York James Street Trashscreen water level

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

River gauge, Tang Hall Beck, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

5.80m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 16:15 BST (23 min ago)

History

7 days

Surface elevation

What this means

The Environment Agency has Tang Hall Beck at York James Street Trashscreen at 5.80 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 5.79 m – 5.80 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

For anglers and canoeists

Without a reference range, compare today with the chart: a sharp rise usually means coloured water.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.0 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 13° 10° 4.3 mm, 98% Wind 16 km/h

21 Wed 13° 8° 16 mm, 93% Wind 26 km/h

22 Thu 10° 4° – Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 14° 8° 12 mm, 86% Wind 25 km/h

24 Sat 11° 8° 1.5 mm, 76% Wind 20 km/h

25 Sun 15° 9° 0.8 mm, 67% Wind 28 km/h

26 Mon 15° 9° 7.2 mm, 43% Wind 23 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:42 AM Sunset 05:58 PM Daylight 10 hr, 16 min Waxing gibbous 69%

Map

Other gauges on Tang Hall Beck

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
York Wolfe AvenueRiver gauge, Tang Hall Beck	0.05 m	Very low	−0.02 m	0.8 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
York Castle Mills SluicesRiver gauge, River Foss	7.57 m	Normal	±0	0.9 km
York Foss BarrierRiver gauge, Browney Dyke	5.19 m	Normal	−0.02 m	1.0 km
York Foss BarrierRiver gauge, River Ouse	5.18 m	Normal	−0.01 m	1.1 km
Viking RecorderRiver gauge, River Ouse	0.21 m	Low	−0.01 m	1.1 km
HuntingtonRiver gauge, River Foss	0.69 m	Low	−0.01 m	2.4 km
Clifton Ings OutfallRiver gauge, River Ouse	5.19 m	Low	−0.01 m	2.7 km
HolgateRiver gauge, Holgate Beck	0.03 m	Normal	−0.01 m	2.8 km
RawcliffeRiver gauge, Blue Beck	0.23 m	Normal	+0.01 m	3.8 km

Questions and answers

Is York James Street Trashscreen really 5.80 m deep?

No. 5.80 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of York James Street Trashscreen today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 16:15 BST, the surface elevation was 5.80 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is York James Street Trashscreen rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of York James Street Trashscreen normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

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:L2481 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.96006, -1.06871 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: ODN
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
Surface elevation	5.80 m	2026-10-20 15:15	Provisional
Water level	–	–	–

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How to cite

Environment Agency: York James Street Trashscreen (ea:L2481). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/york-james-street-trashscreen

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