Cawood water level

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

River gauge, River Ouse, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

1.83m Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 05:30 BST (59 min ago)

History

7 days

Surface elevation

What this means

The latest river level reported for Cawood is 1.83 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 is falling, down 0.04 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 1.29 m and 2.98 m.

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

On the river at Cawood

There is no published typical range for this gauge yet, so anglers and canoeists are best guided by the trend.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Ouse

The River Ouse is a river in North Yorkshire, England. Hydrologically, the river is a continuation of the River Ure, and the combined length of the River Ure and River Ouse makes it, at 129 miles (208 km), the sixth-longest river of the United Kingdom and the longest to flow entirely in one county. The length of the Ouse alone is about 52 miles (84 km) but the total length of the river is disputed.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 6° 1.0 mm Wind 20 km/h

19 Mon 14° 8° 3.7 mm, 90% Wind 23 km/h

20 Tue 13° 10° 9.2 mm, 63% Wind 14 km/h

21 Wed 12° 7° 3.4 mm, 54% Wind 22 km/h

22 Thu 12° 5° 2.4 mm, 53% Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 8° 5° 1.5 mm, 69% Wind 25 km/h

24 Sat 11° 4° – Wind 33 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 06:03 PM Daylight 10 hr, 25 min First quarter 46%

Map

Other gauges on the River Ouse

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Selby WestmillRiver gauge, River Ouse	0.88 m	No reference yet	+0.25 m	6.7 km
Naburn LockRiver gauge, River Ouse	0.64 m	Normal	−0.03 m	6.9 km
York Foss BarrierRiver gauge, River Ouse	5.24 m	Normal	−0.04 m	14 km
Viking RecorderRiver gauge, River Ouse	0.27 m	Normal	−0.04 m	14 km
Clifton Ings OutfallRiver gauge, River Ouse	5.25 m	Low	−0.05 m	15 km
SkeltonRiver gauge, River Ouse	0.73 m	Normal	−0.05 m	18 km
MonktonRiver gauge, River Ouse	0.48 m	Normal	−0.01 m	20 km
GooleRiver gauge, River Ouse	−0.56 m	No reference yet	+0.22 m	23 km
BlacktoftRiver gauge, River Ouse	−0.80 m	No reference yet	+0.22 m	30 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Nun Appleton Fleet Pumping StationRiver gauge, The Fleet	0.58 m	Normal	−0.12 m	2.8 km
Bolton PercyRiver gauge, River Wharfe	5.12 m	Low	±0	5.3 km
Selby Dam Pumping StationRiver gauge, Selby Dam	2.02 m	High	±0	6.6 km
Cock Beck SluicesRiver gauge, River Wharfe	3.72 m	Low	−0.14 m	9.4 km
Birkin Holme WashlandsRiver gauge, River Aire	0.68 m	Normal	+0.03 m	11 km
Chapel HaddleseyRiver gauge, River Aire	0.12 m	Normal	−0.05 m	12 km
TadcasterRiver gauge, River Wharfe	0.24 m	Normal	−0.02 m	12 km
Roall IngsRiver gauge, Roall Dyke	0.76 m	Very high	−0.05 m	12 km

Questions and answers

Is Cawood really 1.83 m deep?

No. 1.83 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 Cawood today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 05:30 BST, the surface elevation was 1.83 m. Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Cawood rising or falling?

Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Cawood 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:L2403 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.83373, -1.12853 (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	1.83 m	2026-10-18 04:30	Provisional
Water level	–	–	–

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Cawood (ea:L2403). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/cawood

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