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Upper River Wharfe

Low lying agricultural land and possibly minor roads in the valley floor, including Buckden, Bolton Abbey and Ilkley

Flood alert area River Wharfe Bradford, Leeds, North Yorkshire Yorkshire

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Netherside Hall in this area
River Wharfe • Netherside Hall • 6.1 km (upstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.69 at 10:15, now 0.65
0.65 m
31min ago
Kettlewell
River Wharfe • Kettlewell • 12.6 km (upstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.42 at 09:15, now 0.39
0.39 m
46min ago
Addingham in this area
River Wharfe • Langbar • 13.3 km (upstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.65 at 08:00, now 0.59
0.59 m
46min ago
Ilkley in this area
River Wharfe • Ilkley • 15.2 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.39 at 12:30, now 0.35
0.35 m
46min ago
Otley
River Wharfe • Otley • 22.8 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.46 m
46min ago
Pool Bridge
River Wharfe • Pool • 26.2 km (downstream)
Falling · normal — Down from 0.52 at 04:15, now 0.44
0.44 m
46min ago
Hebden in this area
Hebden Beck • Hebden • 3.2 km
Steady · normal
0.45 m
46min ago
Skipton Waller Hill Reservoir
Waller Hill Beck • Skipton Waller Hill Reservoir Upstream Level • 9.3 km
structure gauge
0.36 m
31min ago
Skirfare Bridge in this area
River Skirfare • Skirfare Bridge • 10.0 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.32 at 10:15, now 0.30
0.30 m
46min ago
Skibeden Beck
Waller Hill Beck • Skipton • 10.4 km
Steady · normal
0.21 m
31min ago

Flood Event History (50)

25 Oct 2026 at 9:08am Flood Alert
There is no longer a threat of flooding, though standing water and debris may still remain. Weather conditions are expected to improve. We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts or warnings if necessary. Continue to take care on waterside roads and footpaths and don...
24 Oct 2026 at 9:54pm Flood Alert
Rising river levels today may lead to flooding. Flooding is possible on Saturday 24 October . Rainfall associated with storm Boelo is expected to be heaviest tonight followed by showery weather tomorrow which may keep river levels high. Locations most affected will be low lying land and roads near r...
24 Oct 2026 at 8:37pm Flood Alert
Rising river levels today may lead to flooding. Flooding is possible on Saturday 24 October . Rainfall associated with storm Boelo is expected to be heaviest tonight followed by showery weather tomorrow which may keep river levels high. Locations most affected will be low lying land and roads near r...
25 Mar 2026 at 8:33am Flood Alert
There is no longer a threat of flooding, though standing water and debris may still remain.  Weather conditions are expected to improve and no further flooding is expected.   We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts or warnings if necessary.   If you have been evacua...
24 Mar 2026 at 10:21pm Flood Alert
High river levels may lead to flooding overnight. Flooding is possible overnight into Wednesday 25 March 2026. Locations most affected will low lying agricultural land and possibly minor roads in the valley floor, including Buckden, Bolton Abbey and Ilkley. High river levels are due to ongoing heavy...
24 Mar 2026 at 6:46pm Flood Alert
Rising river levels today may lead to flooding.  Flooding is possible on 24 March 2026 .  Locations most affected will low lying agricultural land and possibly minor roads in the valley floor, including Buckden, Bolton Abbey and Ilkley. Rising river levels are due to ongoing heavy rainfall which is ...
8 Dec 2025 at 3:24pm Flood Alert
12 Nov 2025 at 8:39pm Flood Alert
3 Oct 2025 at 6:52pm Flood Alert
20 Sep 2025 at 8:09pm Flood Alert
15 Sep 2025 at 4:18pm Flood Alert
31 Dec 2024 at 5:03pm Flood Alert
23 Nov 2024 at 11:54am Flood Alert
16 Oct 2024 at 4:30pm Flood Alert
26 Sep 2024 at 2:19pm Flood Alert
29 Jan 2024 at 9:58am Flood Alert
23 Jan 2024 at 3:10pm Flood Alert
21 Jan 2024 at 2:52pm Flood Alert
26 Dec 2023 at 6:32pm Flood Alert
23 Dec 2023 at 8:14pm Flood Alert
9 Dec 2023 at 6:34pm Flood Alert
13 Nov 2023 at 5:43pm Flood Alert
19 Oct 2023 at 5:59pm Flood Alert
6 Oct 2023 at 5:12am Flood Alert
10 Jan 2023 at 3:44pm Flood Alert
19 Feb 2022 at 8:28pm Flood Alert
5 Feb 2022 at 7:39pm Flood Alert
30 Dec 2021 at 8:37pm Flood Alert
30 Nov 2021 at 6:43pm Flood Alert
1 Nov 2021 at 7:54am Flood Alert
28 Oct 2021 at 8:12pm Flood Alert
21 May 2021 at 10:37am Flood Alert
28 Mar 2021 at 10:34am Flood Alert
11 Mar 2021 at 7:42am Flood Alert
19 Jan 2021 at 2:00pm Flood Alert
11 Jan 2021 at 9:09pm Flood Alert
26 Dec 2020 at 8:43pm Flood Alert
18 Dec 2020 at 7:18pm Flood Alert
16 Dec 2020 at 2:39pm Flood Alert
1 Nov 2020 at 8:48pm Flood Alert
29 Oct 2020 at 5:11pm Flood Alert
25 Aug 2020 at 5:44pm Flood Alert
3 Jul 2020 at 6:35pm Flood Alert
29 Jun 2020 at 7:58am Flood Alert
14 Mar 2020 at 7:15pm Flood Alert
9 Mar 2020 at 5:36pm Flood Alert
24 Feb 2020 at 3:33pm Flood Alert
21 Feb 2020 at 5:39pm Flood Alert
20 Feb 2020 at 12:08pm Flood Alert
19 Feb 2020 at 7:41pm Flood Alert

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River Wharfe • Bradford, Leeds, North Yorkshire
River Wharfe at Burnsall
River Wharfe • North Yorkshire
River Wharfe at Castley Lane
River Wharfe • North Yorkshire
River Wharfe at Cawood Park
River Wharfe • North Yorkshire
River Wharfe at Denton Road Ilkley
River Wharfe • Bradford
River Wharfe at Harewood Bridge
River Wharfe • Leeds, North Yorkshire

Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 135502 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 122WAF942

Live warnings and area boundaries are the Environment Agency’s and the EA is the authority on them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This area in the EA’s own data.