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SwedenPickering Flood Alleviation Scheme water level
River gauge, Pickering Beck, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Right now
Lower than ever recorded here
Water level
This gauge last reported 28 days ago. The value may be out of date; check the agency page before you rely on it.
History
Not enough readings for a chart yet. History builds up with every update.
What this means
At 0.12 m, Pickering Beck at Pickering Flood Alleviation Scheme is at a record low. That reading is from 21 Sept 2026, 14:45 BST, so the gauge may be offline or reporting late.
It has now dropped past the published record low of 0.21 m (September 28, 2015). The usual range here runs from 0.22 m to 0.90 m.
The level is falling, down 0.05 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.10 m and 0.42 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
- Normal range
- 0.22 m – 0.90 m
- Highest on record
- 3.53 mOctober 21, 2023
- Lowest on record
- 0.21 mSeptember 28, 2015
- Lowest on record
- 0.10 m below the lowest level on record
On the river at Pickering Flood Alleviation Scheme
Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.
Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.
About Pickering Beck
Pickering Beck is a river that runs for over 18 miles (29 km) from its source in the North York Moors National Park through the town of Pickering and on to its confluence with Costa Beck at Kirby Misperton. It is a meandering river that is fed by numerous named and unnamed becks and streams which flow over sandstone and limestone beds and an alluvia of sand, clay silt and gravel. The beck is known for flooding and in recent times has been a beneficiary of funding and experimental flood protection schemes.
Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
Weather at the gauge
Rain in the last 3 days: 2.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.
Forecast: Open-Meteo
Map
Other gauges on Pickering Beck
| Gauge | Level | Compared with normal | 24 hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PickeringRiver gauge, Pickering Beck | 0.08 m | Normal | ±0 | 2.3 km |
| Pickering, Ings BridgeRiver gauge, Pickering Beck | 0.06 m | Very low | ±0 | 4.4 km |
| Levisham StationRiver gauge, Pickering Beck | 0.24 m | Low | +0.01 m | 5.4 km |
Nearby gauges
| Gauge | Level | Compared with normal | 24 hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton le DaleRiver gauge, Thornton Beck | 0.07 m | Low | ±0 | 3.3 km |
| Pickering Costa BeckRiver gauge, Costa Beck | 0.13 m | Normal | ±0 | 4.5 km |
| Levisham MillRiver gauge, Levisham Beck | 0.04 m | Low | ±0 | 4.9 km |
| SinningtonRiver gauge, River Seven | 0.10 m | Very low | −0.01 m | 7.0 km |
| NormanbyRiver gauge, River Seven | 0.05 m | Very low | −0.01 m | 8.5 km |
| Low MarishesRiver gauge, River Derwent | 1.22 m | Normal | +0.02 m | 8.5 km |
| Howe BridgeRiver gauge, River Rye | 0.16 m | Low | +0.01 m | 9.6 km |
Questions and answers
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 Pickering Flood Alleviation Scheme today?
On 21 Sept 2026, 14:45 BST, the water level was 0.12 m. Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours.
Is Pickering Flood Alleviation Scheme rising or falling?
Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours.
Is the level of Pickering Flood Alleviation Scheme 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 Pickering Flood Alleviation Scheme?
The highest level on record is 3.53 m on October 21, 2023. The lowest is 0.21 m on September 28, 2015.
How often is this data updated?
The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.
Where does this data come from?
The values come directly from the Environment Agency, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We do not estimate or model live values.
For specialists
Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
- Operator
- Environment Agency
- Station code
ea:L2516(Agency page)- Coordinates
54.26074, -0.75224(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 | 2026-09-21 13:45 | Provisional |
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How to cite
Environment Agency: Pickering Flood Alleviation Scheme (ea:L2516). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/pickering-flood-alleviation-scheme
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