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River Lostock and River Yarrow

Rivers Yarrow and Lostock and other watercourses from Whittle-Le-Woods and Chorley to Croston including Leyland, Coppull, Eccleston, Lostock Hall and Bamber Bridge

Flood alert area River Lostock, River Yarrow Lancashire Cumbria and Lancashire

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Littlewood Bridge in this area
River Lostock • Croston • 2.7 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.57 at 19:15, now 0.54
0.54 m
26min ago
Croston Dam in this area
River Yarrow • Croston • 2.9 km (downstream)
structure gauge
0.58 m
26min ago
Croston
River Yarrow • Croston • 3.8 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.32 m
26min ago
Castle Bridge Croston
River Yarrow • Croston • 4.2 km (downstream)
tidal gauge
0.90 m
26min ago
Pincock Brow in this area
River Yarrow • Euxton • 4.5 km (upstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.15 at 18:30, now 0.12
0.12 m
26min ago
Bamber Bridge on the boundary
River Lostock • Bamber Bridge • 5.9 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.16 m
26min ago
Eccleston Heskin Bridge in this area
Syd Brook • Eccleston • 5.0 km
Steady · normal
0.57 m
3h ago
Penwortham
River Ribble • Lower Penwortham • 7.5 km
tidal gauge
3.06 m
26min ago
Blue Bridge
River Darwen • Walton-Le-Dale • 8.1 km
Falling · normal — Down from 0.34 at 18:30, now 0.25
0.25 m
26min ago
Chorley Haworth Road in this area
Black Brook • Chorley • 8.2 km
Steady · normal
0.22 m
26min ago

Flood Event History (50)

25 Oct 2026 at 8:24am Flood Alert
There is no longer a threat of flooding, though standing water and debris may still remain. Further rainfall is forecast but no further flooding is expected. We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts or warnings if necessary. Continue to take care on waterside roads...
24 Oct 2026 at 8:18pm Flood Alert
High river levels today may lead to flooding. Flooding is possible on Saturday 24 October and into the early hours of Sunday 25th October. Locations most affected will be low lying land and roads near to the rivers Yarrow and Lostock and other watercourses from Whittle-le-Woods and Chorley to Crosto...
20 Sep 2025 at 7:56pm Flood Alert
5 Jan 2025 at 8:03pm Flood Alert
31 Dec 2024 at 3:24pm Flood Alert
5 Dec 2024 at 5:44pm Flood Alert
23 Nov 2024 at 7:22pm Flood Alert
23 Nov 2024 at 9:41am Flood Alert
16 Oct 2024 at 3:39pm Flood Alert
30 Sep 2024 at 1:13pm Flood Alert
22 May 2024 at 2:08pm Flood Alert
20 Feb 2024 at 4:41pm Flood Alert
3 Jan 2024 at 4:31pm Flood Alert
2 Jan 2024 at 6:08pm Flood Alert
9 Dec 2023 at 4:54pm Flood Alert
6 Nov 2023 at 7:43am Flood Alert
23 Jul 2023 at 5:42pm Flood Alert
10 Jan 2023 at 1:22pm Flood Alert
19 Feb 2022 at 7:12pm Flood Alert
30 Dec 2021 at 3:28pm Flood Alert
1 Nov 2021 at 10:10am Flood Alert
18 Jan 2021 at 5:25pm Flood Alert
14 Jan 2021 at 9:15am Flood Alert
7 Oct 2020 at 7:33pm Flood Alert
6 Oct 2020 at 12:29pm Flood Alert
3 Oct 2020 at 7:27pm Flood Alert
25 Aug 2020 at 6:00pm Flood Alert
24 Feb 2020 at 8:31am Flood Alert
16 Feb 2020 at 5:51am Flood Alert
9 Feb 2020 at 7:26am Flood Alert
13 Dec 2019 at 1:02pm Flood Alert
5 Oct 2019 at 7:17pm Flood Alert
27 Sep 2019 at 4:43pm Flood Alert
28 Jul 2019 at 10:09pm Flood Alert
12 Mar 2019 at 10:36am Flood Alert
12 Oct 2018 at 5:36pm Flood Alert
21 Oct 2017 at 7:41pm Flood Alert
11 Nov 2016 at 11:28pm Flood Alert
22 Aug 2016 at 7:08am Flood Alert
29 Feb 2016 at 4:20pm Flood Alert
9 Jan 2016 at 6:31pm Flood Alert
3 Jan 2016 at 6:16pm Flood Alert
25 Dec 2015 at 7:05pm Flood Alert
21 Dec 2015 at 9:08pm Flood Alert
12 Dec 2015 at 1:38pm Flood Alert
5 Dec 2015 at 10:07am Flood Alert
14 Nov 2015 at 2:16pm Flood Alert
7 Oct 2015 at 4:13am Flood Alert
2 Jun 2015 at 1:31am Flood Alert
31 Mar 2015 at 1:01am Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 202034 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 012WAFLY

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.