Rochdale Canal Towpath
Hebden Bridge, Calder ValleyAlong the Rochdale Canal
Passable
Rochdale Canal Towpath is currently passable.
The river’s 1.69 m below the level where parts of this path can start to flood.
Updated Holding steady over the last 6 h
River level at the gauge
-0.09 mmeasured
River Calder at Hebden Bridge · 44 m away
See Environment Agency’s own readings for this gauge
Flood lines for this path: parts can start to flood at 1.60 m · usually properly flooded above 2.28 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 reached the level where parts of this path can start to flood on about 3 days, mostly in October and September, but didn’t reach the level where it’s usually properly flooded.
At its highest the river stayed 29 cm below the level where the path usually floods properly.
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 canal towpath through Hebden Bridge, running beside Calder Holmes Park and along the valley floor between Stubbing Wharf and Mytholmroyd — the Calder Valley's main off-road walking and commuting route. The Calder runs hard alongside and overtops into the canal corridor in major floods: Boxing Day 2015 and Storm Ciara in 2020 both scoured and closed sections of towpath.
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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.