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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-10 21:24:46 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Greenfield is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Oldham and 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Manchester. It is located in a broad rural area at the southern edge of the South Pennines; Dovestone Reservoir, Chew Reservoir and Greenfield Reservoir lie to the east of the village in the Peak District National Park.
Towns and villages near Greenfield with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Uppermill · Stalybridge · Shaw · Dukinfield
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 Tame, about 10 m from the middle of Greenfield's gauges. It flows into the River Mersey about 33 km downstream. (Huddersfield Narrow Canal is nearer, about 10 m, but a channel with no recorded direction of flow is not followed.)
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 Tame nearest the middle of Greenfield'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.
Greenfield is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Tame, in Greater Manchester. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Tame is monitored by 1 station (Uppermill). 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 Greenfield. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Properties along the River Tame from Wool Rd in Uppermill to Saddleworth Cricket Ground in Greenfield. This includes High St, Kenworthy Gardens, Hopkinson Cl, Alexandra Mill, Churchill Fields, the Sewage Works, Gibbs Cl, Whitehead Cl and Hollin Crescent; Properties at Eagle Court and around Delph Bridge, on and around Hindle Terrace and some property at Saddleworth Business Centre. Also properties along Delph New Road from Gatehead Business Park to Holy Trinity C of E Primary School; Properties on and around Manchester Road from Roaches Bridge to Egmont Street. Includes Park Mill and Warmco Industrial Estates and some properties on Border Mill Fold, Three Counties Road and Two Mills Lane; Properties on and around Micklehurst Road and Audley Street.
There are 21 storm overflows within 5km of Greenfield. None of the 21 with a reporting monitor 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 Greenfield, 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.
Greenfield gets about 1,333 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 149 mm; driest April, 81 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), 3.0 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: Normal. No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Greenfield has river level monitoring on River Tame — 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 22 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2022. 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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