Bradford Greenside water level

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

River gauge, Bradford Beck, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.93m Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 09:00 BST (37 min ago)

History

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Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Bradford Beck at Bradford Greenside is running at a record low at 0.93 m.

No reading on record has been lower: the old record low was 1.02 m, from October 23, 2020. The usual range here runs from 1.03 m to 1.31 m.

It has risen 0.06 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.86 m and 1.08 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: 1.03 m – 1.31 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.86 m – 1.08 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.86 m – 0.93 m
Highest on record: 1.94 mFebruary 20, 2022
Lowest on record: 1.02 mOctober 23, 2020
Lowest on record: 0.09 m below the lowest level on record

Fishing and paddling

At low levels, many rivers become a walk-and-paddle trip. Fish hold in deeper pools and spook easily.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

About Bradford Beck

Bradford Beck is a river that flows through Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, and on to the River Aire at Shipley. As it reaches Bradford city centre it runs underground after being built over in the 19th century. It is culverted as it runs from Bradford city centre to Queen's Road after which it runs mostly in an open channel to Shipley. The beck used to be known as the filthiest river in England.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 11° 5° – Wind 16 km/h

19 Mon 13° 8° 2.7 mm, 78% Wind 17 km/h

20 Tue 11° 9° 14 mm, 71% Wind 12 km/h

21 Wed 10° 6° 0.4 mm, 64% Wind 25 km/h

22 Thu 11° 4° 1.8 mm, 35% Wind 20 km/h

23 Fri 8° 4° – Wind 21 km/h

24 Sat 10° 4° 0.5 mm, 68% Wind 29 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:42 AM Sunset 06:03 PM Daylight 10 hr, 21 min First quarter 57%

Map

Other gauges on Bradford Beck

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
ShipleyRiver gauge, Bradford Beck	0.30 m	High	+0.15 m	4.4 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
SaltaireRiver gauge, River Aire	0.37 m	Low	±0	5.0 km
Cottingley BridgeRiver gauge, River Aire	0.46 m	Normal	±0	5.3 km
Oakenshaw Wyke BottomsRiver gauge, Low Moor Beck	0.13 m	Normal	+0.10 m	6.1 km
BingleyRiver gauge, River Aire	0.26 m	Normal	±0	7.1 km
Apperley BridgeRiver gauge, River Aire	0.22 m	Normal	+0.18 m	7.3 km
Bailiff BridgeRiver gauge, Clifton Beck	0.03 m	Normal	+0.04 m	8.1 km
HalifaxRiver gauge, Hebble Brook	0.08 m	Low	+0.03 m	9.4 km
Cleckheaton Hightown RoadRiver gauge, Blacup Beck	0.10 m	Very high	+0.09 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 0.93 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Bradford Greenside today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 09:00 BST, the water level was 0.93 m. Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Bradford Greenside rising or falling?

Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.06 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Bradford Greenside 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 Bradford Greenside?

The highest level on record is 1.94 m on February 20, 2022. The lowest is 1.02 m on October 23, 2020.

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:L1656 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.79516, -1.79186 (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	0.93 m	2026-10-19 08:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Bradford Greenside (ea:L1656). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/west-yorkshire/bradford-greenside

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