Calder & Hebble Towpath
Elland Bridge, EllandAlong the Calder & Hebble Navigation
Passable
Calder & Hebble Towpath is currently passable.
The river’s 1.05 m below the level where parts of this path can start to flood.
Updated Holding steady over the last 2 h
River level at the gauge
0.30 mmeasured
River Calder at Elland · 1.9 km away
See Environment Agency’s own readings for this gauge
Flood lines for this path: parts can start to flood at 1.35 m · usually properly flooded above 1.82 m
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 here stayed below the level where this path starts to flood.
That’s every day we have on record — a good sign, though one mild year is no promise.
The highest it reached all year was 16 cm below the level where parts of the path can start to flood.
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 navigation towpath linking Sowerby Bridge, Elland and Brighouse, popular with walkers and commuting cyclists. The Boxing Day 2015 flood destroyed the listed Elland Bridge over the canal and river here, closing the canal and towpath for over a year, and the navigation suffered further flood damage in the winter of 2020–21.
Been down today?
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Pick how it was first.
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.