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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-10 00:05:34 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Northern Moor is an area of Manchester, England, north of Baguley, west of Northenden and east of Sale, 5 miles south of Manchester city centre. The Tatton family lived from 1540 to 1926 at Wythenshawe Hall in Northern Moor; land around it is now Wythenshawe Park, which was a deer park from 1200 to 1540. In former centuries it was spelt "Northen Moor" and meant "the moor area belonging to Northenden". Until 1931, Northern Moor was part of Cheshire, before Manchester expanded south of the River Mersey and its borders were changed to include Northern Moor and Northenden. The area includes Lawton Moor, and the northern border is now with Sale Moor.
Towns and villages near Northern Moor with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Wythenshawe · Sale · Altrincham · Stretford · Irlam · Eccles · Worsley
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 Baguley Brook, about 10 m from the middle of Northern Moor's gauges. It flows into Sinderland Brook about 3.7 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 Baguley Brook nearest the middle of Northern Moor'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.
Northern Moor is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Baguley Brook, in Greater Manchester. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Baguley Brook is monitored by 1 station (Northern Moor). 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 Northern Moor. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Properties between Bridgewater Canal and Wythenshaw Rd and from Kirklands to A560, in the vicinity of Woodbourne Rd, Sylvan Ave, Greenway Rd, Wilford Ave, Beccles Rd, Dalebrook Rd, Gawsworth Rd, Aldfield Rd, Stelfox Ave and Maryport Drive; Properties between Bridgewater Canal and Wythenshaw Rd and from Norris Rd to A560, in the vicinity of Sylvan Ave, Woodhouse Lane East, Framingham Rd, Brooklands Rd, Dalebrook Rd, Cranleigh Rd, Buxton Crescent, Broadley Walk and Maryport Drive; Properties in Northenden from Ford Lane to Kenworthy Lane. Includes properties on and around Mill Lane, Peggy Lane, Palatine Road, St. Hildas Road, Lingard Road, Haughton Drive, Orchard Road West, and Chretien Road; Land at Sale and Chorlton Golf Clubs, Chorlton water park, and Fairways farm. Properties also at risk on Hancock Street, Highfield Close, Barton Road, Poplar Road and in the area around Edge Lane.
There are 40 storm overflows within 5km of Northern Moor. None of the 39 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 Northern Moor, 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.
Northern Moor gets about 862 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 92 mm; driest April, 51 mm). That is 26% 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), 3.1 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.
Northern Moor has river level monitoring on Baguley Brook — 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 1 recorded flood extent around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2025. 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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