Clifton Ings Cycle Path
Clifton Ings, YorkAlong the River Ouse
Passable
Clifton Ings Cycle Path is currently passable.
The river’s 5.57 m 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
5.12 mAODmeasured
River Ouse at Clifton Ings Outfall · 118 m away
See Environment Agency’s own readings for this gauge
Flood lines for this path: parts can start to flood at 10.69 mAOD · usually properly flooded above 10.99 mAOD
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 1.71 m below the level where parts of the path can start to flood.
From this gauge’s own record over the year to June 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 traffic-free Sustrans route across Clifton and Rawcliffe Ings, used by commuters from Rawcliffe and Skelton and riders heading to Beningbrough. The ings are an operational flood-storage washland that deliberately holds millions of cubic metres of Ouse floodwater, so the path is routinely inundated — it was rebuilt in 2022 with a flood-tolerant surface.
Been down today?
A few seconds of local knowledge keeps this honest for everyone. No account needed.
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.