WARRINGTON motorists are facing difficult driving conditions for the commute home this evening, Friday, after heavy rain. 

Reader Amy Finley sent in this video of her journey home.

Footage of Liverpool Road from around 5.30pm shows flooding while drivers have also reported muddy water flooding Chester Road from the surrounding fields. 

Reader Tony Gilfoyle sent in these pictures of flooding in Stockton Heath.

Fairfield Road has been severely waterlogged near to the junction with London Road.

Warrington Guardian:

Warrington Guardian:

Readers have reported similar flooding on Sankey Street, Wash Lane and Barnes Avenue in Fearnhead.

Accidents were also reported on motorways near to the town at rush hour.

A crash on the M56 westbound between junction 12 at Runcorn and junction 14 at Hapsford saw traffic queueing back to junction nine at Lymm.

And one lane of the sliproad from the M6 southbound to the M62 eastbound at Croft remains shut following an accident.