United Kingdom 
In numbers.
0.38m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr
Aug–Oct
Best months
222m
Elevation
The water at Janet's Foss, month by month
It roars in August and from October to March.
The fullest months: August and from October to March.
- 0.6 m³/sJan
- 0.5 m³/sFeb
- 0.4 m³/sMar
- 0.3 m³/sApr
- 0.2 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.3 m³/sJul
- 0.4 m³/sAug
- 0.3 m³/sSep
- 0.5 m³/sOct
- 0.6 m³/sNov
- 0.6 m³/sDec
From about 0.17 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.62 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from August to October.
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 in North Yorkshire, England, UK
Janet's Foss is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Hellifieldnearest town · 8.8 km in a straight line
- Parking 150 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 38 km in a straight lineCar hire at LBA airport (Leeds, West Yorkshire)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from August to Octoberbest 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 170 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 67 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsJanet's Foss, Gordale Scar
- 5waymarked walking routesPennine Way (Ickornshaw to Malham), Pennine Way (Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale), Airedale Way and 2 more
- 11car parks
- —swimming spots
- 5picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 6information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmCalton Spouts
- 2caves
- 4campsitesHurries Farm CL, Riverside Campsite, Wood Nook Caravan & Camping Park and 1 more
- 13hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmMoon NJF Residential, Lister Barn, Miresfield Bed & Breakfast and 10 more
- 2restaurants 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
- Hellifield8.8 km in a straight line
- Grassington9.0 km in a straight line
- Settle9.2 km in a straight line
- Gargrave9.4 km in a straight line
- Embsay14 km in a straight line
- Skipton14 km in a straight line
- Earby17 km in a straight line
- Barnoldswick17 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 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| Night °C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 86 | 71 | 67 | 60 | 70 | 92 | 97 | 106 | 77 | 96 | 93 | 92 |
| Wet days | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| Sun h/day | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (222 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 | 89% | 231% | 80% | 31% | 27% | 129% | 114% | 116% | 75% | 132% | 94% | 151% |
| 2021 | 175% | 162% | 92% | 29% | 191% | 31% | 100% | 61% | 70% | 122% | 57% | 109% |
| 2022 | 44% | 174% | 67% | 61% | 109% | 59% | 61% | 38% | 113% | 114% | 122% | 111% |
| 2023 | 88% | 37% | 171% | 131% | 56% | 60% | 159% | 101% | 135% | 144% | 136% | 178% |
| 2024 | 143% | 143% | 147% | 170% | 151% | 70% | 74% | 52% | 148% | 90% | 54% | 99% |
| 2025 | 110% | 63% | 45% | 30% | 61% | 78% | 90% | 33% | 179% | 87% | 150% | 142% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Janet's Foss
United Kingdom
- —Height
- 0.38 m³/sAverage flow
- Apr, Aug–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37283) · 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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