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Conditions are worth watching: heavy rain has fallen nearby (15.7 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Updated 2026-10-10 01:07:22 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Gargrave High Street is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Aire, in North Yorkshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes.
Towns and villages near Gargrave High Street 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 the River Aire, about 10 m from the middle of Gargrave High Street's gauges. It flows into the River Ouse about 127 km 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 the River Aire nearest the middle of Gargrave High Street'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.
Gargrave High Street is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Aire, in North Yorkshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Aire is monitored by 1 station (Gargrave High Street). 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 Gargrave High Street. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Gargrave downstream of River Place through the village including the Johnson and Johnson Site, Middle Green, Gargrave Bridge, High Green, Walton Avenue, Riversway and Marton Road; Elslack including Tempest Arms on Elslack Lane and Broughton Mill Business Park downstream; Properties on Broughton Road and surrounding roads, including Pendle Street, Thornton Street, Clitheroe Street, Sawley Street, Marton Street, Gisburn Street, Jubilee Close, Broughton Grove, Marina Crescent and Niffany Gardens; Properties on Ings Lane and Engine Shed Lane in Skipton.
There are 2 storm overflows within 5km of Gargrave High Street. None of the 2 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging. Enable "Sewage" on the map above to see their locations.
Each has its own page of live status and past discharges:
If flooding is forecast in Gargrave High Street, 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.
Gargrave High Street gets about 1,062 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 119 mm; driest April, 60 mm). That is close to 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), 1.7 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: Watch. Conditions are worth watching: heavy rain has fallen nearby (15.7 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Gargrave High Street has river level monitoring on River Aire — 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 25 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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