Oakenshaw Wyke Bottoms water level

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

River gauge, Low Moor Beck, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.05m Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 00:30 BST (21 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Low water at Oakenshaw Wyke Bottoms: the gauge reads 0.05 m, at a record low.

That is below the previous record low of 0.05 m (November 27, 2020), so the gauge is setting a new low. The usual range here runs from 0.06 m to 0.30 m.

It is on the way up, by 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.01 m – 0.24 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: 0.06 m – 0.30 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.01 m – 0.24 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.01 m – 0.07 m
Highest on record: 1.91 mMay 6, 2024
Lowest on record: 0.05 mNovember 27, 2020
Lowest on record: 0.00 m below the lowest level on record

For anglers and canoeists

Low rivers are hard going for paddlers, with exposed gravel and weirs that are awkward to shoot. Salmon and sea trout usually wait for the next spate to run.

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

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 11° 6° – Wind 18 km/h

19 Mon 13° 8° 6.1 mm, 78% Wind 21 km/h

20 Tue 11° 9° 10.0 mm, 71% Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 11° 7° 0.4 mm, 64% Wind 23 km/h

22 Thu 11° 5° 2.4 mm, 35% Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 8° 6° – Wind 21 km/h

24 Sat 10° 5° – Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:42 AM Sunset 06:03 PM Daylight 10 hr, 21 min First quarter 63%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Bailiff BridgeRiver gauge, Clifton Beck	0.02 m	Normal	+0.04 m	3.4 km
Cleckheaton Hightown RoadRiver gauge, Blacup Beck	0.03 m	Normal	+0.03 m	3.5 km
Cleckheaton Thornton StreetRiver gauge, Spen Beck	0.09 m	Normal	+0.03 m	4.1 km
Liversedge Halifax RoadRiver gauge, Lands Beck	0.03 m	High	+0.01 m	5.6 km
BrighouseRiver gauge, River Calder	−1.14 m	Lowest on record	±0	6.0 km
Birstall SmithiesRiver gauge, Batley Beck	0.03 m	Normal	±0	6.0 km
Bradford GreensideRiver gauge, Bradford Beck	0.90 m	Lowest on record	+0.03 m	6.1 km
EllandRiver gauge, River Calder	0.48 m	Normal	+0.03 m	7.4 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 0.05 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Oakenshaw Wyke Bottoms today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 00:30 BST, the water level was 0.05 m. Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Oakenshaw Wyke Bottoms rising or falling?

Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Oakenshaw Wyke Bottoms 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 Oakenshaw Wyke Bottoms?

The highest level on record is 1.91 m on May 6, 2024. The lowest is 0.05 m on November 27, 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:L13810 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.74756, -1.74665 (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	0.05 m	2026-10-19 23:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Oakenshaw Wyke Bottoms (ea:L13810). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/west-yorkshire/oakenshaw-wyke-bottoms

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