Environment Agency monitoring station
Collyhurst Weir
River Irk · Manchester · Northern Manchester catchment
EA station reference
690611
Live measurement feed
Water level over the last seven days
Readings show measured change at this instrument. A station reading is not a flood warning and, without an official threshold, does not prove that the river is safe or dangerous.
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Station location
Blue point = monitoring instrument, not a reported flood.
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About this station
- Monitors
- River Irk
- Catchment
- Northern Manchester
- Nearest named place
- Manchester
- EA opening date
- 27 April 1995
- Coordinates
- 53.49368, -2.22981
Nearby designated monitoring areas
Directory areas whose reference point is within approximately 10 km. Proximity does not mean this station controls that area or that a warning is active.
- Land adjacent to the River Mersey at West Didsbury, Withington golf course. Also at risk, properties on Stenner lane, Rugby Club, allotments and Fletcher Moss Park.Designated warning area · EA ref 013FWFGM34
- The Middle River Mersey catchment includes Micker, Cringle, Sinderland and Poynton Brooks and their tributaries. Other locations which may be affected are Stretford, Gatley, Cheadle Hulme and CheadleDesignated alert area · EA ref 013WAFMM
- Areas at risk include land and properties around Crumpsall Vale, Some property on Bellfield Close, Caarsdale Drive, Sandybrook Drive, Newcroft Drive and Hawkins CloseDesignated warning area · EA ref 013FWFGM92
- The Lower River Irwell catchment also includes the Rivers Irk and Medlock, Wince and Worsley Brooks and their tributariesDesignated alert area · EA ref 013WAFLI
- Areas in the locality of Mauldeth Road, includes properties from Mornington Crescent to Edgeworth Drive and also properties in the vicinity of Cringle Fields Park.Designated warning area · EA ref 013FWFGM13
- The allotments and playing fields, Cricket Pavilion, properties in The Nook, Boothfield and Ballantyre Street, Grosvenor and Hartington Road, and parts of Worsley, Grange, Leconfield, Hastings, Walker, Walnut, Larch and Chestnut RoadDesignated warning area · EA ref 013FWFGM46
- Land at Sale and Chorlton Golf Clubs, Chorlton water park, and Fairways farm. Properties also at risk on Hancock Street, Highfield Close, Barton Road, Poplar Road and in the area around Edge LaneDesignated warning area · EA ref 013FWFGM37
- Some properties on Boothroyden Road, Manchester old Road, and Rhodes Business Park. Also properties around Alkrington Park Road, Middleton Way, Manchester New Road, Oldham Road and Wince BrookDesignated warning area · EA ref 013FWFGM95
- Locations in Whalley Range and Chorlton around Demesne Rd and between Princess Rd and Hart Rd, also from Alexandra Rd South to Whalley Range School and from Elmore Rd to Mauldeth Rd and including Hough End Park and Police CollegeDesignated warning area · EA ref 013FWFGM16
- The golf course, club house, footpaths at Didsbury, Ford Lane east of M60, Ford Cottage. Properties on Manchester Rd North of the M60, Cheadle Bridge and Cheadle Wood Farm. Parrswood School playing fields and The Waterside Hotel.Designated warning area · EA ref 013FWFGM32
Nearby monitoring stations
Use nearby instruments for context, but do not compare absolute station-datum values as if they shared the same baseline.
Source and limits: station directory and readings from the Environment Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. API readings can be delayed or unavailable. For warnings and emergency advice, use the official GOV.UK flood service.