Helmsley High Street water level

Name: Helmsley High Street water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, Borough Beck, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.08m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST (31 min ago)

History

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Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Borough Beck at Helmsley High Street is at 0.08 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.03 m to 0.90 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.08 m and 0.12 m.

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

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.03 m – 0.90 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.08 m – 0.12 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.08 m – 0.11 m
Highest on record: 0.42 mOctober 29, 2023
Lowest on record: 0.03 mOctober 27, 2021

Fishing and paddling

Paddlers and anglers can expect the river much as they know it, though a heavy shower upstream can change that within hours.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.7 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 12° 10° 7.5 mm, 100% Wind 23 km/h

21 Wed 12° 7° 6.8 mm, 100% Wind 22 km/h

22 Thu 9° 4° 0.2 mm, 20% Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 13° 7° 17 mm, 96% Wind 25 km/h

24 Sat 11° 7° 8.3 mm, 82% Wind 29 km/h

25 Sun 11° 8° 3.0 mm, 62% Wind 35 km/h

26 Mon 17° 8° 2.4 mm, 51% Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:42 AM Sunset 05:57 PM Daylight 10 hr, 15 min Waxing gibbous 69%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Broadway FootRiver gauge, River Rye	0.06 m	Very low	±0	6.6 km
Cherry FarmRiver gauge, Hodge Beck	0.15 m	Very low	+0.01 m	7.5 km
Kirkby MillsRiver gauge, River Dove	0.18 m	Very low	+0.01 m	9.6 km
NessRiver gauge, River Rye	0.28 m	Very low	±0	9.7 km
HovinghamRiver gauge, Hovingham Beck	0.04 m	Low	−0.01 m	9.9 km
NormanbyRiver gauge, River Seven	0.05 m	Very low	−0.01 m	13 km
SinningtonRiver gauge, River Seven	0.11 m	Very low	+0.02 m	13 km
Pickering Costa BeckRiver gauge, Costa Beck	0.13 m	Normal	±0	16 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for Borough Beck at Helmsley High Street?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.03 m to 0.90 m for this gauge.

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 0.08 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Helmsley High Street today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST, the water level was 0.08 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Helmsley High Street rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Helmsley High Street normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Helmsley High Street?

The highest level on record is 0.42 m on October 29, 2023. The lowest is 0.03 m on October 27, 2021.

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:L2551 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.24835, -1.06516 (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

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.08 m	2026-10-20 15:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Helmsley High Street (ea:L2551). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/helmsley-high-street

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.

Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer