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River Mersey at Cheadle Wood and Ford lane

The golf course, club house, footpaths at Didsbury, Ford Lane east of M60, Ford Cottage. Properties on Manchester Rd North of the M60, Cheadle Bridge and Cheadle Wood Farm. Parrswood School playing fields and The Waterside Hotel.

Flood warning area River Mersey Manchester, Stockport Gtr Mancs Mersey and Ches In Middle River Mersey catchment including areas near Bramhall, Stockport, Sale, Altrincham and Urmston

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Didsbury River
River Mersey • Didsbury • 1.4 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
2.93 m
35min ago
Northenden
River Mersey • Northenden • 2.6 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.38 m
35min ago
Brinksway
River Mersey • Stockport • 2.7 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.64 m
35min ago
Ashton Weir
River Mersey • Urmston • 9.4 km (downstream)
structure gauge
0.52 m
35min ago
Flixton Bridge
River Mersey • Flixton • 12.2 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.54 at 12:00, now 0.51
0.51 m
35min ago
Westy
River Mersey • Westy • 23.0 km (upstream)
Rising · normal — Peaked 3.87 at 15:15, now 3.85 and rising again (0.01 m/h)
3.85 m
35min ago
Fiddlers Ferry
River Mersey • Penketh • 29.3 km (downstream)
tidal gauge
2.49 m
35min ago
Lavington Avenue Debris Screen
Chorlton Brook • Cheadle • 1.7 km
structure gauge
0.33 m
35min ago
Cringle Brook Debris Screen
Cringle Brook • Fallowfield • 3.8 km
structure gauge
0.02 m
35min ago
Brighton Grove Debris Screen
Platt Brook • Fallowfield • 5.0 km
structure gauge
0.20 m
35min ago

Flood Event History (30)

14 Nov 2025 at 9:43pm Flood Warning
20 Sep 2025 at 10:33pm Flood Warning
5 Jan 2025 at 9:42pm Flood Warning
31 Dec 2024 at 11:23pm Flood Warning
30 Sep 2024 at 11:06pm Flood Warning
2 Jan 2024 at 6:14pm Flood Warning
20 Oct 2023 at 4:58pm Flood Warning
20 Oct 2023 at 4:41pm Flood Warning
20 Feb 2022 at 8:31am Flood Warning
6 Feb 2022 at 7:38am Flood Warning
20 Jan 2021 at 10:58am Flood Warning
20 Jan 2021 at 6:07am Flood Warning
23 Feb 2020 at 7:49am Flood Warning
16 Feb 2020 at 4:20am Flood Warning
9 Feb 2020 at 2:46pm Flood Warning
7 Nov 2019 at 7:02pm Flood Warning
26 Oct 2019 at 11:57am Flood Warning
26 Oct 2019 at 12:00am Flood Warning
31 Jul 2019 at 4:07pm Flood Warning
28 Jul 2019 at 7:20pm Flood Warning
16 Mar 2019 at 4:47pm Flood Warning
21 Nov 2016 at 7:55pm Flood Warning
8 Feb 2016 at 8:35pm Flood Warning
12 Dec 2015 at 7:51pm Flood Warning
30 Nov 2015 at 4:47pm Flood Warning
14 Nov 2015 at 8:37pm Flood Warning
19 Dec 2014 at 5:05am Flood Warning
12 Oct 2012 at 3:08am Flood Warning
6 Jul 2012 at 5:35pm Flood Warning
5 Feb 2011 at 1:51pm Flood Warning

Related Flood Areas

Cringle Brook at Withington, Fallowfield and Burnage
Cringle Brook • Manchester, Stockport
Gatley Brook at Sharston Industrial Estate
Gatley Brook • Manchester, Stockport
Lower River Mersey including Warrington, Runcorn and Lymm areas
River Mersey • Cheshire East, Halton, Salford, Trafford, Warrington
Middle River Mersey catchment including areas near Bramhall, Stockport, Sale, Altrincham and Urmston
River Mersey • Cheshire East, Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington
River Mersey at Chorlton & Sale Golf Clubs, Chorlton Water Parks and Stretford
River Mersey • Manchester, Trafford
River Mersey at East Didsbury, from Tuscan Road to Wilmslow Road
River Mersey • Manchester, Stockport
River Mersey at East Didsbury, Millgate Lane and Stenner Lane areas
River Mersey • Manchester, Stockport
River Mersey at Fletcher Moss and Withington Golf Course
River Mersey • Manchester
River Mersey at Flixton Rural
River Mersey • Trafford
River Mersey at Flixton Village
River Mersey • Trafford
River Mersey at Northenden
River Mersey • Manchester
River Mersey at Sale Water Park
River Mersey • Trafford

Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 143088 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 013FWFGM32

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.