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Mersey Estuary from Liverpool and Wirral to Widnes

Message issued at 4:16pm, Wednesday 8th October 2025

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Flooding possible. Be prepared.

Flood alert

High tides are expected to reach the flood alert threshold overnight which may lead to flooding between 01:15 AM and 02:00 AM on 09/10/2025. The impacted locations are:

Hale Village, peaking around 01:30 AM

No other high tides are expected to reach the Flood Alert threshold in this current sequence.
We are closely monitoring the situation.
This message will be updated by 4:00 PM on 09/10/2025, or as the situation changes.

Information supplied by the Environment Agency

This information last updated 4:16pm, Wednesday 8th October 2025.

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Most recent flood warnings and alerts for Mersey Estuary from Liverpool and Wirral to Widnes

Flood Warning Area Details

Areas at risk include Liverpool, New Ferry, Woodside, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Widnes and Hale Village

Region: Manchester, Mersey and Cheshire

Country: England

Counties covered: Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, Wirral

Watercourses covered: Mersey Estuary

Area covered by this alert location

The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Mersey Estuary from Liverpool and Wirral to Widnes.

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

Mersey estuary at Woodside
Woodside Business Park, Highfield South, Woodside Ferry Approach, Pacific Road and Birkenhead Wastewater Treatment Works

No current or recent warnings.

Tue Brook at Clubmoor
Tue Brook at Clubmoor, areas around Lindsay Road, Abingdon Road, Daneville Road and Frampton Road

No current or recent warnings.

Irish Sea at New Brighton
Areas at risk include Marine Point Leisure and Retail Park and properties on King's Parade and Marine Promenade.

No current or recent warnings.

River Birket at Leasowe
Areas at risk include Pasture Lane, Taran Way North, and Ditton Lane. Also at risk are properties off Reed Lane at Reedville Grove, Cornflower way and Bullrush Drive. Wallasey School, Leasowe recreation centre and some property on Twickenham Way

No current or recent warnings.

Childwall and Court Hey Brooks at Childwall and Court Hey Park
Areas at risk include land adjacent to the brooks from Court Hey to the sports ground, including property on Courthey and Buttermere Road, Glynne Grove, Gladstone, Edenhurst Avenue, St Paschal Church and Sandbrook Road

No current or recent warnings.

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