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Conditions are worth watching: heavy rain has fallen nearby (24.1 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Updated 2026-10-09 13:00:23 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Fallowfield is an area of Manchester which had a population of 14,869 at the 2021 census. Historically in Lancashire, it lies 3 miles (5 km) south of Manchester city centre and is bisected east–west by Wilbraham Road and north–south by Wilmslow Road. The former Fallowfield Loop railway line, now a shared use path, follows a route nearly parallel with the east–west main road.
Towns and villages near Fallowfield with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
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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 Fallowfield Brook, about 260 m from the middle of Fallowfield's gauges. It flows into Platt Brook about 1.4 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 Fallowfield Brook nearest the middle of Fallowfield'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.
Fallowfield is monitored by 2 Environment Agency river level stations on the Cringle Brook, the Platt Brook, in Greater Manchester. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Cringle Brook is monitored by 1 station (Cringle Brook Debris Screen). The Platt Brook is monitored by 1 station (Brighton Grove Debris Screen). 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 Fallowfield. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Properties at risk off Wilmslow Road at Norman Road, Brighton Grove and Danes Road and including Platt Fields Park; Properties in locations on and around Mauldeth Road in South Manchester. Including locations between Old Moat Park and Ladybarn Lane and Edgeworth Drive; Areas in the locality of Mauldeth Road, includes properties from Mornington Crescent to Edgeworth Drive and also properties in the vicinity of Cringle Fields Park.; Locations in Whalley Range and Chorlton around Demesne Rd and between Princess Rd and Hart Rd, also from Alexandra Rd South to Whalley Range School and from Elmore Rd to Mauldeth Rd and including Hough End Park and Police College.
There are 84 storm overflows within 5km of Fallowfield. 8 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 Fallowfield, 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.
Fallowfield gets about 889 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 94 mm; driest April, 55 mm). That is 24% drier than 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), 2.5 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: heavy rain has fallen nearby (24.1 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Fallowfield has river level monitoring on Cringle Brook, Platt Brook — 2 monitoring stations 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 4 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2001. 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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