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Hellifield water level

River gauge, Hellifield Beck, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Right now

Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.28m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.5 1.0 Highest onrecord 1.11 m Lowest on record 0.30 m

History

History
0.280.30mOct 11Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.280.30mOct 11Oct 14Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.260.280.30mSep 18Sep 25Oct 2Oct 10Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.260.280.30mSep 18Oct 2Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.40.60.8mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.40.60.8mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.20.30.40.5mJanMarMayJulSepNov20260.20.30.40.5mJanAprJulOct2026

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %) Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Hellifield Beck at Hellifield is running at a record low at 0.28 m.

No reading on record has been lower: the old record low was 0.30 m, from July 13, 2010. The median for mid-October is 0.29 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.01 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.29 m, a difference of −0.01 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.26 m and 0.29 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.29 m0.01 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.27 m – 0.30 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.30 m – 0.81 m
Same day last year
0.29 m−0.01 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.26 m – 0.29 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.26 m – 0.53 m
Highest on record
1.11 mNovember 1, 2020
Lowest on record
0.30 mJuly 13, 2010
Lowest on record
0.02 m below the lowest level on record

Fishing and paddling

At low levels, many rivers become a walk-and-paddle trip. Fish hold in deeper pools and spook easily.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 10° 3° – Wind 12 km/h
18 Sun 11° 4° – Wind 17 km/h
19 Mon 13° 8° 1.4 mm, 49% Wind 29 km/h
20 Tue 10° 9° 2.8 mm, 49% Wind 17 km/h
21 Wed 10° 6° 1.1 mm, 67% Wind 23 km/h
22 Thu 11° 3° 5.1 mm, 59% Wind 17 km/h
23 Fri 9° 6° 33 mm, 88% Wind 31 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:09 PM Daylight 10 hr, 29 min First quarter 44%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Arnford WeirRiver gauge, River Ribble 0.43 m Normal −0.05 m 2.1 km
Penny BridgeRiver gauge, River Ribble 0.45 m Normal −0.06 m 7.7 km
Gargrave High StreetRiver gauge, River Aire 0.37 m Normal −0.05 m 7.8 km
Locks WeirRiver gauge, River Ribble 0.22 m Normal −0.03 m 9.4 km
Bolton by Bowland Hellifield rdRiver gauge, Kirk Beck 0.09 m Normal −0.03 m 10 km
Broughton HallRiver gauge, Broughton Beck 0.19 m Normal −0.05 m 11 km
Earby New CutRiver gauge, Earby Beck 0.36 m High −0.06 m 11 km
Earby Youth HostelRiver gauge, Earby Beck 0.09 m Normal −0.02 m 12 km

Questions and answers

Is Hellifield Beck at Hellifield higher than last year?

No, it is 0.01 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.29 m.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.28 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Hellifield today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 23:45 BST, the water level was 0.28 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Hellifield rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Hellifield normal?

Lower than ever recorded here. Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Hellifield?

The highest level on record is 1.11 m on November 1, 2020. The lowest is 0.30 m on July 13, 2010.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:710125 (Agency page)
Coordinates
54.00678, -2.22199 (WGS84)
Vertical datum
station datum
Update interval
every 15 minutes
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Environment Agency data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Published series

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.28 m 2026-10-17 22:45 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Hellifield (ea:710125). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/hellifield

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.