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Conditions are worth watching: heavy rain has fallen nearby (30.8 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Updated 2026-10-09 18:46:35 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Hollingworth is a village in the Tameside district, in Greater Manchester, England. It is about 11 miles (19 km) east of Manchester, on the Derbyshire border near Hadfield. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and became part of Greater Manchester in 1974. It gave its name to a family who owned much of the surrounding area from before the time of the Norman conquest.
Towns and villages near Hollingworth 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 the River Etherow, about 10 m from the middle of Hollingworth's gauges. It flows into the River Goyt about 12 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 Etherow nearest the middle of Hollingworth'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.
Hollingworth is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Etherow, in Greater Manchester. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Etherow is monitored by 1 station (Woolley 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 Hollingworth. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: properties on the Etherow Industrial Estate, Woolley Bridge Road and Woolley Bridge until Tavern Road.; properties on Woolley Lane and from Melandra Castle to Bankwood Mill. Including the sewage works and poultry houses.; Areas at risk include properties alongside Long Clough Brook from Charlestown, and Glossop Brook from Hope Street and Old cross to Brookfield along High Street West, including Glossop and Dinting Vale; Areas at risk include properties at Lymefield and riverside property on Hodge Lane in Broadbottom.
There are 39 storm overflows within 5km of Hollingworth. 1 is 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 Hollingworth, 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.
Hollingworth gets about 1,242 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 137 mm; driest May, 75 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), 2.2 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 (30.8 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Hollingworth has river level monitoring on River Etherow — 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 48 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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