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River Dunsop at Footholme Flume (0 km) is above its typical high. No official flood warning covers this location yet (the nearest is a flood alert 19.5 km away) — check GOV.UK flood warnings and keep watching river levels.
Updated 2026-10-09 13:00:41 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Footholme Flume is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Dunsop, in Lancashire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Dunsop, about 10 m from the middle of Footholme Flume's gauges. It flows into the River Hodder about 3.8 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 Dunsop nearest the middle of Footholme Flume'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.
Footholme Flume is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Dunsop, in Lancashire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Dunsop is monitored by 1 station (Footholme Flume). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There is 1 Environment Agency flood warning area within 10km of Footholme Flume. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Rivers Ribble, Hodder and other watercourses, from Settle to Samlesbury including Clitheroe, Gisburn, Sawley, Waddington and Ribchester.
If flooding is forecast in Footholme Flume, 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.
Footholme Flume gets about 1,864 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 228 mm; driest April, 96 mm). That is 60% wetter 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), 2.3 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. River Dunsop at Footholme Flume (0 km) is above its typical high. No official flood warning covers this location yet (the nearest is a flood alert 19.5 km away) — check GOV.UK flood warnings and keep watching river levels.
Footholme Flume has river level monitoring on River Dunsop — 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 Footholme Flume 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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