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Flooding expected. Take action now.
High river levels are expected to cause flooding this afternoon.
Flooding is expected from 01:00 PM on 16/10/2024.
Flooding is forecast to affect locations near the Lees Bridge (unnamed) watercourse, with low lying land and roads expected to be most affected, particularly around Old Road, Blackburn Road, Seymour Road, Greenwood Vale and Viola Street in Sharples.
We are closely monitoring the situation.
This message will be updated tomorrow morning, 17/10/2024, by 10:00 AM, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 12:03pm, Wednesday 16th October 2024.
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Warning no longer in force
Wed 1 Jan 2025, 2:19pm
Flood warning
Wed 1 Jan 2025, 3:18am
Warning no longer in force
Thu 17 Oct 2024, 7:58am
Flood warning
Wed 16 Oct 2024, 12:03pm
Properties on and around Viola Street, Blackburn Road, Greenwood Vale, Old Road, Seymour Road, Berkeley Road and Moss Bank Way
Region: Manchester, Mersey and Cheshire
Country: England
Counties covered: Bolton
Watercourses covered: Lee's Bridge (unnamed) watercourse
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Lee's Bridge at Astley Bridge Central.
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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