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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-09 18:46:06 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Bailiff Bridge is a village 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north from Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England, and is 5 miles (8 km) from Huddersfield and 7 miles (11 km) from Bradford.
Towns and villages near Bailiff Bridge with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is Wyke Beck, about 10 m from the middle of Bailiff Bridge's gauges. It flows into Clifton Beck about 70 m downstream.
A gauge downstream shows water that has already passed this point; one upstream sees it first. Distances along the river are from the point on Wyke Beck nearest the middle of Bailiff Bridge's gauges. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Bailiff Bridge is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Clifton Beck, in West Yorkshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Clifton Beck is monitored by 1 station (Bailiff Bridge). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There are 8 Environment Agency flood warning areas within 10km of Bailiff Bridge. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Brighouse at Brookfoot Mills; Central Brighouse including Atlas Mill Road, Briggate, Mill Lane, Commercial Street, Armytage Road, Birds Royd Lane, Foundry Street, River Street, Cliffe Road, Bethel Street and Ganny Lock; Brookfoot area including Grove Terrace, Grove Cottages and Brookfoot Business Park; Properties along Dealburn Road, Walker Road, Cleckheaton Road, New Brighton Road and at Lower Woodlands.
There are 49 storm overflows within 5km of Bailiff Bridge. None of the 49 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging. Enable "Sewage" on the map above to see their locations.
6 of them, nearest first, with their own page of live status and past discharges:
If flooding is forecast in Bailiff Bridge, call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 for the latest information. Move valuables upstairs, turn off gas and electricity if safe to do so, and avoid walking or driving through flood water. Sign up for flood warnings on any station page above to receive email alerts when water levels rise. For emergency numbers, a preparation checklist and insurance guidance, see our flood help & preparation guide.
Bailiff Bridge gets about 957 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 103 mm; driest May, 59 mm). That is 18% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. See the rain gauges →
A thirty-year average for the area, not a forecast and not a flood risk on its own. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 3.2 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of the town centre — most recent first. These are records of mapped extents, not a full list of floods. See them on the map →
Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.
Current verdict: Normal. No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Bailiff Bridge has river level monitoring on Clifton Beck — 1 monitoring station in total.
Use the GOV.UK Check for Flooding service (check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk) or call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 (24 hours). You can also set up free FloodRadar email or browser alerts from any station page above.
Follow official advice: move valuables and vehicles to safety, never walk or drive through flood water, turn off gas and electricity if safe, and check on vulnerable neighbours. See our flood preparation guide at floodradar.co.uk/flood-help.
Yes — the Environment Agency's Recorded Flood Outlines dataset shows 34 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2022. That is a count of mapped extents, not of separate floods. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See the flood history link below.
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