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Conditions are worth watching: heavy rain has fallen nearby (32.7 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Updated 2026-10-09 18:46:11 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Kearsley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 14,212. Within the Historic County of Lancashire, it lies 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Manchester, 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Bury and 3.5 miles (6 km) south of Bolton.
Towns and villages near Kearsley 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 Irwell, about 10 m from the middle of Kearsley's gauges.
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 Irwell nearest the middle of Kearsley'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.
Kearsley is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Irwell, in Greater Manchester. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Irwell is monitored by 1 station (Kearsley). 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 Kearsley. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Areas at risk include; Riverside Drive, Hamble Croft, Langcliffe Place, Ribblehead Court and Stoneclough Rise; Properties at risk include the area from Kearsley Park to the Wastewater Treatment Works. This includes Riverside Drive, Bridge Street, Market Street, Stoneclough Rd, Weaver Chase, Lock View, Stoneclough Rise, Kearsley Hall Rd and Red Rock Lane; Properties on and around Linnyshaw Industrial Estate, Springside Avenue, Linnets Wood Mews, Manchester Road, Hopefold Drive, Thornhill Drive, Lumber Lane and Green Leach Lane; Properties between Lomax Street and Milltown Street. Also properties ranging from Crompton Place to Bealey Industrial Estate, including Bealey Community Hospital, the surrounding areas and Close Park.
There are 75 storm overflows within 5km of Kearsley. 4 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 Kearsley, 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.
Kearsley gets about 1,088 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 125 mm; driest April, 64 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), 2.8 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 (32.7 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Kearsley has river level monitoring on River Irwell — 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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