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Coast from Southport to Formby

Banks, Banks Enclosed Marsh, Crossens, Land Houses, Holmes, Martin Mere, Scarisbrick Moss, Marshside and Marine Drive

Flood alert area Irish Sea Lancashire, Sefton Cumbria and Lancashire

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Crossens Pumping Station in this area

The Sluice • 2.2 km

structure gauge

Castle Bridge Croston

River Yarrow • Croston • 10.2 km

River Douglas • Newburgh • 10.9 km

Rising · normal

Sandy Brook • Ormskirk • 11.1 km

Steady · normal

Littlewood Bridge

River Lostock • Croston • 11.3 km

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.57 at 23:00, now 0.53

River Yarrow • Croston • 11.3 km

Steady · normal

River Douglas • Newburgh • 13.1 km

Steady · normal

River Yarrow • Croston • 13.7 km

structure gauge

Eccleston Heskin Bridge

Syd Brook • Eccleston • 14.5 km

Steady · normal

River Douglas • Appley Bridge • 16.7 km

Steady · normal

Flood Event History (8)

18 Feb 2022 at 8:04am Flood Alert

17 Jan 2018 at 4:17pm Flood Alert

12 Feb 2014 at 2:42pm Flood Alert

2 Jan 2014 at 2:27pm Flood Alert

4 Dec 2013 at 4:11pm Flood Alert

11 Mar 2008 at 3:25pm Flood Alert

17 Jan 2007 at 5:51pm 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: 202050 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 012WACSF

Live warnings and area boundaries are the Environment Agency’s and the EA is the authority on them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This area in the EA’s own data.