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Conditions are worth watching: heavy rain has fallen nearby (15.8 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Updated 2026-10-09 22:01:35 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Oakworth is a village in the civil parish of Keighley, in the Bradford district, in West Yorkshire, England, near Keighley, by the River Worth. The name "Oakworth" indicates that the village was first established in a heavily wooded area.
Towns and villages near Oakworth 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 Worth, about 10 m from the middle of Oakworth's gauges. It flows into the River Aire about 6.8 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 Worth nearest the middle of Oakworth'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.
Oakworth is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Worth, in West Yorkshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Worth is monitored by 1 station (Oakworth Mytholmes Lane). 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 Oakworth. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Oakworth including Grey Scar Road downstream to Providence Lane at Hebble Row, Commercial Street, Mill Lane, and Waterwheel Lane; Haworth including the area along Keighley and Worth Valley Rail Line. Includes the mill at Mytholmes Lane and open space to the west of Vale Farm; Haworth including the area from Bridgehouse Mills downsteam to Ebor Lane and including Mill Hey, Station Road, Belle Isle Road, Surgery Street and the rail and sub-stations; Goose Eye including the area along North Beck from the weir above Goose Eye Bridge to farmland downstream of Goose Eye including Holme House Lane.
There are 27 storm overflows within 5km of Oakworth. None of the 26 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging (1 has no live status right now). 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 Oakworth, 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.
Oakworth gets about 1,178 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 139 mm; driest May, 67 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), 1.3 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 (15.8 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Oakworth has river level monitoring on River Worth — 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 32 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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