Environment Agency monitoring directory
Higher Croft, Harwood House, Yew Tree Cottage, Beech House, Thorncroft, properties near Ease Barn Farm on Gallows Lane, and 19 to 22 Blackburn Road
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Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- River Ribble
- Directory county
- Lancashire
- EA operational area
- Lancashire
- Coverage category
- Designated Flood Warning Area
Use this information safely
- For conditions now: use the live panel and verify on the official flood service.
- For a property: use the official long-term risk checker; this directory is not address-level evidence.
- For river levels: open a nearby monitoring station and check the reading time.
- For immediate danger: follow emergency-service instructions and call 999.
Nearby river-level stations
These are measuring instruments, not reported flood locations. A station reading must be interpreted with its timestamp, station datum and any official threshold context.
A6 Bridge
River Brock · Lune and Wyre
Lomeshaye
Pendle Water · Ribble Douglas and Crossens
Oxford Road
River Calder · Ribble Douglas and Crossens
Low Moor
River Ribble · Ribble Douglas and Crossens
New Jumbles Rock
River Ribble · Ribble Douglas and Crossens
Samlesbury
River Ribble · Ribble Douglas and Crossens
Barden Lane
Pendle Water · Ribble Douglas and Crossens
Waterloo Road
Mearley Brook · Ribble Douglas and Crossens
Thompson Park
River Brun · Ribble Douglas and Crossens
Nearby designated monitoring areas
Properties on the South bank of the Ribble between the Darwen Confluence and the Railway Bridge and on the North bank upstream of Walton Bridge
River Ribble · designated warning area
Properties in Riverside, Greenside, those at Little Town near Ribblesdale House Farm, Osbaldeston Hall, Boat house, Lower Barn Farm, Waterside Farm, Stydd Lodge Farm, and properties on Salesbury Hall Road near Ribchester Bridge
River Ribble · designated warning area
Brockholes Nature Reserve and properties in Samlesbury next to the River Ribble off Preston New Road and Potter Lane
River Ribble · designated warning area
Properties in Penwortham on Leyland Road close to the River Ribble, including Penwortham Methodist Church
River Ribble · designated warning area
Area on the North Bank of the River Ribble between the Old Tram Bridge and the Railway Bridge comprising Avenham Park and Miller Park
River Ribble · designated warning area
Brockholes Reserve, Lower Brockholes and Tickled Trout hotel and service station
River Ribble · designated warning area
Properties in Lower Penwortham off Leyland Road, Talbot Road, Riverside Road and Stricklands Lane; premises on Leyland Road and Factory Lane Industrial Estates; mobile homes on Penwortham Residential Park; and properties near Oaks Wood in Valley Road
River Ribble · designated warning area
Includes Ribble Side Farm, Watery Lane, Factory Lane and Ashworth Grove, Walton Green, Beechwood Avenue, Heaton Close, and Chorley Road and Drakes Hollow
River Ribble · designated warning area
Low lying land and properties adjacent to the River Ribble on Riverside Estate in Low Moor near Clitheroe
River Ribble · designated warning area
Properties in Broadgate in South End, Riverside, and Connaught Road, including The Continental pub and Preston Sports Club
River Ribble · designated warning area
Property and insurance decisions
Inclusion in an EA monitoring area does not by itself establish a property's flood probability, insurance eligibility or premium. Check the address-level official service and ask the insurer or a qualified surveyor about the property.
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