I toddled along to Bolton Abbey the other day. The water level in Otley when I left was more or less normal, which was in line with the EA river levels website. When I got to Bolton Bridge it was clear that the river was in full spate and unfishable. Is it simply a case of the spate not yet reaching far enough downstream to get to Otley, or does anyone know whether there is a significant abstraction going on? Where is it abstracted from and where does it go to?

look at the level here for otley

Environment Agency - River levels station data

then here for Pool only just down the road so to speak ,

Environment Agency - River levels station data


rivers carry extra water differently throughout there many sections dependent on depth , structure holding flow back etc etc, what you have up at Bolton is pure spate running straight down from the hills .....

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