Flood Warning Info - River Ribble at Settle, around Holmehead, Watershed Mill and Sowarth Field Ind Est

Area Description

Includes Holmehead, Watershed Mill, Sowarth Field Ind Est and Gildersleets.
This is a Flood Warning Area. For this area, you may receive Flood Warnings or Severe Flood Warnings.
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There are no Flood Warnings currently in force for this area. See below for historical flood warnings.

Area Covered by this Flood Warning

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Flood Warning History

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Historical Flood Warnings for this Area

Flood Warning issued on 2 Nov 2020 04:16
River Ribble
River levels remain high as a result of persistent, heavy rainfall, but are beginning to fall at the Penny Bridge river gauge. Consequently, the risk of flooding is reducing. We are closely monitoring the situation. This message will be updated in 8 hours, or as the situation changes


Flood Warning issued on 1 Nov 2020 20:49
River Ribble
River levels have risen at the Penny Bridge river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property, roads and farmland is expected from 23:00 today, 01/11/20. This includes Holmehead, Watershed Mill, Sowarth Field Industrial Estate and Gildersleets We expect river levels to rise until the early hours of monday morning 02/11/20 We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are checking defences. Please plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded. This message will be updated Monday morning or as the situation changes.


Flood Warning issued on 21 Feb 2020 21:18
River Ribble
River levels have risen at the Penny Bridge river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property, roads and farmland is expected from 23:00 today, 21/02/20. This includes Holmehead, Watershed Mill, Sowarth Field Industrial Estate and Gildersleets We expect river levels to rise until the early hours of Saturday morning 22/02/20. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are checking defences. Please plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded. This message will be updated tomorrow morning, 22/02/20, or as the situation changes.


Flood Warning issued on 9 Feb 2020 08:07
River Ribble
River levels have risen as a result of Storm Ciara Consequently, flooding of property is imminent. this may affect properties, further rainfall is forecast over the next few hours. We expect river levels to remain high until midday 09/02/2020. We are closely monitoring the situation and our incident rooms are open. Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses. This message will be updated in 8 hours, or as the situation changes.