Rochdale Canal Towpath is currently open and passable.
Water level right now
0.10 mmeasured 1 hour ago
River Calder at Hebden Bridge · 44 m away
The usual gauge for this path (Hebden Bridge) has stopped reporting — feeds pause sometimes. This reading comes from the nearest live backup gauge instead.
That’s below the level where this path usually starts to flood.
This flood line starts from years of this gauge’s 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.
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 in the last 24 hours. If you’ve been down, you’d be the first.
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.