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River Irwell at Stubbylee Bridge and Stacksteads, riverside properties

Areas at risk include land and properties along the river in Stubbylee Bridge and Stacksteads, including Futures, Acres and Stubbylee Parks and parts of Newchurch Road, Farholme Lane and Brandwood.

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

Throstle Mill
River Irwell • Bacup • 1.4 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.49 m
35min ago
Holt Mill Bridge
River Irwell • Waterfoot • 2.7 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.21 m
35min ago
Irwell Vale
River Irwell • Edenfield • 6.8 km (upstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.39 at 09:15, now 0.37
0.37 m
35min ago
Stubbins
River Irwell • Stubbins • 7.1 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.18 m
35min ago
Ramsbottom Weir
River Irwell • Ramsbottom • 7.8 km (upstream)
structure gauge
0.36 m
35min ago
Bury Ground
River Irwell • Bury • 11.8 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.39 m
35min ago
Pioneer Mills
River Irwell • Radcliffe • 15.9 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.57 m
35min ago
Kearsley
River Irwell • Kearsley • 19.1 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.94 at 08:30, now 0.91
0.91 m
35min ago
Littleton Road River
River Irwell • Salford • 20.8 km (downstream)
Steady · below normal
0.91 m
35min ago
Manchester Racecourse
River Irwell • Broughton • 21.6 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
1.02 m
35min ago

Flood Event History (7)

20 Sep 2025 at 8:02pm Flood Warning
5 Dec 2024 at 4:51pm Flood Warning
23 Nov 2024 at 1:24pm Flood Warning
9 Feb 2020 at 8:03am Flood Warning
21 Oct 2017 at 5:58pm Flood Warning
26 Dec 2015 at 7:18am Flood Warning
22 Jun 2012 at 7:23pm Flood Warning

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 143055 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 013FWFL38

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.