Ilkley Riverside Walk
Riverside Gardens, IlkleyAlong the River Wharfe
Passable
Ilkley Riverside Walk is currently passable.
The river’s 1.70 m 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 October, December, March and September.
Updated Holding steady over the last 4 h
River level at the gauge
0.10 mmeasured
River Wharfe at Ilkley · 337 m away
See Environment Agency’s own readings for this gauge
Flood lines for this path: parts can start to flood at 1.80 m · usually properly flooded above 2.36 m
The river’s sitting low in this gauge’s 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 October, December, March and September.
It also reached the lower level where parts of this path can start to flood on about 8 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 riverside path through Riverside Gardens between New Brook Street and the seventeenth-century Old Bridge, where the Dales Way begins. The low-lying gardens, sports grounds and riverside footpaths flood repeatedly — two flood warning areas straddle this short reach, and the EA's standing advice here is to avoid the low-lying footpaths.
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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.