What is a designated warning or alert area?

It is an official geographic coverage area used by the Environment Agency when issuing flood notices. An area can remain in the directory for years while having no warning active today.

Why can similar area names appear more than once?

The Environment Agency can define separate coverage areas for different river reaches, banks or nearby communities. Similar names do not necessarily describe the same official area; the EA reference identifies each one.

Does being inside this area prove my property will flood?

No. A monitoring-area listing is not a property-level assessment. Use the official long-term flood-risk service for an address and seek specialist advice for property, mortgage or insurance decisions.

Environment Agency monitoring directory

Banks, Banks Enclosed Marsh, Crossens, Land Houses, Holmes, Martin Mere, Scarisbrick Moss, Marshside and Marine Drive

Q: Does this page mean a warning is active for Banks, Banks Enclosed Marsh, Crossens, Land Houses, Holmes, Martin Mere, Scarisbrick Moss, Marshside and Marine Drive?

No. This page describes a permanent Environment Agency monitoring area. The separate live-status panel checks whether a warning or alert is currently in force. If the feed is unavailable, the current status is unknown.

Designated Flood Alert AreaEA reference 012WACSF

This label is not a current warning. It means the EA has predefined this location as an area where it may issue a flood alert. The live panel below checks what is active now.

Live Environment Agency feed

Is an official warning active now?

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Official area details

Watercourse or coast: Irish Sea
Directory county: Lancashire
EA operational area: Lancashire, Sefton
Coverage category: Designated Flood Alert Area

Open the official EA boundary data →

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.

Check property flood risk →Official live service →

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.

Wanes Blades

River Douglas · Ribble Douglas and Crossens

Pincock Brow

River Yarrow · Ribble Douglas and Crossens

Appley Bridge

River Douglas · Ribble Douglas and Crossens

Walton-Le-Dale

River Ribble · Ribble Douglas and Crossens

Croston

River Yarrow · Ribble Douglas and Crossens

Bamber Bridge

River Lostock · Ribble Douglas and Crossens

Parbold

River Douglas · Ribble Douglas and Crossens

Littlewood Bridge

River Lostock · Ribble Douglas and Crossens

Penwortham

River Ribble · Ribble Douglas and Crossens