United Kingdom 
In numbers.
3.0m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Aug–Nov
Best months
186m
Elevation
The water at Stainforth Force, month by month
It roars from October to February.
The fullest months: from October to February.
- 4.7 m³/sJan
- 3.8 m³/sFeb
- 3.0 m³/sMar
- 1.9 m³/sApr
- 1.2 m³/sMay
- 1.4 m³/sJun
- 1.9 m³/sJul
- 2.7 m³/sAug
- 2.4 m³/sSep
- 3.5 m³/sOct
- 4.5 m³/sNov
- 5.0 m³/sDec
From about 1.2 m³/s in the lowest month to 5.0 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from August to November.
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
Stainforth Force is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Settlenearest town · 3.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 120 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 48 km in a straight lineCar hire at LBA airport (Leeds, West Yorkshire)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From August to Novemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints
- 6waymarked walking routesRibble Way, Settle Loop, Dales High Way and 3 more
- 16car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 14information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmCatrigg Force
- 7caves
- 11campsitesHolme Farm, Crag Hill Farm, The Rowe House and 8 more
- 19hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmWhitefriars Lodge, The Gate House, King William the Fourth Guest House and 16 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
- Settle3.5 km in a straight line
- Hellifield11 km in a straight line
- Ingleton14 km in a straight line
- High Bentham15 km in a straight line
- Gargrave17 km in a straight line
- Grassington19 km in a straight line
- Barnoldswick21 km in a straight line
- Earby22 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 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| Night °C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 107 | 88 | 76 | 62 | 74 | 92 | 103 | 114 | 89 | 112 | 113 | 116 |
| Wet days | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Sun h/day | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (186 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 | 94% | 256% | 96% | 31% | 29% | 136% | 125% | 125% | 73% | 135% | 110% | 141% |
| 2021 | 154% | 155% | 119% | 23% | 187% | 31% | 82% | 63% | 73% | 142% | 57% | 104% |
| 2022 | 46% | 187% | 54% | 69% | 107% | 69% | 62% | 45% | 108% | 110% | 116% | 89% |
| 2023 | 103% | 34% | 174% | 121% | 55% | 64% | 168% | 92% | 145% | 117% | 122% | 159% |
| 2024 | 144% | 132% | 137% | 184% | 137% | 69% | 81% | 75% | 107% | 91% | 55% | 104% |
| 2025 | 95% | 62% | 39% | 33% | 69% | 106% | 85% | 41% | 185% | 89% | 144% | 137% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Stainforth Force
United Kingdom
- —Height
- 3.0 m³/sAverage flow
- Aug–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q111943333) · 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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