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River Irwell from Buckley Wells to Radcliffe

the DHL Distribution Centre, the United Utilities Sewage Works, Pioneer Mills, and Church Street West

Flood warning area River Irwell Bury 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

Pioneer Mills in this area
River Irwell • Radcliffe • 0.8 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.57 at 15:00, now 0.54
0.54 m
31min ago
Bury Ground
River Irwell • Bury • 4.0 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.38 m
31min ago
Kearsley
River Irwell • Kearsley • 4.8 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.93 at 17:15, now 0.91
0.91 m
31min ago
Littleton Road River
River Irwell • Salford • 6.1 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.90 m
31min ago
Manchester Racecourse
River Irwell • Broughton • 7.4 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
1.00 m
31min ago
Adelphi Weir
River Irwell • Salford • 9.0 km (downstream)
structure gauge
0.32 m
31min ago
Ramsbottom Weir
River Irwell • Ramsbottom • 9.7 km (upstream)
structure gauge
0.37 m
31min ago
Stubbins
River Irwell • Stubbins • 11.3 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.17 m
31min ago
Irwell Vale
River Irwell • Edenfield • 12.7 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.37 m
31min ago
Holt Mill Bridge
River Irwell • Waterfoot • 14.8 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.21 m
31min ago

Flood Event History (7)

20 Sep 2025 at 10:34pm Flood Warning
31 Dec 2024 at 10:53pm Flood Warning
23 Nov 2024 at 3:14pm Flood Warning
20 Jan 2021 at 3:13pm Flood Warning
9 Feb 2020 at 8:32am Flood Warning
21 Oct 2017 at 8:03pm Flood Warning
26 Dec 2015 at 8:32am Flood Warning

Related Flood Areas

Lower River Irwell catchment including areas in Greater Manchester
River Irwell • Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford
River Irwell at Bacup
River Irwell • Lancashire
River Irwell at Bury Ground
River Irwell • Bury
River Irwell at Irwell Vale
River Irwell • Lancashire
River Irwell at Kearsley
River Irwell • Bolton, Salford
River Irwell at Prestolee and Ringley Bridges
River Irwell • Bolton
River Irwell at Radcliffe
River Irwell • Bury
River Irwell at Radcliffe and Redvales
River Irwell • Bury
River Irwell at Ramsbottom
River Irwell • Bury, Lancashire
River Irwell at Rawtenstall
River Irwell • Lancashire
River Irwell at Salford from Victoria Station to Regent Bridge
River Irwell • Manchester, Salford
River Irwell at Salford, Lower Broughton
River Irwell • Manchester, Salford

Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 143065 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 013FWFGM100

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.