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Borsdane and Hockery Brook at Hindley

Message issued at 11:49am, Sunday 9th February 2020

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Flooding expected. Take action now.

Flood Warning

River levels have risen at the First Avenue river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of low lying land, roads and farmland is expected. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for land adjacent to Borsdane Brook between Rayner Park and Rockingham Drive. We expect river levels to remain high throughout the 9th February 2020. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue further flood warnings if necessary. Please be aware of your surroundings and keep up to date with the current situation. This message will be updated in 8 hours, or as the situation changes.

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This information last updated 11:49am, Sunday 9th February 2020.

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Most recent flood warnings and alerts for Borsdane and Hockery Brook at Hindley

Flood Warning Area Details

Areas at risk include land adjacent to Borsdane Brook between Rayner Park and Rockingham Drive, Including Platt Lane, Aughton Street, Whitebury Ave and Blackberry Drive. Also at risk, Property next to Hockery Brook Between Wigan Road and Blackberry D

Region: Manchester, Mersey and Cheshire

Country: England

Counties covered: Wigan

Watercourses covered: Borsdane Brook

Area covered by this alert location

The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Borsdane and Hockery Brook at Hindley.

Note: the area shown on the map is the area covered by flood alerts and warnings. It is not a live map of current flooding. The area covered broadly equates to the area where the risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).

Other Nearby Flood Warning Locations

Hey, Borsdane, and Brookside Brooks at Platt Bridge and Abram
Properties at Platt Bridge on and around Platt Lane including Templeton Road, Walthew Lane, Aspinall Street and Gas Street. Also, properties on Keats Way at Abram

No current or recent warnings.

River Douglas at Wigan, between Scholes and Poolstock
Low lying area adjacent to the River Douglas including properties in Scholes and Poolstock extending to Pottery Road

No current or recent warnings.

Westleigh Brook at Pickley Green
Areas at risk include land and property adjacent to the watercourse at Parsonage bridge, and property adjacent to the watercourse near Westleigh Park including some properties on Telford Crescent

No current or recent warnings.

River Douglas at Wigan, adjacent to River Douglas from Robin Park to Baker St. Poolstock
Low lying area adjacent to the River Douglas including properties on Eleanor St, the Bus Depot, Baker St, Poolstock and the Robin Park area

No current or recent warnings.

Westleigh Brook at Firs lane
Areas at risk include properties in and around the Kirbati Way, Clifton Street, Wigan Road and Twist Lane areas. Additional properties are around the Woodley Grove, Suffolk Grove, Stout Street and Common Lane areas

No current or recent warnings.

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