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Conditions are worth watching: heavy rain has fallen nearby (15.6 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Updated 2026-10-09 18:47:08 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Skipton Waller Hill Reservoir Upstream Level is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Waller Hill Beck, in North Yorkshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is Skibeden Beck, about 40 m from the middle of Skipton Waller Hill Reservoir Upstream Level's gauges. It flows into Wilderness Beck about 1.5 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 Skibeden Beck nearest the middle of Skipton Waller Hill Reservoir Upstream Level'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.
Skipton Waller Hill Reservoir Upstream Level is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Waller Hill Beck, in North Yorkshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Waller Hill Beck is monitored by 1 station (Skipton Waller Hill Reservoir). 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 Skipton Waller Hill Reservoir Upstream Level. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Properties off Swadford Street, Cavendish Street and Keighley Road in the centre of Skipton as well as properties off Otley Road in Skipton; Central Skipton from Mill Bridge to Brewery Lane Bridge, including Water Street, Canal Street, Coach Street, Belmont Street, Belmont Wharf, Back O the Beck and Hall Croft including Skipton Morrisons and Skipton Station; Properties on the Carleton Business Park in Skipton; Properties on Snaygill Industrial Estate, as well as properties on Keighley Road, Alexandra Court, Alexandra Terrace, and Walton Street.
There are 16 storm overflows within 5km of Skipton Waller Hill Reservoir Upstream Level. None of the 14 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging (2 have 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 Skipton Waller Hill Reservoir Upstream Level, 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.
Skipton Waller Hill Reservoir Upstream Level gets about 1,103 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 122 mm; driest April, 64 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 (15.6 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Skipton Waller Hill Reservoir Upstream Level has river level monitoring on Waller Hill 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 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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