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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-10 00:05:40 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Little Bollington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Little Bollington with Agden, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The Bridgewater Canal runs through the western side and Dunham Park lies to the north east. The village is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Altrincham, near the boundary with Greater Manchester, which here follows the River Bollin.
Towns and villages near Little Bollington with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Lymm · Altrincham · Irlam · Sale · Wythenshawe · Stretford
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.
Two mapped watercourses are about the same distance from the middle of Little Bollington's gauges: the River Bollin (about 40 m) and Sutts Hollow Brook (about 40 m), so this page cannot say which one is nearer to you.
Distances along the river are from the point on each watercourse nearest the middle of Little Bollington'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.
Little Bollington is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Bollin, in Greater Manchester. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Bollin is monitored by 1 station (Bollington Mill). 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 Little Bollington. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Areas at risk include properties at and around Bollington Mill and Bollington Hall farm. Also at risk property on Lymm Road adjacent to Agden Brook; Areas at risk include land adjacent to the Ship Canal and River Bollin, Reddish Hall, and some properties on Rushes avenue, Birch Brook Road and Chaise Meadow. Property on Old Mill Lane; Green Lane to Woodlands Rd and Canal Rd. Including areas around King George Fifth Pool, Woodlands Parkway, Deansgate Ln, Brentwood Ave, Newton Rd this includes Brentwood School. Also includes some properties from Manchester Rd to Chester Ave.; The River Bollin catchment includes the Rivers Bollin, Dean and Pedley, Birkin and Mobberley Brooks and their tributaries. Areas around Knutsford, Wilmslow, Hale, Macclesfield and Bollington may be affected.
There are 29 storm overflows within 5km of Little Bollington. None of the 28 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging (1 has no live status right now). 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 Little Bollington, 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.
Little Bollington gets about 853 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 90 mm; driest March, 55 mm). That is 27% 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), 0.6 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.
Little Bollington has river level monitoring on River Bollin — 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 8 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2021. 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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