Boroughbridge water level

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

River gauge, River Ure, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Very low for mid-October

Surface elevation

9.75m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 04:15 BST (37 min ago)

History

7 days 1 year Years compared

20252026

Surface elevation Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 9.75 m, the River Ure at Boroughbridge is far below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.06 m below the median of 9.81 m for mid-October, based on 16 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 9.81 m (−0.06 m).

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 9.74 m and 9.75 m.

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

Compared with 16 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 9.81 m0.06 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 9.76 m – 10.49 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (16 years of records)
Same day last year: 9.81 m−0.06 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 9.74 m – 9.75 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 9.74 m – 13.02 m

On the river at Boroughbridge

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 the River Ure

The River Ure in North Yorkshire, England, is about 74 miles (119 km) long from its source to the point where it becomes the River Ouse. It is the principal river of Wensleydale, which is the only major dale now named after a village rather than its river. The old name for the valley was Yoredale after the river that runs through it.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 0.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 13° 9° 3.5 mm, 100% Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 12° 10° 11 mm, 82% Wind 16 km/h

21 Wed 13° 7° 0.9 mm, 77% Wind 21 km/h

22 Thu 11° 3° 0.7 mm, 50% Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 13° 7° 18 mm, 75% Wind 28 km/h

24 Sat 11° 8° 1.6 mm, 57% Wind 30 km/h

25 Sun 17° 9° 0.8 mm, 58% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:01 PM Daylight 10 hr, 20 min First quarter 55%

Map

Other gauges on the River Ure

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Westwick WeirRiver gauge, River Ure	0.19 m	Normal	+0.04 m	4.1 km
Aldwark BridgeRiver gauge, River Ure	0.14 m	Normal	−0.01 m	8.4 km
Ripon Ure BankRiver gauge, River Ure	0.16 m	Normal	+0.01 m	9.4 km
MashamRiver gauge, River Ure	0.27 m	Normal	−0.04 m	22 km
KilgramRiver gauge, River Ure	0.38 m	Normal	−0.04 m	28 km
BainbridgeRiver gauge, River Ure	0.34 m	Normal	−0.03 m	52 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BoroughbridgeRiver gauge, River Tutt	11.88 m	Normal	+0.01 m	0.0 km
Myton-On-SwaleRiver gauge, River Swale	0.54 m	Low	−0.02 m	3.9 km
Bat BridgeRiver gauge, Cundall Beck	0.10 m	Very low	±0	5.9 km
Bishop MonktonRiver gauge, Bishop Monkton Beck	0.16 m	Normal	±0	6.8 km
CrakehillRiver gauge, River Swale	0.22 m	Normal	−0.02 m	6.9 km
Alma WeirRiver gauge, River Skell	0.13 m	Normal	±0	9.1 km
DaltonRiver gauge, Cod Beck	0.94 m	Normal	+0.01 m	9.9 km

Questions and answers

How does the River Ure at Boroughbridge compare with last year?

It is 0.06 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 9.81 m.

What is a normal level for the River Ure at Boroughbridge in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 9.81 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 9.76 m and 10.49 m, based on 16 years of records.

Is Boroughbridge really 9.75 m deep?

No. 9.75 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 Boroughbridge today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 04:15 BST, the surface elevation was 9.75 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Boroughbridge rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Boroughbridge normal?

Very low for mid-October. Compared with 16 years of daily readings for this time of year.

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:L2201 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.09703, -1.39435 (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	9.75 m	2026-10-19 03:15	Provisional
Water level	–	–	–

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Environment Agency: Boroughbridge (ea:L2201). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/boroughbridge-river-ure

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