Environment Agency monitoring directory
Low lying land from Ormskirk to Southport including, Banks, Birkdale, Brown Edge, Mere Brow and Scarisbrick
Live Environment Agency feed
Is an official warning active now?
Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- Crossens
- Directory county
- Lancashire
- EA operational area
- Lancashire, Sefton
- Coverage category
- Designated Flood Alert 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.
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
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.
Read the flood insurance guide →