 per 100 ml |
| 17 May 2025, 11:40 | 130 | 130 per 100 ml |
| 7 May 2025, 11:17 | 140 | 140 per 100 ml |
| 23 Sep 2024, 11:57 | 1800 | 1800 per 100 ml |
| 13 Sep 2024, 10:32 | 390 | 390 per 100 ml |
| 9 Sep 2024, 11:50 | 2500 | 2500 per 100 ml |
| 30 Aug 2024, 15:17 | 2000 | 2000 per 100 ml |
| 27 Aug 2024, 12:33 | 1300 | 1300 per 100 ml |
| 15 Aug 2024, 11:00 | 5700 | 5700 per 100 ml |
| 12 Aug 2024, 13:22 | 1500 | 1500 per 100 ml |
| 29 Jul 2024, 14:00 | 2700 | 2700 per 100 ml |
| 25 Jul 2024, 12:13 | 3400 | 3400 per 100 ml |
| 14 Jul 2024, 12:23 | 12000 | 12000 per 100 ml |
| 11 Jul 2024, 15:19 | 2500 | 2500 per 100 ml |
| 1 Jul 2024, 10:32 | 2100 | 2100 per 100 ml |
| 27 Jun 2024, 12:52 | 2900 | 2900 per 100 ml |
| 18 Jun 2024, 11:04 | 1500 | 1500 per 100 ml |
| 10 Jun 2024, 12:56 | 1500 | 1500 per 100 ml |
| 2 Jun 2024, 11:25 | 1200 | 1200 per 100 ml |
| 28 May 2024, 11:00 | 2000 | 2000 per 100 ml |
| 16 May 2024, 12:59 | 730 | 730 per 100 ml |
| 3 May 2024, 12:42 | 830 | 830 per 100 ml |
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
| Determinand | Material | Results | First – last | Latest result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escherichia coli : Confirmed : MF 2348 | River water | 58 | May 2024 – Sep 2026 | 910 per 100 ml 21 Sep 2026 |
| Enterococci: Intestinal: Presumptive: MF 3722 | River water | 57 | May 2024 – Sep 2026 | 400 colony forming units / 100ml 21 Sep 2026 |
| MST Filtration 4926 | River water | 60 | May 2024 – Sep 2026 | DNA Stored 21 Sep 2026 |
| Salinity : In Situ 7608 | River water | 60 | May 2024 – Sep 2026 | 0.15 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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