River Aire

River Aire
Art installation of flags on Aire in Leeds
Course of the Aire
Location
Country	England
Counties	North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire
District	Craven
City	Leeds
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	streams above Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire
• coordinates	54°05′49″N 2°11′27″W / 54.0969°N 2.1907°W / 54.0969; -2.1907
• elevation	1,329 ft (405 m)
Mouth	River Ouse
• location	Airmyn, East Riding of Yorkshire
• coordinates	53°43′38″N 0°54′24″W / 53.7272°N 0.9067°W / 53.7272; -0.9067
• elevation	16 ft (5 m)
Length	92 mi (148 km)
Basin size	388 sq mi (1,004 km2)
Discharge
• location	River Ouse
• average	1,261 cu ft/s (35.72 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Gordale Beck, Eshton Beck, Eller Beck, Silsden Beck
• right	Ickornshaw Beck Otterburn Beck, Broughton Beck, Eastburn Beck, River Worth, Harden Beck, Bradford Beck, River Calder

v t e River Aire
Legend
Malham Tarn Water Sinks Malham Beck Goredale Beck Aire Head Mill pond Overflow channel Scalegill Mill Kirkby Beck Crook Syke Nor Croft Spring Foss Gill Tarn Dyke former mill race Bell Busk Mill Markhouse Lane Otterburn Beck Leeds-Morecambe line Gill Syke  A65  Rowton Beck Leeds-Morecambe line Leeds & Liverpool Canal Crossber Beck Church Lane (Gargrave Bridge) Mill race Airebank Mills Mill Race in culvert Eshton Beck Mill race Woomber Beck Leeds-Morecambe line  A59  Broughton Beck Busky Beck Denindale Beck Catlow Gill Carla Beck Eller Beck Airedale line Laithehouse Beck Cononley Beck  A629  Eastburn Beck Steeton Beck  A6034  Silsden Beck Holden Beck Clough Beck B6265 River Worth How Beck  A629  Airedale line Mill race Morton Beck former mill (Navigable section - Canoe)  B6429  Ireland Bridge Harden Beck  B6265  Nidd Aqueduct Cottingley Beck  A650  Airedale line Leeds & Liverpool Canal Dowley Gap Aqueduct Navigable section Bradford Amateur Rowing Club Loadpit Beck Otley Road Bradford Beck Wharfedale line Canal overspill Leeds & Liverpool Canal Gill Beck (Baildon) former sewage railway Guiseley Beck Airedale line Apperley Viaduct Apperley Bridge railway station  A658  Harrogate Road Carr Beck Wharfedale line Gill Beck (Horsforth) Airedale line  A6120  Leeds Ring Road Bagley Beck Rodley Nature Reserve Footbridge Oil Mill Beck Kirkstall Forge railway station Airedale line Mill race  B6157  Kirkstall Valley Nature Reserve Armley Mills Industrial Museum Leeds & Liverpool Canal Harrogate line  A58  A58(M)  former Leeds Central line Whitehall Road Western approach of railway Granary Wharf Leeds railway station Eastern approach of railway Canal and River Aire merge  A61  Leeds Dock  A61  Aire and Calder Navigation Knostrop Cut/Knostrop Weir Knostrop treatment works Thwaites Watermill  A1  M1  Link Bridge Wyke Beck Canal overspill Woodlesford Lock  A642  Fleakingley Beck Lemonroyd Marina St Aidan's River Calder Aire and Calder Navigation  A656  Aire & Calder Navigation Lin Dike former Castleford-Garforth line Fairburn Ings Fairburn Cut Castleford to Milford freight only  A1(M)  bridge Dearne Valley line  A162  Aire & Calder Navigation Canal overspill Wash Dike Aire & Calder Navigation Bank Dole Cut Cut & River Aire merge Beal Dam Old Eye The Fleet Selby Canal  A19  Tidal limit Temple Drain East Coast Main Line Doncaster to Selby Line Ings & Tetherings Drain Aire Bridge Drax Power Station freight line Mean High Water  A1041   A645  River Ouse

The River Aire is a major river in Yorkshire, England, 92 miles (148 km) in length.^[1] Part of the river below Leeds is canalised, and is known as the Aire and Calder Navigation.

The Handbook for Leeds and Airedale (1890) notes that the distance from Malham to Howden is 58 miles (93 km) direct, but the river's meanderings extend that to 90 miles (140 km).^[2] Between Malham Tarn and Airmyn, the river drops 1,300 feet (400 m).^[3]