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River Irwell at Rawtenstall

Properties on and adjacent to Burnley Road; south of Constable Lee Bridge. Bocholt Way and Bacup Road from Bury Road to Lench Road. Properties near Hareholme mill, Victoria Works and Holme Lane including parts of New Hall Hey Road

Flood warning area River Irwell Lancashire Gtr Mancs Mersey and Ches In Upper River Irwell catchment with Oldham, Bolton, Rochdale, Haslingden, Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Holt Mill Bridge
River Irwell • Waterfoot • 2.0 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.21 m
30min ago
Irwell Vale
River Irwell • Edenfield • 3.1 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.37 m
30min ago
Stubbins
River Irwell • Stubbins • 4.2 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.17 m
30min ago
Throstle Mill
River Irwell • Bacup • 5.6 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.48 m
30min ago
Ramsbottom Weir
River Irwell • Ramsbottom • 5.7 km (upstream)
structure gauge
0.37 m
30min ago
Bury Ground
River Irwell • Bury • 11.2 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.38 m
30min ago
Pioneer Mills
River Irwell • Radcliffe • 15.4 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.57 at 15:00, now 0.54
0.54 m
30min ago
Kearsley
River Irwell • Kearsley • 17.9 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.93 at 17:15, now 0.91
0.91 m
30min ago
Littleton Road River
River Irwell • Salford • 21.1 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.90 m
30min ago
Manchester Racecourse
River Irwell • Broughton • 22.2 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
1.00 m
30min ago

Flood Event History (9)

1 Jan 2025 at 4:44am Flood Warning
5 Dec 2024 at 4:59pm Flood Warning
23 Nov 2024 at 1:51pm Flood Warning
20 Jan 2021 at 2:30pm Flood Warning
15 Feb 2020 at 7:14pm Flood Warning
9 Feb 2020 at 8:12am Flood Warning
21 Oct 2017 at 6:28pm Flood Warning
26 Dec 2015 at 7:18am Flood Warning
22 Jun 2012 at 7:22pm Flood Warning

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 143058 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 013FWFL37

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.