Does BL8 flood?

Yes — parts of the BL8 district carry real flood risk: 9 of its 18 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BL8 postcode district covers Elton, North Manor, Tottington, close to Bury, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

18 postcodes in the BL8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 9 high, 2 medium, 7 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which BL8 postcodes are at risk?

BL8 1AA up to High BL8 1AF up to High BL8 1AQ up to High BL8 2AD up to High BL8 2AL up to High BL8 2AQ up to High BL8 2AX up to High BL8 4HR up to High BL8 4QN up to High BL8 1WP up to Medium BL8 4BQ up to Medium BL8 1AJ up to Low BL8 1DA up to Low BL8 1WA up to Low BL8 1WL up to Low BL8 1WN up to Low BL8 1WQ up to Low BL8 4AY up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near BL8

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

Bury Ground on the River Irwell — 1.1 km away, highest on record 2.18m
Blackford Bridge on the River Roch — 4.6 km away, highest on record 3.36m
Pioneer Mills on the River Irwell — 4.7 km away, highest on record 5.92m
Stubbins on the River Irwell — 6.8 km away, highest on record 2.78m

152 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (59 at warning level or above), most recently 14 December 2025. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Redvales (2020) — about 2.8 km from the centre
Bury (2020) — about 1.2 km from the centre
Summerseats (2020) — about 2.6 km from the centre
Bridge Trading Estate, Bury (2015) — about 1.4 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.