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Lower River Irwell catchment including areas in Greater Manchester

The Lower River Irwell catchment also includes the Rivers Irk and Medlock, Wince and Worsley Brooks and their tributaries

Flood alert area River Irwell Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford Gtr Mancs Mersey and Ches

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Adelphi Weir in this area

River Irwell • Salford • 1.5 km (downstream)

structure gauge

Manchester Racecourse in this area

River Irwell • Broughton • 1.6 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Littleton Road River in this area

River Irwell • Salford • 2.3 km (downstream)

Steady · below normal

River Irwell • Radcliffe • 8.3 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Kearsley in this area

River Irwell • Kearsley • 8.4 km (downstream)

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.94 at 08:30, now 0.91

River Irwell • Bury • 12.3 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

Ramsbottom Weir

River Irwell • Ramsbottom • 18.0 km (upstream)

structure gauge

River Irwell • Stubbins • 19.6 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

River Irwell • Edenfield • 21.0 km (upstream)

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.39 at 09:15, now 0.37

Holt Mill Bridge

River Irwell • Waterfoot • 22.8 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

Flood Event History (50)

15 Dec 2025 at 9:07am Flood Alert

8 Dec 2025 at 3:48pm Flood Alert

20 Sep 2025 at 5:19pm Flood Alert

6 Jan 2025 at 6:02am Flood Alert

31 Dec 2024 at 4:57pm Flood Alert

23 Nov 2024 at 4:42pm Flood Alert

30 Sep 2024 at 3:12pm Flood Alert

1 Jan 2024 at 5:02pm Flood Alert

26 Dec 2023 at 5:02pm Flood Alert

9 Dec 2023 at 2:32pm Flood Alert

23 Jul 2023 at 5:01pm Flood Alert

23 Jul 2023 at 8:50am Flood Alert

22 Jul 2023 at 6:10pm Flood Alert

18 Jun 2023 at 4:22pm Flood Alert

10 Jan 2023 at 2:19pm Flood Alert

19 Feb 2022 at 6:26pm Flood Alert

30 Dec 2021 at 3:31pm Flood Alert

1 Nov 2021 at 12:08pm Flood Alert

20 Jan 2021 at 8:46am Flood Alert

18 Jan 2021 at 7:38pm Flood Alert

1 Nov 2020 at 5:44pm Flood Alert

29 Oct 2020 at 7:43pm Flood Alert

6 Oct 2020 at 4:00pm Flood Alert

9 Mar 2020 at 5:36pm Flood Alert

24 Feb 2020 at 12:33pm Flood Alert

16 Feb 2020 at 7:09am Flood Alert

9 Feb 2020 at 9:18am Flood Alert

29 Sep 2019 at 3:07pm Flood Alert

29 Sep 2019 at 6:18am Flood Alert

16 Aug 2019 at 6:44pm Flood Alert

31 Jul 2019 at 3:52pm Flood Alert

16 Mar 2019 at 12:18pm Flood Alert

21 Oct 2017 at 10:15pm Flood Alert

4 Oct 2017 at 5:34pm Flood Alert

12 Nov 2016 at 10:38am Flood Alert

13 Sep 2016 at 9:15pm Flood Alert

22 Aug 2016 at 9:10am Flood Alert

25 Dec 2015 at 11:08pm Flood Alert

12 Dec 2015 at 4:52pm Flood Alert

30 Nov 2015 at 4:20pm Flood Alert

14 Nov 2015 at 11:41am Flood Alert

9 Nov 2015 at 4:13pm Flood Alert

30 Mar 2015 at 5:46pm Flood Alert

18 Dec 2014 at 5:28pm Flood Alert

27 Oct 2013 at 3:11pm Flood Alert

28 Dec 2012 at 8:25pm Flood Alert

21 Dec 2012 at 3:24pm Flood Alert

17 Dec 2012 at 6:12pm Flood Alert

24 Sep 2012 at 12:14pm Flood Alert

17 Aug 2012 at 4:07pm Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 143116 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 013WAFLI

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.