United Kingdom 
In numbers.
0.32m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar
Oct–Dec
Best months
242m
Elevation
The water at Becky Falls, month by month
It roars from November to February.
The fullest months: from November to February.
- 0.6 m³/sJan
- 0.5 m³/sFeb
- 0.3 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.1 m³/sMay
- 0.1 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.2 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.5 m³/sNov
- 0.6 m³/sDec
From about 0.11 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.61 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: March and from October to December.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall and tourist attraction in Devon, England, UK
Becky Falls is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Bovey Traceynearest town · 5.9 km in a straight line
- Parking 40 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Exeter International Airport (EXT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 28 km in a straight lineCar hire at EXT airport (Exeter, Devon)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- March and from October to Decemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 33 m in 1.9 km.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints
- 1waymarked walking routesDartmoor Way
- 8car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- 2information boards and visitor centres
- 1bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 5campsitesBeech Tree Farm Campsite, Cockingford Campsite, Dartmoor Camping and 2 more
- 21hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmBovey Castle, Edgemoor Hotel, The Dolphin and 18 more
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Bovey Tracey5.9 km in a straight line
- Moretonhampstead6.1 km in a straight line
- Chudleigh Knighton9.1 km in a straight line
- Chagford9.6 km in a straight line
- Ashburton10 km in a straight line
- Chudleigh11 km in a straight line
- Newton Abbot13 km in a straight line
- Kingsteignton14 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
| Night °C | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 115 | 90 | 84 | 65 | 67 | 72 | 77 | 88 | 63 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
| Wet days | 18 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 18 |
| Sun h/day | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (242 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 106% | 257% | 113% | 95% | 35% | 193% | 60% | 136% | 74% | 158% | 84% | 196% |
| 2021 | 142% | 137% | 60% | 17% | 201% | 98% | 154% | 56% | 111% | 183% | 29% | 105% |
| 2022 | 52% | 132% | 92% | 55% | 79% | 108% | 19% | 25% | 152% | 109% | 174% | 114% |
| 2023 | 135% | 19% | 203% | 139% | 93% | 68% | 141% | 91% | 144% | 120% | 161% | 143% |
| 2024 | 95% | 249% | 203% | 147% | 163% | 36% | 158% | 90% | 236% | 127% | 107% | 70% |
| 2025 | 142% | 108% | 19% | 117% | 50% | 116% | 57% | 55% | 167% | 83% | 132% | 157% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Becky Falls
United Kingdom
- —Height
- 0.32 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar, Oct–DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q21062061) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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