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Pickering water level

River gauge, Pickering Beck, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.07m Steady over the last 24 hours

0 1 2 Highest onrecord 1.98 m Lowest on record -0.07 m

History

0.10.2mOct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 15Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.10.2mOct 10Oct 14Oct 17Bottom of normal range
-0.00.10.2mSep 17Sep 25Oct 2Oct 9Oct 17Bottom of normal range-0.00.10.2mSep 17Oct 2Oct 17Bottom of normal range
-0.00.20.40.6mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range-0.00.20.40.6mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
-0.00.20.4mJanMarMayJulSepNov2026-0.00.20.4mJanAprJulOct2026

20252026

Water level Normal range (10–90 %) Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Pickering, where the gauge shows 0.07 m.

The median for mid-October is 0.10 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.03 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.05 m, a difference of +0.02 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.04 m – 0.09 m.

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

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.10 m0.03 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.03 m – 0.24 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.02 m – 0.65 m
Same day last year
0.05 m+0.02 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.04 m – 0.09 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.04 m – 0.52 m
Highest on record
1.98 mJune 26, 2007
Lowest on record
−0.07 mAugust 28, 2001

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

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

About Pickering Beck

Pickering Beck

Pickering Beck is a river that runs for over 18 miles (29 km) from its source in the North York Moors National Park through the town of Pickering and on to its confluence with Costa Beck at Kirby Misperton. It is a meandering river that is fed by numerous named and unnamed becks and streams which flow over sandstone and limestone beds and an alluvia of sand, clay silt and gravel. The beck is known for flooding and in recent times has been a beneficiary of funding and experimental flood protection schemes.

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

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.

17 Sat 12° 7° 1.9 mm, 51% Wind 18 km/h
18 Sun 12° 6° 0.3 mm, 53% Wind 17 km/h
19 Mon 13° 11° 3.6 mm, 45% Wind 18 km/h
20 Tue 12° 10° 5.0 mm, 30% Wind 14 km/h
21 Wed 13° 10° 3.0 mm, 43% Wind 23 km/h
22 Thu 11° 7° 1.9 mm, 30% Wind 35 km/h
23 Fri 10° 4° 3.9 mm, 60% Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:35 AM Sunset 06:03 PM Daylight 10 hr, 28 min First quarter 40%

Map

Other gauges on Pickering Beck

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Pickering, Ings BridgeRiver gauge, Pickering Beck 0.06 m Very low ±0 2.2 km
Pickering Flood Alleviation SchemeRiver gauge, Pickering Beck 0.12 m Lowest on record −0.05 m 2.3 km
Levisham StationRiver gauge, Pickering Beck 0.25 m Low ±0 7.3 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Pickering Costa BeckRiver gauge, Costa Beck 0.13 m Normal ±0 2.3 km
Thornton le DaleRiver gauge, Thornton Beck 0.08 m Low ±0 4.0 km
SinningtonRiver gauge, River Seven 0.10 m Very low +0.01 m 5.6 km
NormanbyRiver gauge, River Seven 0.05 m Very low +0.01 m 6.4 km
Levisham MillRiver gauge, Levisham Beck 0.04 m Low ±0 7.1 km
Low MarishesRiver gauge, River Derwent 1.27 m Normal +0.04 m 7.6 km
Howe BridgeRiver gauge, River Rye 0.18 m Low +0.03 m 8.1 km

Questions and answers

Is Pickering Beck at Pickering higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.02 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.05 m.

What is a normal level for Pickering Beck at Pickering in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.10 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.03 m and 0.24 m, based on 21 years of records.

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

What is the water level of Pickering today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST, the water level was 0.07 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Pickering rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Pickering normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Pickering?

The highest level on record is 1.98 m on June 26, 2007. The lowest is −0.07 m on August 28, 2001.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:F2517 (Agency page)
Coordinates
54.24638, -0.77839 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.07 m 2026-10-17 11:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Pickering (ea:F2517). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/pickering

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