Barton Farm Riverside Walk is currently passable.
The river’s 73 cm below the level where parts of this path can start to flood.
Over the past year, though, the river topped the level where this path usually floods on one day, mostly in November to February.
River level at the gauge
0.85 mASDmeasured
River Avon at Bradford on Avon · 772 m away
See Environment Agency’s own readings for this gauge
Flood lines for this path: parts can start to flood at 1.58 mASD · usually properly flooded above 2.22 mASD
The river’s running low for this gauge — below its usual range.
This flood line starts from this gauge’s measured history — the level the river only tops a few days a year. Reports of a flooded or passable day will tune it to the path itself.
Through the year
Over the past year the river topped the level where this path is usually flooded on one day, mostly in November to February.
It also reached the lower level where parts of this path can start to flood on about 54 more days.
From this gauge’s own record over the year to July 2026, measured against the level we estimate this path floods at. It’s a guide to the season, not a forecast.
About this path
The flat riverside walk from Town Bridge past the medieval Tithe Barn through Barton Farm Country Park, continuing as the Kennet & Avon towpath towards Avoncliff. Bradford-on-Avon floods recurrently when the Avon rises — January 2024 brought the worst since 2013, and Storm Bert followed that November.
Been down today?
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From people on the ground
No reports yet. If you’ve been down, you’d be the first.
Other paths nearby
The closest paths we track, with today’s status — handy if this one’s flooded.
Flood Path is advisory and not safety-critical — river readings come from public feeds with no guarantee, and conditions can change fast in heavy rain. Use your own judgement on the day.