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Conditions are worth watching: the Environment Agency has a Flood Alert in force for Upper River Wyre, Brock — flooding is possible on Friday 09 October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Updated 2026-10-09 15:11:46 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Eccleston is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. It is beside the River Yarrow, and was formerly an agricultural and later a weaving settlement.
Towns and villages near Eccleston with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Leyland · Parbold · Rufford · Penwortham
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 Syd Brook, about 10 m from the middle of Eccleston's gauges. It flows into the River Yarrow about 4.3 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 Syd Brook nearest the middle of Eccleston'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.
Eccleston is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Syd Brook, in Lancashire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Syd Brook is monitored by 1 station (Eccleston Heskin 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 Eccleston. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Syd Brook at Eccleston, Langton Brow, Langton Close, Grove Park Industrial Estate and Tincklers Cottages; Properties in Croston on Grape Lane, Town Road, and Yarrow Close next to the River Yarrow; Rivers Yarrow and Lostock and other watercourses from Whittle-Le-Woods and Chorley to Croston including Leyland, Coppull, Eccleston, Lostock Hall and Bamber Bridge; Properties in Croston in Drinkhouse Road, Drinkhouse Lane next to the railway, Westfields, Riverside Crescent, Yarrow Close, Carvers Bridge, Turflands, The Hillocks, and Home Farm Mews.
There are 28 storm overflows within 5km of Eccleston. 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 Eccleston, 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.
Eccleston gets about 1,012 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 118 mm; driest April, 56 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), 1.4 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: Watch. Conditions are worth watching: the Environment Agency has a Flood Alert in force for Upper River Wyre, Brock — flooding is possible on Friday 09 October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Eccleston has river level monitoring on Syd Brook — 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.
Yes — the Environment Agency's Recorded Flood Outlines dataset shows 7 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2020. That is a count of mapped extents, not of separate floods. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See the flood history link below.
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