Storm overflow register · 2025 annual return
Anglian Water storm overflows, 2025
Anglian Water reported 1,442 storm overflows in England for 2025. Together they recorded 17,322 spills over 105,806 hours, an average of 12.0 spills per overflow against 20.4 across England. That ranks 1 of 10 companies, where 1 is the fewest spills per overflow. Counting the same overflows in both years, spills were down 61% on 2024.
244 overflows did not spill · 38 spilled more than 60 times · 1,323 had monitors working for 90% of the year or more · 419 sewage treatment works with overflows
Hours spilling by month, 2025
All Anglian Water storm overflows
Sorted by hours spilling. Open an overflow for its permit, location, reasons for high spills and improvement status.
| Overflow | Discharges to | Spills 2025 | Hours 2025 | Spills vs 2024 | Monitor uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colchester Water Recycling Centre
|
Colne Estuary | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Louth-Bridge Street CSO
|
River Lud | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Mildenhall Water Recycling Centre
|
River Lark | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Newmarket Water Recycling Centre
|
Newmarket No.1 Public Drain | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Whilton(Daventry) STW
|
Trib R.Nene Nt or G.U.C. | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 100% |
East Bergholt WRC
|
Gosnalls Brook River Stour Nt | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 96% |
Bradford Bridge PS
|
Trib River Blackwater | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 97% |
Brantham - Factory Lane (B) TPS
|
Trib River Stour | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 92% |
Cambridge Riverside 187 CSO
|
River Cam | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 100% |
Chelmsford-Galleywood Road PS
|
The River Wid | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Church Street CSO
|
River Pant | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 100% |
Colchester-Spring Lane CSO
|
Tributary of the River Colne | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Paglesham East
|
Trib River Roach | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 100% |
Pavilion Drive CSO
|
Prittle Brook | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Rochford - Doric Av & Ashingt R CSO
|
Hockley Brook | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 100% |
Rose Hill
|
River Brain | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Southend - Belton Gardens PS
|
Thames Estuary | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 100% |
Sproughton Road Pumping Station
|
River Gipping | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Hillcrest Ave
|
Outlet No 2 Burton Latimer Bro | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Bardney Water Recycling Centre
|
River Witham Nt | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 100% |
Warley East PS
|
Mardyke W Trib Trib Thames Est | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Norwich Road CSO'S (#1 & #2)
|
Inner Harbour | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 100% |
Biggleswade Water Recycling Centre
|
River Ivel | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 99% |
Ingoldisthorpe WRC
|
River Ingol | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Litchborough WRC
|
Farthingstone Brook River Nene | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Little Addington STW
|
Little Addington Brook | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Mundford WRC
|
Tributary River Wissey Nt | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Stretham STW
|
Stretham Catchwater River Grea | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 91% |
Swardeston STW
|
Intwood Stream River Yare Nt | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Teversham STW
|
Quy Water Bottisham Lode | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Victoria Road CSO
|
River Waveney | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 97% |
Horham Terminal Pumping Station
|
tributary River Waveney | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 99% |
Norwich - Elm Hill CSO
|
River Wensum | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 100% |
Sw & SSO Mount St-Diss
|
tributary River Waveney | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 99% |
Burwell STW Storm Tanks & EO
|
Catchwater Drain | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Blakesley TPS Manhole 135
|
trib River Tove | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Bradden PS No.2
|
trib River Tove | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Brampton PS
|
Brampton Brook | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 99% |
Chapel TPS
|
Fen Drain Trib R. Great Ouse | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 100% |
Combs Ford TPS
|
River Rattlesdon | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Eagles Lane PS
|
tributary Littleport & Downham | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Fiskerton Pumping Station
|
Ditch Tributary of North Delph | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 99% |
Hall Road Pumping Station
|
Tributary of Ormesby Broad | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 100% |
Hibaldstow - Station Road Sp
|
Tributary of River Ancholme | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Ingoldisthorpe - Sandy Lane TPS
|
trib Boathouse Creek | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 100% |
Ipswich Road Terminal PS
|
Tributary of River Gipping | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 99% |
Kexby Pumping Station
|
Unnamed Dyke Leading Padmoor D | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Straight Furlong PS
|
tributary Littleport & Downham | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 100% |
Wardy Hill - Witcham Rd TPS
|
Ditch Trib of Hundred Ft Drain | 0 | 0.0 | no change | 98% |
30 Kettering Road CSO
|
Unnamed Tributary of River Ise | 0 | 0.0 | down 100% | 100% |
Sewage treatment works
Storm tanks and inlet overflows at each Anglian Water sewage works. The figures are 2025 spills.
- Aldborough 2
- Aldeburgh 66
- Alford 3
- Allington 28
- Ardley 9
- Arrington 6
- Ashbrook 7
- Ashton 6
- Ashwell 10
- Ashwellthorpe Water Recycling Ctr 18
- Attleborough 0
- Aylsham 6
- Bacton 4
- Badwell Ash 37
- Balsham 5
- Bardney 0
- Barley 29
- Barrow 13
- Barton Le Clay Water Recycling Cntr 27
- Barton Upon Humber 46
- Basildon 10
- Bassingham 48
- Beccles 13
- Bedford 7
- Belaugh 10
- Benefield 58
- Benfleet 14
- Benhall 4
- Biggleswade 0
- Billericay 8
- Billinghay 48
- Bocking 8
- Bolnhurst 40
- Bottisham 4
- Bourne 43
- Boxford 3
- Bozeat 60
- Brackley New 27
- Bradwell On Sea 0
- Braintree 54
- Brampton 7
- Brandon 3
- Brant Broughton Water Recycling Ctr 23
- Braunston 31
- Braybrooke 2
- Brigg 15
- Brigstock 8
- Brington 22
- Briston 4
- Brixworth 8
- Broadholme 12
- Broughton 8
- Buckden 66
- Buckingham 35
- Bugbrooke 21
- Bungay 36
- Burnham Market Water Recycling Ctr 1
- Burnham On Crouch 10
- Burwell 0
- Burwell And 0
- Bylaugh 3
- Caister Headworks Ps 73
- Caistor 20
- Cambridge 4
- Canvey Island 26
- Canwick 9
- Castle Ashby 8
- Catworth 3
- Chatteris 26
- Chedburgh 6
- Chelmsford 9
- Chippenham 7
- Clacton 58
- Claypole 30
- Clifton 12
- Clipston 39
- Coggeshall 2
- Colchester 28
- Collyweston 2
- Colsterworth 20
- Coningsby 38
- Copford Water Recycling Ccentre 10
- Corby 35
- Cottesmore 0
- Cotton Valley Water Recycling Ctr 2
- Cranford 10
- Creaton 17
- Cromer 72
- Crowland 29
- Cublington 3
- Debenham 5
- Dedham 2
- Deeping 53
- Dereham 7
- Dickleburgh 47
- Diss 8
- Doddinghurst 5
- Doddington 7
- Donington 45
- Downham Market 14
- Dullingham 10
- Dunholme 42
- Dunstable 0
- Earls Colne 10
- East Bergholt 0
- East Haddon 1
- East Harling 1
- East Langton 78
- Easton Maudit 36
- Easton On The Hill 26
- Eight Ash Green 5
- Elmsett 7
- Elmswell 38
- Elton 5
- Ely 28
- Evenley 12
- Everdon 62
- Everton 1
- Eye 5
- Fakenham 0
- Felsted 1
- Feltwell 12
- Filgrave 1
- Fishtoft 9
- Fiskerton 42
- Flitwick 2
- Forncett End 17
- Fornham 3
- Foulsham 2
- Foxton 139
- Framlingham 25
- Frampton 12
- Fritwell 22
- Fulbeck 37
- Gayton 14
- Gedding 8
- Geddington 23
- Glemsford 4
- Glooston 44
- Gosfield 3
- Grasby 32
- Great Billing 0
- Great Brickhill 16
- Great Bromley 14
- Great Chesterford 1
- Great Cornard 0
- Great Doddington 15
- Great Dunmow 13
- Great Easton 146
- Great Horwood 18
- Great Oxendon 88
- Great Sampford 3
- Great Totham 0
- Great Walsingham 0
- Great Welnetham 1
- Great Wenham 0
- Greens Norton 8
- Grendon 33
- Gretton 0
- Grimsby Pyewipe And Tps 155
- Grimston 9
- Guilden Morden 19
- Haddenham 1
- Hadleigh 0
- Halesworth 7
- Hallaton 155
- Halstead 10
- Hanslope 69
- Harlaxton 10
- Harleston 17
- Harwich And Dovercourt 10
- Haslingfield 30
- Hatley St George 2
- Haughley 7
- Haverhill 3
- Heckington 36
- Helmdon 25
- Helpringham 7
- Hemswell Raf Camp 48
- Hibaldstow 66
- Hitchin 16
- Holbeach 8
- Holbrook 28
- Hollowell 61
- Holt Main Road 4
- Holton Le Clay 20
- Horncastle 34
- Horning Knackers Wood 13
- Hundon 20
- Huntingdon Godmanchester 4
- Immingham 75
- Ingatestone 20
- Ingoldisthorpe 0
- Ingoldmells 72
- Ipswich Cliff Quay 41
- Islip 12
- Ivinghoe 27
- Jaywick 52
- Keelby 9
- Kessingland 7
- Kibworth 57
- Kimbolton 33
- Kings Cliffe 37
- Kings Lynn 0
- Kirton Drunkards Lane 1
- Knossington 93
- Laceby 50
- Langham 2
- Latchingdon 2
- Lavendon 37
- Lavenham 9
- Layer De La Haye 3
- Leadenham 49
- Leighton Linslade Water Recycling C 16
- Leiston Valley Road 16
- Letchworth 5
- Linton 9
- Litchborough 0
- Little Addington 0
- Little Bytham 48
- Little Downham Water Recycling Cntr 29
- Little Staughton 22
- Littleport 15
- Long Bennington 50
- Long Buckby 59
- Long Stratton 12
- Louth 40
- Lyddington 21
- Mablethorpe 12
- Maldon 4
- Manby 18
- Manea 36
- Manningtree 5
- Manthorpe 111
- March 27
- Market Harborough Riverside Road 48
- Marshgate 0
- Marston 16
- Marston Moretaine 76
- Mattishall 5
- Mayland 33
- Medbourne 11
- Melbourn 37
- Mentmore 17
- Mepal 23
- Metheringham 55
- Mettleham Sewer 0
- Middleton 10
- Mildenhall 0
- Molesworth 13
- Monks Eleigh 4
- Mundesley Knapton Road 56
- Mundford 0
- Narborough 4
- Nassington 0
- Navenby 9
- Needham Market Water Recycling Cntr 4
- Needingworth 10
- Nettleham 109
- Newmarket 0
- Newnham 76
- Newton Marsh 10
- Normanby By Spital 4
- North Coates 28
- North Elmham 3
- North Ferry 32
- North Hykeham Water Recycling Centr 17
- North Kelsey 2
- North Luffenham 25
- North Thoresby 25
- North Walsham 2
- Northmarston Water Recylcing Centre 4
- Norton 15
- Oakham 81
- Odell 10
- Old Leake 3
- Oldhurst 35
- Osbournby 29
- Oundle 1
- Over 11
- Padbury 10
- Papworth Everard 7
- Paxton 5
- Pertenhall 80
- Peterborough Flag Fen 61
- Pitsea 19
- Podington 5
- Poppyhill 5
- Preston 25
- Pulham St Mary 6
- Purleigh 10
- Pytchley 5
- Rackheath 4
- Ramsey 145
- Raunds 18
- Ravensthorpe 9
- Rayleigh East 3
- Rayleigh West 4
- Rayne 6
- Reepham 1
- Riseley 5
- Royston 0
- Ryhall 62
- Saffron Walden 11
- Sandon 0
- Sandy 7
- Sawston 1
- Sawtry 14
- Saxilby 41
- Saxlingham 6
- Shenfield And Hutton 0
- Sherington 16
- Shotley 4
- Sibbertoft 26
- Sible Hedingham 12
- Sibsey 18
- Silverstone 69
- Sisland 5
- Skellingthorpe 28
- Skendleby 6
- Sleaford 48
- Soham 2
- Somersham 7
- South Kyme 2
- South Rauceby Water Recycling Centr 71
- Southend 94
- Southery 3
- Southwold 25
- Spalding 14
- Spilsby 16
- St Ives 3
- St Neots 6
- St Osyth 5
- Stalham 2
- Stanbridgeford 39
- Stanion 20
- Stanton 24
- Steeple Bumpstead 20
- Steeple Claydon 24
- Stibbington 0
- Stickney 10
- Stisted 4
- Stoke Albany 12
- Stoke Bruerne 19
- Stoke Ferry 0
- Stonham Aspal 24
- Stowmarket 4
- Stretham 0
- Strubby 13
- Sturton By Stow 49
- Sudbury 2
- Sutton Bridge 8
- Swaffham 27
- Swanbourne 23
- Swardeston 0
- Swinderby 13
- Swineshead 1
- Tealby 47
- Tempsford 20
- Teversham 0
- Thealby 80
- Thetford 0
- Thorndon 23
- Thorpe Malsor 118
- Thorrington 3
- Thurleigh 4
- Tiffield 23
- Tilbury 64
- Tilton On The Hill 29
- Tiptree 6
- Titchmarsh 42
- Tollesbury 17
- Toppesfield 40
- Towcester 31
- Tugby 64
- Turvey 3
- Ulceby 36
- Upminster 5
- Uppingham 35
- Upwood 16
- Uttons Drove Water Recycling Centr 21
- Wainfleet 4
- Waresley 12
- Waterbeach 3
- Watton 3
- Weedon 15
- Wells Next The Sea 2
- Welton Le Wold 9
- Welton N Hant Water Recycling Cntr 99
- West Bergholt 0
- West Mersea 6
- Westbury 25
- Weston By Welland 15
- Weston Underwood 21
- Wethersfield 3
- Whaddon 73
- Whilton 0
- White Notley 22
- Whitlingham 1
- Whittlesey 3
- Whitton 13
- Wickford 15
- Wickham Market 13
- Willingham 59
- Wilsford 2
- Wing 29
- Winslow 29
- Winteringham 77
- Wisbech 3
- Witcham 42
- Witchford 26
- Witham 3
- Wittering 4
- Woodbridge 3
- Woodhall Spa 8
- Woodnewton 9
- Wymondham 9
- Wyton Water Recycling Cntr 18
- Yardley Hastings 8
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