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Old River Brock at Myerscough (3.2 km) is above its typical high and still rising. No official flood warning covers this location yet — check GOV.UK flood warnings and keep watching river levels.
Updated 2026-10-09 18:45:52 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Bilsborrow is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Myerscough and Bilsborrow, in the Wyre district, in the county of Lancashire, England. The village population at the 2011 census was 632 and in the 2021 census 1,479. It is on the A6 road and the Lancaster Canal. It is approximately 1 mile (2 km) east of Myerscough.
Towns and villages near Bilsborrow with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Brock, about 10 m from the middle of Bilsborrow's gauges. It flows into the River Wyre about 5.0 km downstream.
A gauge downstream shows water that has already passed this point; one upstream sees it first. Distances along the river are from the point on the River Brock nearest the middle of Bilsborrow's gauges. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Bilsborrow is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Brock, in Lancashire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Brock is monitored by 1 station (A6 Bridge). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There are 8 Environment Agency flood warning areas within 10km of Bilsborrow. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Rivers Wyre, Calder and Brock and other watercourses from Abbeystead to Catterall including Scorton, Garstang, Bilsborrow, Ainspool and Churchtown; Area adjacent to the North bank of the River Wyre at Kirkland Bridge covering properties on The Avenue and the A6; The village of Churchtown; Area on the South East bank of the River Wyre at Bonds covering the nursing home and properties on Leathercote.
There are 7 storm overflows within 5km of Bilsborrow. 2 are currently discharging. Enable "Sewage" on the map above to see their locations.
6 of them, nearest first, with their own page of live status and past discharges:
If flooding is forecast in Bilsborrow, call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 for the latest information. Move valuables upstairs, turn off gas and electricity if safe to do so, and avoid walking or driving through flood water. Sign up for flood warnings on any station page above to receive email alerts when water levels rise. For emergency numbers, a preparation checklist and insurance guidance, see our flood help & preparation guide.
Bilsborrow gets about 1,191 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 133 mm; driest April, 63 mm). That is close to the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. See the rain gauges →
A thirty-year average for the area, not a forecast and not a flood risk on its own. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.4 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of the town centre — most recent first. These are records of mapped extents, not a full list of floods. See them on the map →
Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.
Current verdict: Warning. Old River Brock at Myerscough (3.2 km) is above its typical high and still rising. No official flood warning covers this location yet — check GOV.UK flood warnings and keep watching river levels.
Bilsborrow has river level monitoring on River Brock — 1 monitoring station in total.
Use the GOV.UK Check for Flooding service (check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk) or call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 (24 hours). You can also set up free FloodRadar email or browser alerts from any station page above.
Follow official advice: move valuables and vehicles to safety, never walk or drive through flood water, turn off gas and electricity if safe, and check on vulnerable neighbours. See our flood preparation guide at floodradar.co.uk/flood-help.
No recorded flood outline is mapped around the Bilsborrow town centre means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record. FloodRadar has separately logged 10 flood warnings or alerts for the Lancashire area since February 2026. See the flood history link below.
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