Park Bridge water level

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

River gauge, River Swale, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.12m Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 17:15 BST (25 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Swale at Park Bridge is at 0.12 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.00 m to 2.50 m.

It has dropped 0.05 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.03 m and 0.82 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: 0.00 m – 2.50 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.03 m – 0.82 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.04 m – 0.59 m
Highest on record: 3.49 mDecember 8, 2011
Lowest on record: −0.10 mSeptember 7, 2007

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.

About the River Swale

The River Swale in Yorkshire, England, is a major tributary of the River Ure, which becomes the River Ouse, that empties into the North Sea via the Humber Estuary. The river gives its name to Swaledale, the valley through which it flows.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.0 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 9° 3° – Wind 15 km/h

19 Mon 11° 5° 2.5 mm, 77% Wind 20 km/h

20 Tue 10° 8° 15 mm, 76% Wind 22 km/h

21 Wed 9° 3° 3.9 mm, 75% Wind 28 km/h

22 Thu 7° 1° 0.6 mm, 45% Wind 24 km/h

23 Fri 6° 1° 6.9 mm, 84% Wind 27 km/h

24 Sat 9° 3° 5.2 mm, 49% Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:43 AM Sunset 06:06 PM Daylight 10 hr, 23 min First quarter 51%

Map

Other gauges on the River Swale

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Grinton BridgeRiver gauge, River Swale	−0.07 m	Normal	−0.04 m	16 km
Richmond Lownthwaite BridgeRiver gauge, River Swale	0.00 m	Low	−0.04 m	26 km
Catterick BridgeRiver gauge, River Swale	0.30 m	Very low	−0.03 m	34 km
MaunbyRiver gauge, River Swale	0.03 m	Low	−0.03 m	48 km
CrakehillRiver gauge, River Swale	0.23 m	Normal	−0.02 m	61 km
Myton-On-SwaleRiver gauge, River Swale	0.55 m	Low	−0.03 m	65 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BainbridgeRiver gauge, River Ure	0.36 m	Normal	−0.04 m	12 km
Kirkby StephenRiver gauge, River Eden	0.21 m	Normal	−0.04 m	14 km
Low HousesRiver gauge, Snaizeholme Beck	0.18 m	Normal	−0.03 m	14 km
ReethRiver gauge, Arkle Beck	−0.04 m	Very low	±0	16 km
Great Musgrave BridgeRiver gauge, River Eden	0.25 m	Low	−0.02 m	17 km
Rutherford BridgeRiver gauge, River Greta	0.14 m	Low	−0.02 m	18 km
Barnard CastleRiver gauge, River Tees	0.38 m	Low	−0.04 m	22 km
MiddletonRiver gauge, River Tees	0.40 m	Low	−0.02 m	24 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Swale at Park Bridge?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.00 m to 2.50 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 0.12 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Park Bridge today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 17:15 BST, the water level was 0.12 m. Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Park Bridge rising or falling?

Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.07 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Park Bridge 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 Park Bridge?

The highest level on record is 3.49 m on December 8, 2011. The lowest is −0.10 m on September 7, 2007.

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:L2312 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.40869, -2.17713 (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	0.12 m	2026-10-18 16:15	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Park Bridge (ea:L2312). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/park-bridge

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