Environment Agency monitoring directory
The River Douglas from Horwich Star Vale to Appley Bridge including Adlington, Blackrod, Wigan, Standish, and Gathurst
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Is an official warning active now?
Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- River Douglas
- Directory county
- Lancashire
- EA operational area
- Bolton, Lancashire, Wigan
- 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.
Nearby designated monitoring areas
Low lying properties on the right bank of the Douglas, downstream of the Canal Bridge including Burnside, Bankside, Northdene, Southdene, Westdene, Broadmede and Greenfield
River Douglas · designated warning area
River Douglas and other watercourses from Parbold to Tarleton including Rufford, Mawdesley, Croston and Moss Side
River Douglas · designated alert area
The Wayfarer Pub off Alder Lane and surrounding low lying land
River Douglas · designated warning area
Low lying land on the south bank of the River Douglas at Appley Bridge including properties along Appley Lane as far as Speakmans Drive
River Douglas · designated warning area
Low lying properties on the right bank of the Douglas between the Canal and Alder Lane
River Douglas · 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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