Environment Agency013WAFGLGtr Mancs Mersey and Ches
River Glaze catchment including Leigh and East Wigan: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 30 flood alerts for River Glaze catchment including Leigh and East Wigan since 18 Jan 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (6).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Glaze catchment including Leigh and East Wigan
- Code
- 013WAFGL
- Environment Agency area
- Gtr Mancs Mersey and Ches
- County
- Bolton, Salford, Trafford, Warrington, Wigan
- River or sea
- Glaze Brook
- First in the history
- 18 Jan 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 6 Jan 2025
- Current status
- check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)
Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning: what each means
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How many alerts and warnings a year?
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 6 | 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.
When in the year?
All alerts and warnings since 2007 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.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 6 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 1 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 30 Sep 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Dec 2023 | Flood alert |
| 23 Jul 2023 | Flood alert |
| 18 Jun 2023 | Flood alert |
| 26 Nov 2022 | Flood alert |
| 21 Nov 2022 | Flood alert |
| 19 Feb 2022 | Flood alert |
| 8 Aug 2021 | Flood alert |
| 20 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Flood alert |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.