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Sandy Brook and Hurlston Brook at Ormskirk

Properties on Altys Lane, Statham Lane, Brook Lane, Dyers Lane, the Tennis Club, Hallsall Lane, Cottage Lane, Asmall Lane, The Reeds, Cotton Drive, Brookhouse Road, Sanfield Close, Southport Road, Courtfield and Hurlston Drive

Flood warning area Sandy Brook, Hurlston Brook Lancashire Cumbria and Lancashire In Crossens area in west Lancashire

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Dyers lane on the boundary
Sandy Brook • Ormskirk • 0.8 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.10 m
32min ago
Wanes Blades
River Douglas • Newburgh • 7.8 km
Crested · normal — Rose 0.09 m since 13:15 — peaked 0.53 at 16:00, now 0.50 and easing
0.50 m
32min ago
Parbold
River Douglas • Newburgh • 8.2 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.27 at 11:45, now 0.24
0.24 m
32min ago
Dovers Bridge
Dovers Brook • Sefton • 8.4 km
Steady · normal
0.56 m
32min ago
Kirkby
River Alt • Aintree • 10.4 km
Falling · normal
0.27 m
32min ago
Appley Bridge
River Douglas • Appley Bridge • 11.4 km
Steady · normal
0.59 m
32min ago
Crossens Pumping Station
The Sluice • 12.5 km
structure gauge
1.38 m
32min ago
Castle Bridge Croston
River Yarrow • Croston • 12.6 km
tidal gauge
0.77 m
32min ago
Croston
River Yarrow • Croston • 12.9 km
Steady · normal
0.33 m
32min ago
Eccleston Heskin Bridge
Syd Brook • Eccleston • 14.0 km
Steady · normal
0.58 m
3h ago

Flood Event History (4)

4 Sep 2026 at 8:11am Flood Warning
There is no longer a threat of flooding, though standing water and debris may still remain.  Weather conditions are expected to improve and no further flooding is expected. If you have experienced flooding and would like to report it to us, please call our Floodline on 0345 988 1188.  We will contin...
4 Sep 2026 at 2:40am Flood Warning
High river levels are expected to cause flooding this morning.  Flooding is expected from the early hours of 04 September 2026 .  Locations most affected will be properties along Sandy Brook and Hurlston Brook in Ormskirk. The rain is expected to clear towards dawn today.  We are closely monitoring ...
1 Jan 2025 at 3:25am Flood Warning
30 Sep 2024 at 4:19pm Flood Warning

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 302213 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 012FWFL54

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.