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River Worth water levels

Live levels from 3 monitoring stations across West Yorkshire, updated every 15 minutes.

3stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Oakworth Mytholmes LaneOakworth0.04 m 1h agoNormal—
KeighleyKeighley0.22 m 1h agoNormal—
Keighley Dalton Lane—0.03 m 1h agoNormal—

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.

Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Worth above one of its gauges, from the source down. The river map knows where gauges are, not every stream, so a tributary without a gauge is not listed here.

1 gauged tributary, 1 gauge

Leeming Water name from the river map

Joins the Worth above Oakworth Mytholmes Lane, its highest gauge, no more than 4.3 km by river above Oakworth Mytholmes Lane.

Oxenhope0.01 m 1h agoLow

Its water passes every gauge on the Worth, from Oakworth Mytholmes Lane down.

Where the Worth goes

Below Keighley Dalton Lane, its water next reaches Bingley, a gauge on River Aire, 6.3 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.

Storm overflows upstream

23 storm overflows are traced upstream of Keighley Dalton Lane, the Worth’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Worth itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 22 not discharging
  • 1 offline or silent: 1 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 0 no live feed

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Keighley Dalton Lane: 305 spills over 688 hours in total, across the 22 that have a figure. 1 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 Worth includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Oakworth Mytholmes Lane, the Worth’s highest gauge2 overflows
  • Belle Isle Road CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into Bridgehouse Beck · 1.5 km by river above Oakworth Mytholmes Lane · 2025: 16 spills, 13 h
  • Mytholmes Lane CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 250 m by river above Oakworth Mytholmes Lane · 2025: 42 spills, 127 h
Between Oakworth Mytholmes Lane and Keighley15 overflows
  • Tbc When Permit Issued Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into Tbc When Permit Issued · 4.5 km by river above Keighley · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h · placed on the river by its position alone
  • Oakworth CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 4.1 km by river above Keighley · 2025: 19 spills, 48 h
  • Haworth Combined Sewer Overflow Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 3.4 km by river above Keighley · 2025: 39 spills, 118 h
  • Damems Road CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 2.5 km by river above Keighley · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Cloughs Mill No 2 CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 1.8 km by river above Keighley · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Ingrow Bridge CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 1.6 km by river above Keighley · 2025: 17 spills, 37 h
  • Ingrow Lane CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 1.5 km by river above Keighley · 2025: 4 spills, 13 h
  • Oakworth CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 1.5 km by river above Keighley · 2025: 5 spills, 9.8 h
  • Woodhouse Road 38 CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 980 m by river above Keighley · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • South Street Keighley CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth Via Knowle Pk Spng · 940 m by river above Keighley · 2025: 25 spills, 22 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Woodhouse Road 36 CSO Monitor offline
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 850 m by river above Keighley · 2025: 1 spill, 0.3 h
  • Brandy Mill 34 CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 720 m by river above Keighley · 2025: 19 spills, 38 h
  • Worth Way Sun Street CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 350 m by river above Keighley · 2025: 26 spills, 23 h
  • Worth Way North Beck CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 190 m by river above Keighley · 2025: 34 spills, 138 h
  • The Walk CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 120 m by river above Keighley · 2025: 1 spill, 0.5 h
Between Keighley and Keighley Dalton Lane6 overflows
  • Coney Lane CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 950 m by river above Keighley Dalton Lane · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • South Goods Yard CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 740 m by river above Keighley Dalton Lane · 2025: 8 spills, 2.5 h
  • Low Mill Lane CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 600 m by river above Keighley Dalton Lane · 2025: no data
  • Pitt Street CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth · 460 m by river above Keighley Dalton Lane · 2025: 3 spills, 1.3 h
  • Spring Avenue CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth (Via Public Sewer) · 420 m by river above Keighley Dalton Lane · 2025: 45 spills, 98 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate
  • Spring Avenue CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into River Worth (Via Public Sewer) · 420 m by river above Keighley Dalton Lane · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate

Near these gauges, connection not known

Within 3 km of one of the Worth’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • Glen Lee Lane CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into Hog Holes Beck · 740 m from Keighley in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 18 spills, 5.8 h
  • Spring Bank CSO Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into Gingerbread Clough · 1.1 km from Keighley in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 2 spills, 9.0 h
  • Bradford Road No live feed
    Yorkshire Water · into River Aire · 2.6 km from Keighley Dalton Lane in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 51 spills, 235 h
  • Oxenhope No.2 WwTW Not discharging
    Yorkshire Water · into Bridge House Beck · 2.6 km from Oakworth Mytholmes Lane in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 61 spills, 709 h

11 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Worth’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.

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.

Water samples

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.

12 sampling points on the River Worth and the streams that join it above Keighley Dalton Lane, and below it. 2 have a sample from the last 12 months; 2 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Oakworth Mytholmes Lane River Worth 7 points, 2 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Worth upstream of Ponden ReservoirRiver Worth6.4 kmLast sampled 15 Sep 2023, before the imported period
Sladen Beck upstream of Lower Laithe ReservoirSladen Beck4.6 kmLast sampled 15 Sep 2023, before the imported period
Bridgehouse Beck above Oxenhope SW Final EffluentBridgehouse Beck3.1 km1 Sep 2026 · 37 days agoOxygen 105.1% Mar 2024Temp 6.3 °C Mar 2024pH 7.89Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l Mar 2024
Bridgehouse Beck below Oxenhope SW LagnBridgehouse Beck2.7 kmLast sampled 6 Oct 2000, before the imported period
Bridgehouse Beck at Ebor Dam InletBridgehouse Beck1.0 kmLast sampled 6 Oct 2000, before the imported period
Worth upstream of Bridgehouse Beck confluenceRiver Worth0.3 kmLast sampled 20 Mar 2020, before the imported period
Bridgehouse Beck upstream of Worth confluenceBridgehouse Beck0.3 km10 Aug 2026 · 59 days agoOxygen 102.8% Mar 2024Temp 5.4 °C Mar 2024pH 7.97Ammonia 0.067 mg/l Mar 2024
Above Keighley River Worth 3 points, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
North Beck above New Town WeirNorth Beck1.6 kmLast sampled 6 Oct 2000, before the imported period
Worth at Knowles Park upstream of North BeckRiver Worth0.9 kmLast sampled 19 Feb 2020, before the imported period
North Beck at WorthNorth Beck0.2 kmLast sampled 11 Aug 2021, before the imported period
Above Keighley Dalton Lane River Worth 1 point, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Worth at Lateral BridgeRiver Worth0.3 kmLast sampled 1 Dec 2022, before the imported period
Below Keighley Dalton Lane 1 point, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Below the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Worth upstream of Aire confluence - KeighleyRiver Worth0.7 kmLast sampled 9 Mar 2020, before the imported period

Distances are along the river to the gauge named. England's samples only.

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.