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River Wyre at St Michaels (0.2 km) is above normal and still rising. No official flood warning covers this location yet (the nearest is a flood alert 2.9 km away) — check GOV.UK flood warnings and keep watching river levels.
Updated 2026-10-09 13:01:12 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
St Michael's on Wyre is a village on the Fylde, in the Borough of Wyre, in Lancashire, England; it lies on the River Wyre. The village is centred on the church of St Michael, which was founded before 640 AD. It is in the civil parish of Upper Rawcliffe with Tarnacre, which had a population in 2001 of 604.
Towns and villages near St Michael's On Wyre 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 Wyre, about 110 m from the middle of St Michael's On Wyre's gauges. It flows on to the sea.
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 Wyre nearest the middle of St Michael's On Wyre'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.
St Michael's On Wyre is monitored by 2 Environment Agency river level stations on the River Wyre, in Lancashire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Wyre is monitored by 2 stations (Catterall, St Michaels). 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 St Michael's On Wyre. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Area covering the part of St Michaels that is to the south of the River Wyre; Area covering the part of St Michaels that is to the north of the River Wyre; Area to the north of the River Wyre downstream of Ainspool covering properties on Tarnacre Lane and Ainspool Lane; The village of Churchtown.
There are 7 storm overflows within 5km of St Michael's On Wyre. 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 St Michael's On Wyre, 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.
St Michael's On Wyre gets about 1,042 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 115 mm; driest April, 55 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), 1.6 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: Warning. River Wyre at St Michaels (0.2 km) is above normal and still rising. No official flood warning covers this location yet (the nearest is a flood alert 2.9 km away) — check GOV.UK flood warnings and keep watching river levels.
St Michael's On Wyre has river level monitoring on River Wyre — 2 monitoring stations 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 13 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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