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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-09 22:01:36 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Upton (Wirral) is monitored by 2 Environment Agency river level stations on the Arrowe Brook, in Liverpool City Region. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes.
Towns and villages near Upton (Wirral) 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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The nearest watercourse on the river map is Arrowe Brook, about 390 m from the middle of Upton (Wirral)'s gauges. It flows into the Birket about 4.0 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 Arrowe Brook nearest the middle of Upton (Wirral)'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.
Upton (Wirral) is monitored by 2 Environment Agency river level stations on the Arrowe Brook, in Liverpool City Region. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Arrowe Brook is monitored by 2 stations (Acton Lane, Greasby Road). 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 Upton (Wirral). 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 adjacent to the river from Arrowe Brook Road Weir to Brookway; The Wirral catchment includes the Rivers Fender and Birkett and Rivacre, Dibbinsdale and Arrowe Brooks and their tributaries. Other locations which may be affected are around Birkenhead, Bootle, Litherland and Crosby; Areas at risk include land and property adjacent to Arrowe Brook from Saughall Massie Road, to the Railway including property on Meadowbrook, Bermuda Road, Linear Park, Town Meadow Lane, Tern Way, Millhouse Lane, Oakham Drive, Desford and Millhouse Close; Areas at risk include properties on Park Lane, including parts of the Wirral Beech caravan site. Properties on Clevely Road and Derwent Road are also at risk.
There are 35 storm overflows within 5km of Upton (Wirral). None of the 32 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging (3 have 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 Upton (Wirral), 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.
Upton (Wirral) gets about 777 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 83 mm; driest March, 47 mm). That is 33% 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), 2.0 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.
Upton (Wirral) has river level monitoring on Arrowe Brook — 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.
No recorded flood outline is mapped around the Upton (Wirral) town centre means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record. See the flood history link below.
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