Wharfemeadows Park Riverside
Wharfemeadows Park, OtleyAlong the River Wharfe
Passable
Wharfemeadows Park Riverside is currently passable.
The river’s 82 cm below the level where parts of this path can start to flood.
Updated Holding steady over the last 4 h
River level at the gauge
0.38 mmeasured
River Wharfe at Otley · 276 m away
See Environment Agency’s own readings for this gauge
Flood lines for this path: parts can start to flood at 1.20 m · usually properly flooded above 1.62 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 reached the level where parts of this path can start to flood on one day, mostly in September, but didn’t reach the level where it’s usually properly flooded.
At its highest the river stayed 18 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 promenaded riverside walk through Wharfemeadows and Tittybottle Parks beside Otley Bridge, with boat hire and play areas on the Otley Riverside Trail. The parks sit on the Wharfe's floodplain and went fully under in the December 2015 and February 2020 storms; the 2021 flood alleviation scheme reduced the risk but did not remove it.
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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.