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Coast from Formby to Crosby

Formby Point, Hightown, Altcar, North End, Altcar, Meadows and Seaforth Nature Reserve

Flood alert area Irish Sea Lancashire, Sefton Cumbria and Lancashire

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Dovers Brook • Sefton • 6.5 km

Steady · normal

Tide • Bootle • 9.8 km

River Alt • Aintree • 10.7 km

Steady · normal

Sandy Brook • Ormskirk • 11.0 km

Steady · normal

River Birket • Moreton • 14.0 km

Steady · normal

Arrowe Brook • Upton (Wirral) • 16.3 km

Steady · normal

Fornalls Bridge

River Birket • Hoylake • 16.9 km

Steady · normal

Crossens Pumping Station

The Sluice • 17.3 km

structure gauge

Arrowe Brook • Upton (Wirral) • 17.4 km

Steady · normal

River Douglas • Newburgh • 18.6 km

Falling · normal — Down from 0.53 at 16:00, now 0.42

Flood Event History (13)

20 Oct 2024 at 5:42pm Flood Alert

18 Feb 2022 at 8:04am Flood Alert

12 Mar 2020 at 9:13am Flood Alert

11 Mar 2020 at 3:31pm Flood Alert

2 Jan 2018 at 3:26pm Flood Alert

12 Feb 2014 at 2:46pm Flood Alert

1 Feb 2014 at 9:29am Flood Alert

3 Jan 2014 at 5:49pm Flood Alert

2 Jan 2014 at 2:29pm Flood Alert

4 Dec 2013 at 4:11pm Flood Alert

11 Mar 2008 at 3:25pm Flood Alert

7 Oct 2006 at 2:12am Flood Alert

6 Oct 2006 at 12:28pm Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 202049 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 012WACFC

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