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River Gowy catchment including areas around Frodsham

The Gowy catchment includes the River Milton and Hornsmill/Hool, Stanney Mill and Thornton Brooks and their tributaries

Flood alert area River Gowy Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton Gtr Mancs Mersey and Ches

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Bridge Trafford on the boundary

River Gowy • Bridge Trafford • 7.5 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Tattenhall High Street

Mill Brook • Tattenhall • 7.0 km

Lea Hall River Station

Aldford Brook • 9.1 km

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.74 at 08:15, now 0.71

Ironbridge River Station

Falling · normal — Down from 4.89 at 15:00, now 4.79

Countess Way, Abbot's Mead

Finchett's Gutter • Abbot's Mead, Chester • 10.0 km

Steady · normal

Knolls Bridge, Chester

Finchett's Gutter • Chester • 10.7 km

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 5.74 at 23:30, now 5.72

River Weaver • Acton Bridge • 13.6 km

Rising slightly · normal — Up 0.02 m since 11:15, rising slightly

Dee • 13.6 km

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 5.90 at 08:15, now 5.79

Chase Way, Ellesmere Port

Rivacre Brook • Ellesmere Port • 15.0 km

structure gauge

River Weaver • Acton Bridge • 15.1 km

Rising slightly · normal — Up 0.02 m since 09:30, rising slightly

Flood Event History (50)

14 Nov 2025 at 4:58pm Flood Alert

20 Sep 2025 at 5:19pm Flood Alert

5 Jan 2025 at 3:35pm Flood Alert

1 Jan 2025 at 4:06pm Flood Alert

18 Dec 2024 at 4:34pm Flood Alert

7 Dec 2024 at 12:40pm Flood Alert

6 Dec 2024 at 9:08am Flood Alert

22 Nov 2024 at 2:42pm Flood Alert

16 Oct 2024 at 7:17pm Flood Alert

1 Oct 2024 at 3:55pm Flood Alert

23 May 2024 at 7:03am Flood Alert

9 Apr 2024 at 2:40pm Flood Alert

27 Mar 2024 at 7:01pm Flood Alert

2 Jan 2024 at 5:07pm Flood Alert

20 Oct 2023 at 9:43am Flood Alert

15 Oct 2023 at 5:42am Flood Alert

6 Aug 2023 at 2:32pm Flood Alert

18 Jun 2023 at 4:19pm Flood Alert

24 Nov 2022 at 2:53pm Flood Alert

21 Nov 2022 at 5:45pm Flood Alert

23 Feb 2020 at 1:34pm Flood Alert

16 Feb 2020 at 4:49pm Flood Alert

16 Feb 2020 at 9:06am Flood Alert

8 Nov 2019 at 4:35pm Flood Alert

7 Nov 2019 at 7:07pm Flood Alert

26 Oct 2019 at 10:27am Flood Alert

1 Oct 2019 at 5:24pm Flood Alert

1 Oct 2019 at 8:20am Flood Alert

14 Jun 2019 at 10:10am Flood Alert

12 Jun 2019 at 8:24pm Flood Alert

12 Jun 2019 at 1:30pm Flood Alert

15 Dec 2017 at 1:33pm Flood Alert

16 Jun 2016 at 3:39pm Flood Alert

27 Oct 2013 at 3:11pm Flood Alert

17 Mar 2013 at 9:02am Flood Alert

14 Feb 2013 at 9:10am Flood Alert

20 Dec 2012 at 11:48am Flood Alert

24 Sep 2012 at 3:05pm Flood Alert

17 Aug 2012 at 4:28pm Flood Alert

6 Jul 2012 at 7:42pm Flood Alert

28 Oct 2008 at 10:04pm Flood Alert

5 Oct 2008 at 3:11pm Flood Alert

6 Sep 2008 at 1:07am Flood Alert

6 Dec 2007 at 10:08pm Flood Alert

21 Jul 2007 at 1:35pm Flood Alert

3 Jul 2007 at 10:14am Flood Alert

25 Jun 2007 at 12:39pm Flood Alert

15 Jun 2007 at 8:19pm Flood Alert

18 Jan 2007 at 11:01am Flood Alert

25 Nov 2006 at 6:47pm Flood Alert

Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 143113 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 013WAFGO

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.