Local Flooding Links:

Beck Flooding - click here - when levels are above 0.55m then flooding will probably start

Roecliffe/Boroughbridge Road Flooding - click here - when levels are above 1.6m then flooding will have started.

Flooding in the village, from the Beck, can occur reasonably regularly (two or three times a year) after very heavy rain.  Because of individual actions taken, it has been several years since there has been any structural damage or domestic flooding. However, climate change might well change that, as would uncontrolled development in the catchment area of the beck from higher land along and onwards to the west of Knaresborough Road.

The flooding in the village will usually be within 6 to 24 hours of very heavy rain - it goes up and comes down fairly swiftly and can affect the centre of the village when it happens.  There can be pockets elsewhere but these are more likely to be related to manhole blowouts.

The road to Roecliffe/Boroughbridge floods more frequently and to a greater depth, up to 6 feet, (closing the road).  This water comes from the river Ure, on the north side of the road and at times will cover a vast amount of land from the edge of the village to just past the narrow Holbeck bridge, from where the land then rises. The flooding on this road will usually commence  24 to 48 hours after heavy rain, assuming rain has also fallen up in the Dales, as it takes a while for the water to come down river.

There is an excellent website (RiverLevels.uk) that provides regular (15 minute) updates of the level of the Beck (bridge by the Masons) and of the Ure (from nearby Weswick Weir) - the graphs in particular give a good warning of problems ahead. The links are at the top of the page. 

To contact Yorkshire Water to report anything, call 0345 1242424