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River Mersey Uplands catchment including Hyde, Ashton-under-Lyne, Denton, Stalybridge and Glossop

The Mersey Uplands catchment includes Rivers Goyt, Tame, Sett and Etherow and their tributaries. Other locations which may be affected are around Saddleworth, Mossley, New Mills, Hazel Grove, Marple, Romiley and Hyde

Flood alert area River Mersey Barnsley, Cheshire East, Derbyshire, Oldham, Stockport, Tameside Gtr Mancs Mersey and Ches

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Brinksway
River Mersey • Stockport • 9.0 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.64 m
34min ago
Didsbury River
River Mersey • Didsbury • 13.0 km (upstream)
Rising · below normal
2.93 m
34min ago
Northenden
River Mersey • Northenden • 13.8 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.38 m
34min ago
Ashton Weir
River Mersey • Urmston • 19.3 km (downstream)
structure gauge
0.52 m
34min ago
Flixton Bridge
River Mersey • Flixton • 22.3 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.55 at 08:15, now 0.52
0.52 m
34min ago
Compstall on the boundary
River Etherow • Compstall • 3.1 km
Steady · normal
0.15 m
34min ago
Broomstairs Bridge in this area
River Tame • Haughton Green • 3.2 km
Steady · normal
0.29 m
34min ago
Marple Bridge on the boundary
River Goyt • Compstall • 4.1 km
Steady · normal
0.39 m
34min ago
Woolley Bridge in this area
River Etherow • Hollingworth • 4.8 km
Rising slightly · normal — Up 0.04 m since 08:15, rising slightly
0.30 m
34min ago
High Street West in this area
Glossop Brook • Glossop • 5.8 km
Steady · normal
0.13 m
34min ago

Flood Event History (50)

14 Nov 2025 at 2:58pm Flood Alert
20 Sep 2025 at 5:19pm Flood Alert
31 Dec 2024 at 4:57pm Flood Alert
22 May 2024 at 5:20pm Flood Alert
26 Dec 2023 at 5:04pm Flood Alert
24 Dec 2023 at 12:28pm Flood Alert
9 Dec 2023 at 2:33pm Flood Alert
21 Oct 2023 at 1:28am Flood Alert
18 Jun 2023 at 4:22pm Flood Alert
12 Jan 2023 at 6:43am Flood Alert
16 Nov 2022 at 5:00pm Flood Alert
19 Feb 2022 at 6:12pm Flood Alert
30 Dec 2021 at 3:40pm Flood Alert
20 Jan 2021 at 7:46am Flood Alert
18 Jan 2021 at 7:38pm Flood Alert
11 Jan 2021 at 9:54pm Flood Alert
26 Dec 2020 at 7:05pm Flood Alert
9 Mar 2020 at 5:34pm Flood Alert
11 Jan 2020 at 5:39pm Flood Alert
10 Nov 2019 at 4:21pm Flood Alert
26 Oct 2019 at 11:46am Flood Alert
25 Oct 2019 at 8:37pm Flood Alert
3 Aug 2019 at 1:21pm Flood Alert
1 Aug 2019 at 1:52pm Flood Alert
28 Jul 2019 at 11:10am Flood Alert
27 Jul 2019 at 9:42pm Flood Alert
16 Mar 2019 at 11:34am Flood Alert
15 Mar 2019 at 3:52pm Flood Alert
4 Oct 2017 at 5:18pm Flood Alert
17 Mar 2017 at 3:39pm Flood Alert
21 Nov 2016 at 4:48pm Flood Alert
11 Jun 2016 at 7:42pm Flood Alert
12 Dec 2015 at 2:24pm Flood Alert
14 Nov 2015 at 11:42am Flood Alert
30 Mar 2015 at 5:46pm Flood Alert
18 Dec 2014 at 4:59pm Flood Alert
27 Oct 2013 at 3:11pm Flood Alert
26 Jan 2013 at 5:22pm Flood Alert
22 Dec 2012 at 6:23pm Flood Alert
17 Dec 2012 at 6:09pm Flood Alert
24 Sep 2012 at 12:14pm Flood Alert
25 Aug 2012 at 5:28pm Flood Alert
17 Aug 2012 at 4:27pm Flood Alert
5 Jul 2012 at 3:58pm Flood Alert
22 Jun 2012 at 3:20pm Flood Alert
9 Jun 2012 at 2:40am Flood Alert
4 Jan 2012 at 9:16pm Flood Alert
12 Oct 2011 at 3:26pm Flood Alert
5 Feb 2011 at 10:37am Flood Alert
4 Nov 2010 at 4:39pm Flood Alert

Related Flood Areas

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 Cheadle Wood and Ford lane
River Mersey • Manchester, Stockport
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
River Mersey at Urmston and Ashton-on-Mersey
River Mersey • Trafford

Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 143118 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 013WAFMU

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.