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Upper River Irwell catchment with Oldham, Bolton, Rochdale, Haslingden, Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall

Upper Irwell catchment includes the Rivers Beal, Roch and Croal, Limey Water and their tributaries. Other locations which may be affected are around Farnworth, Whitefield, Little Lever, Radcliffe, Bury, Heywood, Whitworth and Bacup

Flood alert area River Irwell Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton, Bury, Lancashire, Oldham, Rochdale Gtr Mancs Mersey and Ches

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Bury Ground
River Irwell • Bury • 6.0 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.38 m
29min ago
Ramsbottom Weir in this area
River Irwell • Ramsbottom • 7.3 km (upstream)
structure gauge
0.37 m
29min ago
Stubbins in this area
River Irwell • Stubbins • 8.4 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.17 m
29min ago
Pioneer Mills in this area
River Irwell • Radcliffe • 8.8 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.57 at 17:15, now 0.53
0.53 m
29min ago
Holt Mill Bridge on the boundary
River Irwell • Waterfoot • 9.0 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.20 m
29min ago
Throstle Mill in this area
River Irwell • Bacup • 9.4 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.48 m
29min ago
Irwell Vale in this area
River Irwell • Edenfield • 9.5 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.37 m
29min ago
Littleton Road River
River Irwell • Salford • 12.7 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.91 at 16:30, now 0.89
0.89 m
29min ago
Kearsley
River Irwell • Kearsley • 12.7 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.93 at 17:15, now 0.89
0.89 m
29min ago
Manchester Racecourse
River Irwell • Broughton • 13.3 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 1.02 at 16:30, now 0.99
0.99 m
29min ago

Flood Event History (50)

14 Dec 2025 at 4:55pm Flood Alert
8 Dec 2025 at 3:48pm Flood Alert
3 Oct 2025 at 4:12pm Flood Alert
20 Sep 2025 at 5:19pm Flood Alert
31 Dec 2024 at 8:17pm Flood Alert
5 Dec 2024 at 4:42pm Flood Alert
23 Nov 2024 at 12:20pm Flood Alert
30 Sep 2024 at 4:31pm Flood Alert
4 Apr 2024 at 5:52pm Flood Alert
1 Jan 2024 at 5:03pm Flood Alert
26 Dec 2023 at 5:01pm Flood Alert
9 Dec 2023 at 2:31pm Flood Alert
20 Oct 2023 at 11:45am Flood Alert
23 Jul 2023 at 5:00pm Flood Alert
23 Jul 2023 at 8:24am Flood Alert
18 Jun 2023 at 4:23pm Flood Alert
19 Feb 2022 at 6:08pm Flood Alert
30 Dec 2021 at 3:41pm Flood Alert
1 Nov 2021 at 9:26am Flood Alert
6 Feb 2021 at 1:19pm Flood Alert
27 Jan 2021 at 6:23pm Flood Alert
20 Jan 2021 at 8:46am Flood Alert
19 Jan 2021 at 9:50am Flood Alert
26 Dec 2020 at 7:05pm Flood Alert
1 Nov 2020 at 5:42pm Flood Alert
8 Oct 2020 at 9:01am Flood Alert
9 Mar 2020 at 5:35pm Flood Alert
28 Feb 2020 at 3:47pm Flood Alert
21 Feb 2020 at 3:24pm Flood Alert
15 Feb 2020 at 6:52pm Flood Alert
8 Feb 2020 at 7:44pm Flood Alert
7 Dec 2019 at 7:08pm Flood Alert
7 Nov 2019 at 6:54pm Flood Alert
7 Nov 2019 at 11:58am Flood Alert
29 Sep 2019 at 11:16am Flood Alert
28 Sep 2019 at 10:58am Flood Alert
9 Aug 2019 at 9:13am Flood Alert
8 Aug 2019 at 6:36pm Flood Alert
28 Jul 2019 at 11:54am Flood Alert
27 Jul 2019 at 9:35pm Flood Alert
16 Mar 2019 at 11:34am Flood Alert
15 Mar 2019 at 3:53pm Flood Alert
13 Mar 2019 at 5:15pm Flood Alert
24 Oct 2017 at 3:57pm Flood Alert
21 Oct 2017 at 6:44pm Flood Alert
4 Oct 2017 at 5:45pm Flood Alert
22 Mar 2017 at 6:37pm Flood Alert
21 Nov 2016 at 4:48pm Flood Alert
13 Sep 2016 at 9:10pm Flood Alert
25 Dec 2015 at 8:42pm Flood Alert

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: 143002 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 013WAFUI

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.