Crakehill water level

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

River gauge, River Swale, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.26m Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 12:45 BST (41 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Swale at Crakehill is at 0.26 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.22 m to 4.90 m.

It has risen 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.24 m and 0.26 m.

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

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.22 m – 4.90 m
Highest on record: 5.68 mSeptember 27, 2012
Lowest on record: 0.13 mAugust 6, 1990

Fishing and paddling

Paddlers and anglers can expect the river much as they know it, though a heavy shower upstream can change that within hours.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Swale

The River Swale in Yorkshire, England, is a major tributary of the River Ure, which becomes the River Ouse, that empties into the North Sea via the Humber Estuary. The river gives its name to Swaledale, the valley through which it flows.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 12° 5° – Wind 19 km/h

18 Sun 12° 4° – Wind 18 km/h

19 Mon 14° 7° 1.2 mm, 31% Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 12° 10° 4.9 mm, 37% Wind 15 km/h

21 Wed 13° 9° 5.5 mm, 47% Wind 18 km/h

22 Thu 11° 7° 1.3 mm, 36% Wind 32 km/h

23 Fri 11° 5° 4.4 mm, 69% Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 06:06 PM Daylight 10 hr, 28 min First quarter 40%

Map

Other gauges on the River Swale

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Myton-On-SwaleRiver gauge, River Swale	0.58 m	Normal	−0.03 m	6.7 km
MaunbyRiver gauge, River Swale	0.08 m	Low	+0.03 m	15 km
Catterick BridgeRiver gauge, River Swale	0.33 m	Low	−0.06 m	33 km
Richmond Lownthwaite BridgeRiver gauge, River Swale	0.04 m	Low	−0.05 m	39 km
Grinton BridgeRiver gauge, River Swale	−0.03 m	Normal	−0.04 m	45 km
Park BridgeRiver gauge, River Swale	0.19 m	Normal	−0.04 m	61 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Bat BridgeRiver gauge, Cundall Beck	0.10 m	Very low	−0.01 m	1.1 km
DaltonRiver gauge, Cod Beck	0.94 m	Normal	−0.01 m	3.3 km
BoroughbridgeRiver gauge, River Ure	9.75 m	Very low	±0	6.9 km
BoroughbridgeRiver gauge, River Tutt	11.88 m	Normal	+0.01 m	7.0 km
ThirskRiver gauge, Cod Beck	0.13 m	Very low	±0	9.1 km
Westwick WeirRiver gauge, River Ure	0.15 m	Normal	−0.02 m	9.3 km
Ripon Ure BankRiver gauge, River Ure	0.16 m	Normal	−0.07 m	11 km
Alma WeirRiver gauge, River Skell	0.13 m	Normal	±0	11 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Swale at Crakehill?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.22 m to 4.90 m for this gauge.

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 0.26 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Crakehill today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 12:45 BST, the water level was 0.26 m. Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Crakehill rising or falling?

Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Crakehill normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Crakehill?

The highest level on record is 5.68 m on September 27, 2012. The lowest is 0.13 m on August 6, 1990.

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:F2302 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.15375, -1.35074 (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	0.26 m	2026-10-17 11:45	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Crakehill (ea:F2302). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/crakehill

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