Does Bollington flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Bollington

Ordnance Survey places 27 postcodes in Bollington in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset (Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea). Each postcode is counted once, under the worst band any of its properties reaches; together they hold 217 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

This dataset covers flooding from rivers and the sea only — one of five flood sources. Surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately, so a postcode missing from it is not proof that a place cannot flood. The band describes the land around properties (allowing for defences), not any single address and not today's conditions.

Rivers and live river levels near Bollington

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Bollington watch River Bollin, Poynton Brook, Micker Brook, River Goyt, Poise Brook.

• Prestbury
  River Bollin · 3.4 km away 0.57 m
  normal range · 33 min ago
• Poynton
  Poynton Brook · 5.2 km away 0.43 m
  normal range · 33 min ago
• Old Mill Lane
  River Bollin · 5.3 km away 0.25 m
  normal range · 33 min ago
• Bramhall Green Bridge Lane
  Micker Brook · 9.3 km away No recent reading
  last reported 26 Oct 2026 07:00
• Wilmslow
  River Bollin · 9.3 km away 0.43 m
  normal range · 33 min ago
• Goytside Farm
  River Goyt · 9.5 km away 0.93 m
  normal range · 33 min ago
• Poise Brook Debris Screen Structure
  Poise Brook · 9.7 km away 0.21 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 33 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Bollington's at-risk postcodes. Tidal and structure gauges are shown as readings only — the tide and sluice gates move them, not floods. A gauge with no recent reading shows no level.

Flood warning areas near Bollington

9 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Bollington. The EA has issued 27 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 1 Jan 2025.

• Areas at risk include property next to the River on Willowmead Dr, Willow Way, and Bridge Green including the public footpath. Also, property off The Village (A538); and Spencer Brook.
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2019 3.5 km
• Land and property near to the River Bollin at Pool Street, the railway line and parts of Old Mill Lane, Waterside, Park Green, Green Street, Pickford Street, Sunderland Street and Thorp Street.
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2021 3.9 km
• Land and property near the River Bollin at Mill Lane, River Street, Stubbs Terrace, Waterside, Park Green, Allen Street, parts of Brook Street, Charlotte Street, Sunderland Street, George Street, Royal Court, Garden Street, Black Lane and Steeple Street.
  no warning on record since 2006 4.9 km
• Areas at risk include some properties on Chester Road opposite Hazelbadge Road and some properties on Brookfield Avenue. Properties in the vicinity of Woolley Avenue, London Road South and Lostock Road, and Poynton Industrial Estate.
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jul 2019 4.9 km
• Areas at risk include Wigwam Wood, properties on Wigwam Close and The Spinney. Some Properties on Brookfield Avenue, and Armcon Business Park.
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 5.9 km
• Areas at risk include parts of Holehouse Lane in Langley and parts of Hall Lane and Church Lane in Sutton
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Dec 2021 6.7 km
• Rotary Business Park, Buxton Road, Wheatsheaf Close, Forge and Wharf Road, Market, Bridge and George Streets, Bingswood Road and Avenue, Wood Brook Court and Woodbrook. Also at risk are some properties on Bingswood Industrial Estate.
  11 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 8.4 km
• Properties south of Bramhall Bridge, East Lodge, Brookdale Club and Theatre and properties along Bridge Lane
  no warning on record since 2006 9.3 km
• Properties from Holiday Lane Offerton including locations around Bean Leach Road and Shearwater Road, to Ashton Place Hazel Grove including locations around Hazelwood Road and Torkington Park
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2025 9.9 km

Recorded floods near Bollington

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Bollington, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

• 1 Jan 2025 — Cheshire East Poynton - NYE/NYD 25 Main river
• 18 Jan 2021 — 2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph Main river
• 15 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis Drainage
• 28 Jul 2019 — BOLLINGTON
• 28 Jul 2019 — POYNTON Main river
• 21 Jan 2008 — EA01324_21 January 2008_Tytherington Wood (Unnamed Main river
• 21 Jan 2008 — EA01324_21 January 2008_River Dean_Kerridge-end Main river
• 21 Jan 2008 — EA01317_21 January 2008_Poynton Brook_Midway Main river
• 7 Dec 2007 — EA01324_07 December 2007_River Bollin_Macclesfield Main river
• 6 Dec 2007 — EA01324_06 December 2007_River Bollin_Macclesfield Main river
• 3 Jun 2000 — BOLL
• 27 Oct 1998 — 26a Bollin Grove Main river

…and 4 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Bollington

Bollington gets about 947 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 100 mm; driest April, 60 mm). That is 19% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.0 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.8 km away), recorded 8.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 47.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 33 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Bollington

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Bollington that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.

High likelihood (13)

Medium likelihood (2)

Low likelihood (11)

Very low likelihood (1)

Postcode districts

Sources

FloodRadar summarises public flood data. It is not a flood-risk survey of any property, and it does not replace official GOV.UK flood warnings or the GOV.UK long-term flood risk service.