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Honksford Brook at Mosley Common Road and Silk Mill Street

Message issued at 2:36pm, Wednesday 20th January 2021

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Flooding expected. Take action now.

Flood warning

River levels are rising as a result of persistent heavy rainfall and are expected to remain high until Friday. Consequently, flooding of land and some property at Worsley Business Park and Mosley Common Road is expected from this afternoon, Wednesday 20th January. Further heavy rainfall is forecast over the next 48 hours.  Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue further flood warnings if necessary.  This message will be updated tomorrow Thursday 21st January, or as the situation changes.

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This information last updated 2:36pm, Wednesday 20th January 2021.

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Most recent flood warnings and alerts for Honksford Brook at Mosley Common Road and Silk Mill Street

Flood Warning Area Details

Areas at risk include properties adjacent to Honksford Brook at Mosley Common Rd, Bridgeford Rd, Silk Mill St, Bridge Mill Place & St John's Rd

Region: Manchester, Mersey and Cheshire

Country: England

Counties covered: Wigan

Watercourses covered: Honksford Brook, Mosley Common Rd & Silk Mill St

Area covered by this alert location

The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Honksford Brook at Mosley Common Road and Silk Mill Street.

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).

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