Hellifield water level
River gauge, Hellifield Beck, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Right now
Lower than ever recorded here
Water level
History
20252026
What this means
Hellifield Beck at Hellifield is running at a record low at 0.28 m.
No reading on record has been lower: the old record low was 0.30 m, from July 13, 2010. The median for mid-October is 0.29 m, based on 21 years of readings, and the gauge is right on it. A year ago it stood at 0.29 m as well.
It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.26 m and 0.29 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
- Median for this date
- 0.29 m0.00 m below the median for this date
- Normal for this date
- 0.27 m – 0.30 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
- Normal range
- 0.30 m – 0.81 m
- Same day last year
- 0.29 m0.00 m
- Lowest and highest in 30 days
- 0.26 m – 0.29 m
- Lowest and highest in 12 months
- 0.26 m – 0.53 m
- Highest on record
- 1.11 mNovember 1, 2020
- Lowest on record
- 0.30 mJuly 13, 2010
- Lowest on record
- 0.02 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.
Weather at the gauge
Rain in the last 3 days: 3.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.
Forecast: Open-Meteo
Map
Nearby gauges
| Gauge | Level | Compared with normal | 24 hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnford WeirRiver gauge, River Ribble | 0.45 m | Normal | −0.06 m | 2.1 km |
| Penny BridgeRiver gauge, River Ribble | 0.48 m | Normal | −0.07 m | 7.7 km |
| Gargrave High StreetRiver gauge, River Aire | 0.39 m | Normal | −0.03 m | 7.8 km |
| Locks WeirRiver gauge, River Ribble | 0.23 m | Normal | −0.03 m | 9.4 km |
| Bolton by Bowland Hellifield rdRiver gauge, Kirk Beck | 0.10 m | Normal | −0.01 m | 10 km |
| Broughton HallRiver gauge, Broughton Beck | 0.21 m | Normal | −0.03 m | 11 km |
| Earby New CutRiver gauge, Earby Beck | 0.38 m | High | −0.05 m | 11 km |
| Earby Youth HostelRiver gauge, Earby Beck | 0.10 m | Normal | −0.01 m | 12 km |
Questions and answers
Is Hellifield Beck at Hellifield higher than last year?
It is about the same as on this day last year, when the reading was 0.29 m.
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 0.28 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.
What is the water level of Hellifield today?
On 17 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST, the water level was 0.28 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.
Is Hellifield rising or falling?
Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.
Is the level of Hellifield 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 Hellifield?
The highest level on record is 1.11 m on November 1, 2020. The lowest is 0.30 m on July 13, 2010.
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:710125(Agency page)- Coordinates
54.00678, -2.22199(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 | 0.28 m | 2026-10-17 12:00 | Provisional |
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How to cite
Environment Agency: Hellifield (ea:710125). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/hellifield
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