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Irish Sea from Hilbre Island to Heswall

Areas at risk include land from Hilbre Island and along the coast from West Kirby to Heswall.

Flood alert area Irish Sea Cheshire West and Chester, Wirral Gtr Mancs Mersey and Ches

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Fornalls Bridge
River Birket • Hoylake • 5.0 km
Steady · normal
0.45 m
25min ago
Greasby Road
Arrowe Brook • Upton (Wirral) • 5.4 km
Steady · normal
0.22 m
25min ago
Acton Lane
Arrowe Brook • Upton (Wirral) • 5.7 km
Steady · normal
0.14 m
25min ago
Davis Road
River Birket • Moreton • 8.5 km
Steady · normal
0.72 m
25min ago
Liverpool
Tide • Bootle • 14.8 km
tidal gauge
-3.07 m
55min ago
Rhyd Y Mwyn DL River Station
Alun • 18.1 km
tidal gauge
0.40 m
10min ago
Chase Way, Ellesmere Port
Rivacre Brook • Ellesmere Port • 18.7 km
structure gauge
0.15 m
25min ago
Pont Dafydd River Station
Clwyd • 20.1 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.98 at 13:30, now 0.97
0.97 m
10min ago
Pont Y Cambwll River Station
Clwyd • 20.3 km
Steady · normal
0.59 m
25min ago
Mold Leadmill Bridge River Station
Alun • 20.4 km
Steady · normal
0.05 m
10min ago

Flood Event History (26)

27 Oct 2026 at 4:11pm Flood Alert
There is no longer a threat of flooding. Weather conditions are expected to improve and no further flooding is expected. We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts or warnings if necessary. Continue to take care on waterside roads and footpaths and don't put yourself...
27 Oct 2026 at 9:17am Flood Alert
We anticipate the next high tide this morning, 27 October 2026, to meet the flood alert threshold. Flooding is possible from 11:15 AM on 27 October 2026. Locations most affected by spray overtopping will be low lying land and roads from Hilbre Island and along the coast from West Kirby to Heswall. ...
26 Oct 2026 at 4:51pm Flood Alert
High tides this evening may lead to flooding.  Flooding is possible from 10:30 PM on 26 October 2026.  Locations most affected by spray overtopping will be low lying land and roads from Hilbre Island and along the coast from West Kirby to Heswall. We are expecting that the high tide tomorrow afterno...
5 Apr 2026 at 9:55am Flood Alert
There is no longer a threat of flooding, though standing water and debris may still remain.  Weather conditions are expected to improve and no further flooding is expected.   We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts or warnings if necessary.   Continue to take care o...
4 Apr 2026 at 2:57pm Flood Alert
High tides overnight may lead to flooding.  Flooding is possible from 1:00 AM until 3:00 AM on 05 April 2026 due to overtopping at West Kirby.  Locations most affected will be low lying land and roads from Hilbre Island and along the coast from West Kirby to Heswall.  We are closely monitoring the s...
8 Oct 2025 at 4:15pm Flood Alert
10 Sep 2025 at 4:28pm Flood Alert
30 Mar 2025 at 9:41am Flood Alert
17 Oct 2024 at 4:10pm Flood Alert
19 Sep 2024 at 4:05pm Flood Alert
20 Aug 2024 at 3:50pm Flood Alert
7 Apr 2024 at 4:06pm Flood Alert
7 Apr 2024 at 8:00am Flood Alert
13 Mar 2024 at 7:47am Flood Alert
12 Mar 2024 at 8:02am Flood Alert
11 Mar 2024 at 8:02am Flood Alert
13 Feb 2024 at 9:13am Flood Alert
12 Feb 2024 at 10:39am Flood Alert
28 Oct 2023 at 11:43am Flood Alert
30 Sep 2023 at 4:45pm Flood Alert
1 Sep 2023 at 12:58pm Flood Alert
22 Mar 2023 at 12:01am Flood Alert
25 Oct 2022 at 4:54pm Flood Alert
17 Feb 2022 at 5:27pm Flood Alert
10 Dec 2014 at 9:09am Flood Alert
9 Dec 2014 at 2:57pm Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 143043 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 013WACHIH

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.