Dame Judi Dench Walk is currently open and passable.
Water level right now
0.68 mmeasured 48 min ago
River Ouse at Viking Recorder · 501 m away
The usual gauge for this path (Viking Recorder) 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 paved riverside promenade on the north-west bank of the Ouse between Lendal Bridge and Scarborough Bridge, beside Museum Gardens — a busy walking link to York station. One of the first city-centre paths to go under when the Ouse rises: the council lists it among the riverside paths regularly unusable at high river levels.
Been down today?
A few seconds of local knowledge keeps this honest for everyone. No account needed.
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.