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Live levels from 23 monitoring stations across East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargrave High Street | 0.47 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 9.3 km by river | ||||
| Snaygill | 0.71 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 3.5 km by river | ||||
| Cononley | -0.16 m 1h ago | Low | ||
| 3.2 km by river | ||||
| Kildwick | 0.46 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 8.6 km by river | ||||
| Stockbridge | 0.09 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 5.7 km by river | ||||
| Bingley | 0.28 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 2.2 km by river | ||||
| Cottingley Bridge | 0.52 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 3.7 km by river | ||||
| Saltaire | 0.42 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 8.1 km by river | ||||
| Apperley Bridge | 0.14 m 1h ago | Low | ||
| 9.7 km by river | ||||
| Kirkstall Abbey | 1.53 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 3.6 km by river | ||||
| Armley | 0.59 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 3.3 km by river | ||||
| Leeds Crown Point | 0.58 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 130 m by river | ||||
| Leeds Crown Point Flood Alleviation Schemestructure | 23.70 mAOD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 2.4 km by river | ||||
| Leeds Knostrop Weir Flood Alleviation Schemestructure | 22.48 mAOD 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 8.1 km by river | ||||
| Oulton Lemonroyd | 0.40 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 5.9 km by river | ||||
| Castleford | 1.20 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 9.9 km by river | ||||
| Ferrybridge Lockstructure | 0.17 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 3.3 km by river | ||||
| Knottingley Bank Dole Lockstructure | 0.61 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 3.3 km by river | ||||
| Beal Weir Bridgestructure | 0.48 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 5.7 km by river | ||||
| Birkin Holme Washlands | 0.62 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 1.3 km by river | ||||
| Chapel Haddlesey | 0.30 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 12.5 km by river | ||||
| Carlton Bridgetidal | 0.08 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 11.9 km by river | ||||
| Airmyntidal | 2.95 m 1h ago | — | ||
Also on the Aire by the river map, but filed under another river name: Snaith Ings.
Stations are listed from source to mouth as the water flows, traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers) and the Environment Agency’s own links between its gauges. A distance “by river” is along the river, and is shown only where the map traces the path.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Aire above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
Each tributary’s water passes the gauge it joins above and every gauge below it on the Aire, and none of the gauges above where it joins. For each, the gauge nearest the Aire is shown; its own page lists the rest.
Joins the Aire between Gargrave High Street and Snaygill, no more than 5.2 km by river above Snaygill. Nearest the Aire: Broughton Hall Normal; 3 more gauges further up. Gauged streams joining it: Earby Beck.
Joins the Aire between Gargrave High Street and Snaygill, no more than 1.1 km by river above Snaygill. Nearest the Aire: Skipton Eller Beck Normal; 4 more gauges further up. Gauged streams joining it: Waller Hill Beck.
Joins the Aire between Kildwick and Stockbridge, no more than 7.5 km by river above Stockbridge. Nearest the Aire: Cross Hills Normal; 2 more gauges further up. Gauged streams joining it: Holme Beck and Sutton Beck.
Joins the Aire between Kildwick and Stockbridge, no more than 8.4 km by river above Stockbridge. Nearest the Aire: Silsden Normal.
Joins the Aire between Stockbridge and Bingley, no more than 6.3 km by river above Bingley. Nearest the Aire: Keighley Dalton Lane Normal; 3 more gauges further up. Gauged streams joining it: Leeming Water.
Joins the Aire between Saltaire and Apperley Bridge, no more than 7.4 km by river above Apperley Bridge. Nearest the Aire: Shipley Low; 1 more gauge further up.
Joins the Aire between Apperley Bridge and Kirkstall Abbey, no more than 3.5 km by river above Kirkstall Abbey. Nearest the Aire: Horsforth Cornmill View Normal.
Joins the Aire between Armley and Leeds Crown Point, no more than 4.2 km by river above Leeds Crown Point. Nearest the Aire: Wortley Normal; 1 more gauge further up. Gauged streams joining it: Farnley Beck.
Joins the Aire between Leeds Crown Point and Leeds Crown Point Flood Alleviation Scheme, no more than 5.6 km by river above Leeds Crown Point Flood Alleviation Scheme. Nearest the Aire: Meanwood Normal.
Joins the Aire above Oulton Lemonroyd, no more than 290 m by river above Oulton Lemonroyd. Nearest the Aire: Oulton St Aidans Low; 4 more gauges further up. Gauged streams joining it: Wyke Beck.
Joins the Aire above Castleford, no more than 1.2 km by river above Castleford. Nearest the Aire: Allerton Ings Normal; 3 more gauges further up. Gauged streams joining it: Oulton Beck.
Joins the Aire between Oulton Lemonroyd and Castleford, no more than 1.9 km by river above Castleford. Nearest the Aire: Methley Normal; 53 more gauges further up. Gauged streams joining it: Walsden Water, Hebden Water, Cragg Brook, River Ryburn, Black Brook, Hebble Brook, Clifton Beck, River Colne, Spen Beck, Batley Beck, Ings Beck and Oakenshaw Beck.
Joins the Aire above Ferrybridge Lock, no more than 3.3 km by river above Ferrybridge Lock. Nearest the Aire: Fairburn Sluices Normal.
Joins the Aire above Beal Weir Bridge, no more than 910 m by river above Beal Weir Bridge. Nearest the Aire: West Holme Washlands Normal.
Joins the Aire between Chapel Haddlesey and Carlton Bridge, no more than 1.4 km by river above Carlton Bridge. Nearest the Aire: Gowdall Ings Normal.
Joins the Aire between Chapel Haddlesey and Carlton Bridge, no more than 5.8 km by river above Carlton Bridge. Nearest the Aire: Hensall Ings Normal; 1 more gauge further up. Gauged streams joining it: Roall Dyke.
Below Airmyn, its water next reaches Goole, a gauge on River Ouse, 10.4 km by river downstream.
Tributaries and where they join are traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers, edition 2026-04) and the Environment Agency’s links between its gauges. The map holds distances between gauges, not the junctions themselves, so a junction is placed between two gauges, and no further up than the tributary’s own lowest gauge. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
558 storm overflows are traced upstream of Airmyn, the Aire’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Aire itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Airmyn: 14,874 spills over 75,700 hours in total, across the 556 that have a figure. 2 had no usable monitor data that year.
Each overflow is listed in the stretch above the first gauge its water reaches, from the source down, as on the Gauges tab. A stretch of the Aire includes the smaller streams that join it there. Where a stretch or a tributary has more than 4, the 3 discharging now or nearest its gauge are listed, the rest are counted, and every one is in that gauge’s “Upstream of here” list. Show every overflow in every stretch →
and 3 more: show all 6 overflows on this stretch → All above Snaygill, nearest first →
and 5 more: show all 8 overflows on Eller Beck and the streams that join it → All above Skipton Eller Beck, nearest first →
and 4 more: show all 7 overflows on this stretch → All above Stockbridge, nearest first →
and 4 more: show all 7 overflows on Eastburn Beck and the streams that join it → All above Cross Hills, nearest first →
and 8 more: show all 11 overflows on this stretch → All above Bingley, nearest first →
and 20 more: show all 23 overflows on the Worth and the streams that join it → All above Keighley Dalton Lane, nearest first →
and 2 more: show all 5 overflows on this stretch → All above Cottingley Bridge, nearest first →
and 8 more: show all 11 overflows on this stretch → All above Saltaire, nearest first →
and 17 more: show all 20 overflows on this stretch → All above Apperley Bridge, nearest first →
and 25 more: show all 28 overflows on Bradford Beck and the streams that join it → All above Shipley, nearest first →
and 25 more: show all 28 overflows on this stretch → All above Kirkstall Abbey, nearest first →
and 10 more: show all 13 overflows on this stretch → All above Armley, nearest first →
and 12 more: show all 15 overflows on this stretch → All above Leeds Crown Point, nearest first →
and 3 more: show all 6 overflows on Wortley Beck and the streams that join it → All above Wortley, nearest first →
and 17 more: show all 20 overflows on this stretch → All above Leeds Crown Point Flood Alleviation Scheme, nearest first →
and 8 more: show all 11 overflows on this stretch → All above Meanwood, nearest first →
and 14 more: show all 17 overflows on the Aire Washlands and the streams that join it → All above Oulton St Aidans, nearest first →
and 3 more: show all 6 overflows on the Aire Washlands and the streams that join it → All above Allerton Ings, nearest first →
and 284 more: show all 287 overflows on the Calder and the streams that join it → All above Methley, nearest first →
and 10 more: show all 13 overflows on this stretch → All above Fairburn Sluices, nearest first →
Within 3 km of one of the Aire’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
66 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
A status is the water company’s own monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, never how much or why, and a spill does not by itself explain a change in a river level. A status older than two hours is shown as unknown. Annual figures are the official returns: 12/24-hour spills for England and Wales, overflow events for Scotland (Scottish Water counts differently, so the two cannot be compared). “No data” means the monitor produced no usable data that year, not zero. Overflows are placed on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels: an overflow the map cannot place may still drain here. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Sewage in Britain’s rivers →
Live status: © Yorkshire Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Annual figures for England: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Dated samples taken by the Environment Agency, not live readings. Results are published days to months after the sample is taken, and many points are sampled only a few times a year, or have not been sampled for years.
314 sampling points on the River Aire and the streams that join it above Airmyn. 76 have a sample from the last 12 months; 108 have any sample banked.
Sampled most recently, anywhere on the Aire and its streams:
| Where, from the source down | Sampling points | Newest sample |
|---|---|---|
| Broughton Beck and its streamsjoins the Aire above Snaygill | 12 points4 sampled | 9 Sep 2026 |
| River Calder and its streamsjoins the Aire above Castleford | 121 points40 sampled | 17 Sep 2026 |
| Eller Beck and its streamsjoins the Aire above Snaygill | 8 points1 sampled | 27 May 2026 |
| Above Snaygill | 11 points3 sampled | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Above Cononley | 1 point | 15 Dec 2023 |
| Above Glusburn BridgeEastburn Beck · joins the Aire above Stockbridge | 3 points2 sampled | 28 May 2026 |
| Above Kildwick | 6 points | 16 Sep 2026 |
| River Worth and its streamsjoins the Aire above Bingley | 11 points2 sampled | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Above Stockbridge | 5 points4 sampled | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Bradford Beck and its streamsjoins the Aire above Apperley Bridge | 14 points3 sampled | 15 Jun 2026 |
| Above Bingley | 5 points2 sampled | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Above Cottingley Bridge | 12 points2 sampled | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Above Saltaire | 4 points2 sampled | 20 Jul 2026 |
| Above Apperley Bridge | 11 points3 sampled | 21 Sep 2026 |
| Above Horsforth Cornmill ViewOil Mill Beck · joins the Aire above Kirkstall Abbey | 2 points0 sampled | none banked |
| Wortley Beck and its streamsjoins the Aire above Leeds Crown Point | 6 points2 sampled | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Above Kirkstall Abbey | 7 points2 sampled | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Above MeanwoodMeanwood Beck · joins the Aire above Leeds Crown Point Flood Alleviation Scheme | 4 points | 17 Jun 2026 |
| Above Armley | 1 point | 4 Aug 2026 |
| Aire Washlands and its streamsjoins the Aire above Castleford | 9 points5 sampled | 23 Sep 2026 |
| Aire Washlands and its streamsjoins the Aire above Oulton Lemonroyd | 9 points4 sampled | 4 Aug 2026 |
| Above Leeds Crown Point | 6 points2 sampled | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Above Leeds Crown Point Flood Alleviation Scheme | 4 points2 sampled | 16 Jan 2026 |
| Above Leeds Knostrop Weir Flood Alleviation Scheme | 1 point0 sampled | none banked |
| Above Oulton Lemonroyd | 1 point | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Above Castleford | 1 point | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Above Fairburn SluicesAire Washlands · joins the Aire above Ferrybridge Lock | 5 points1 sampled | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Above Ferrybridge Lock | 5 points1 sampled | 4 Mar 2025 |
| Above Birkin Holme Washlands | 5 points1 sampled | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Wheelan Dyke and its streamsjoins the Aire above Carlton Bridge | 4 points1 sampled | 11 Dec 2024 |
| Above Carlton Bridge | 4 points2 sampled | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Above Gargrave High Street | 16 points3 sampled | 18 Sep 2026 |
England's samples only. Each count opens the list of those points, nearest first, with the date of each one’s latest sample (the gauge’s “Upstream of here” list).
FloodRadar does not grade these results: there is no overall score, and official river classifications are a separate dataset. A sample taken downstream of an overflow does not by itself show where anything in it came from. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels.
Water samples: Environment Agency Water Quality Archive, © Environment Agency and/or database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
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