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Current Level
0.371 m
▲ Rising slightly
24h Max
0.384 m
24h Min
0.341 m
Typical Range
0.21 - 1.75
m
Highest Recorded
3.02 m
EA official record
A 3.43 reading (1 May 2018) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 12% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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1 day
EA forecast (official)
Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. The shaded band is its 10–90% range, widened so that about 80% of recent outcomes fall inside it.
Under evaluation — not yet promoted, so treat as a second opinion.
River Flow
90 days
Daily mean discharge (m³/s) with the daily min–max band, from the EA Hydrology API. Flow is the volume of water passing the gauge — often a more direct flood signal than level.
Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 9 Oct (2 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional)via EA Hydrology
Storm overflows whose water reaches this gauge on the mapped river network, nearest first by distance along the river. The status is each water company's monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, not how much or what it contains.
69 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 1.1 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 67 report not discharging, and for 2 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.
Yorkshire Water · into Barnsley Beck · 5.0 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
2 spills · 6 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
3 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.
29 other overflows within 6 km are downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so they are not listed.
These are the water companies' monitor statuses; a spill does not by itself explain a change in the gauge level. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels. Explore the sewage map →
Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record.
See also the Catcliffe Drain flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 19 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 Fairly flashyResponds fairly quickly to rain, with moderate baseflow between events.
Your catchment is all the land that drains rainfall into the river above this gauge. Its character — how
steep, wet, wooded, urban or chalky that land is — decides how fast rain here turns into a rising river. A steep, bare or clay
catchment is “flashy” (rises and falls quickly, floods easily); a flat, chalk or well-wooded one is
slow and steady. The tiles below put numbers to that; the flow-duration curve reads left-to-right
from the river’s typical high flows (Q5) down to its low flows (Q95) — a steep curve means a flashy river.
The physical character of the land that drains to this gauge, and how it shapes its flood response — from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Baseflow Index
0.38
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,185 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +6% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
3.6%
partly urbanised
Median Annual Flood
101 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
228 m³/s
26 Dec 2015 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
Daily flow (m³/s) exceeded each % of the time — a steep curve is flashy, a flat one is steady. Q5 high · Q50 median · Q95 low.
Velocity area station upstream of long, broad-crested mill weir.
More detail
The catchment
Catchment draining the east side of the Pennines. Geology comprises predominantly Carboniferous Limestone in the headwaters down to Skipton with Millstone Grit in the lower catchment. Largely rural headwaters, more urban and industrial development in the lower catchment. Some influence from reservoirs and flood attenuation washlands.
The station
Velocity area station, with an approximately 150m wide broad crested mill weir set at a shallow angle to river flow just downstream. A H-ADVP velocity meter was also operated at the site from 2009 to 2017 with a velocity index rating. Station added to peak flows dataset in September 2019 (WINFAP Files v8).
How it measures flow
Relatively straight approach channel to the level gauge located on the right bank. However the width and shallow angle of the weir are likely to lead to a variation in head between the right (upstream) and left (downstream) sides of the structure and it is relatively insensitive to changes in flow. Modular range is uncertain but rated by check gaugings up to QMED and extrapolated above. A single rating curve applies to period of record and gives a good fit to the gaugings.
Flow regime
Fairly natural regime, rural headwaters but with increasing urbanisation in the lower valley (including Skipton, Crosshills, Keighley) and several small reservoirs in the catchment. Washlands with raised embankments around Skipton and Cononley provide attenuation to some flood peaks.
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Aire at Bingley flooding today?
The current level is 0.37m, which is within the typical range of 0.21 to 1.75m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Bingley?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently rising slightly. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.
What is a normal level for the River Aire at Bingley?
The typical range at this station is 0.21m to 1.75m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.75m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
How often is this river level data updated?
Readings are supplied by the Environment Agency gauge. FloodRadar checks for updates roughly every 15 minutes; the timestamp above shows how recent the latest available reading is.
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16 May 2002 Downstream view of channel upstream of gauging station, station is just out of sight behind the bridge abutment
Upstream view of sensors and gauge board on right bank
Instrument kiosk
View upstream towards Bingley Weir
Bingley gaugeboards looking upstream