Environment Agency012WAFUDCumbria and Lancashire

Upper River Douglas: flood history since 2008

The Environment Agency has issued 43 flood alerts for Upper River Douglas since 21 Jan 2008, most often in December; the busiest year was 2024 (7).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Upper River Douglas
Code: 012WAFUD
Environment Agency area: Cumbria and Lancashire
County: Bolton, Lancashire, Wigan
River or sea: River Douglas
First in the history: 21 Jan 2008
Latest in the history file: 20 Sep 2025
Current status: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

2024 was the busiest year for Upper River Douglas

Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.

The numbers

Year	Alerts	Warnings	Severe
2025	2	0	0
2024	7	0	0
2023	5	0	0
2022	3	0	0
2021	4	0	0
2020	6	0	0
2019	5	0	0
2017	1	0	0
2016	2	0	0
2015	1	0	0
2013	1	0	0
2012	5	0	0
2011	1	0	0

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Most often in December

All alerts and warnings since 2008 by month.

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.