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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
Rising river levels overnight may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible from the early hours of 15 December 2025 .
Locations most affected will be low lying land and roads around the Rivers Beal, Roch and Croal, Limy Water and their tributaries.
We are monitoring rainfall and river levels .
Avoid using low lying footpaths and any bridges near local watercourses and do not attempt to walk or drive through flood water.
This message will be updated by 10:00AM on 15 December 2025 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 4:55pm, Sunday 14th December 2025.
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Warning no longer in force
Mon 15 Dec 2025, 5:27pm
Flood alert
Mon 15 Dec 2025, 9:28am
Flood alert
Sun 14 Dec 2025, 4:55pm
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Tue 9 Dec 2025, 11:50am
Flood alert
Mon 8 Dec 2025, 3:48pm
Warning no longer in force
Sat 4 Oct 2025, 9:53am
Flood alert
Fri 3 Oct 2025, 4:12pm
Warning no longer in force
Sun 21 Sep 2025, 10:50am
Flood alert
Sat 20 Sep 2025, 5:21pm
Warning no longer in force
Thu 2 Jan 2025, 7:20am
Upper Irwell catchment includes the Rivers Beal, Roch and Croal, Limey Water and their tributaries. Other locations which may be affected are around Farnworth, Whitefield, Little Lever, Radcliffe, Bury, Heywood, Whitworth and Bacup
Region: Manchester, Mersey and Cheshire
Country: England
Counties covered: Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton, Bury, Lancashire, Oldham, Rochdale
Watercourses covered: River Irwell
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Upper River Irwell catchment with Oldham, Bolton, Rochdale, Haslingden, Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall.
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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