Does M16 flood?

Yes — parts of the M16 district carry real flood risk: 6 of its 188 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The M16 postcode district covers Whalley Range, Longford, Moss Side, Chorlton Park, close to Fallowfield, Manchester, Salford, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Cheshire East.

188 postcodes in the M16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 6 high, 61 medium, 105 low, 16 very 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 M16 postcodes are at risk?

M16 0FU up to High M16 8GL up to High M16 8NW up to High M16 8NX up to High M16 8QP up to High M16 8QW up to High M16 8GE up to Medium M16 8GF up to Medium M16 8GH up to Medium M16 8GJ up to Medium M16 8GR up to Medium M16 8GS up to Medium M16 8GU up to Medium M16 8GW up to Medium M16 8HF up to Medium M16 8HJ up to Medium M16 8HL up to Medium M16 8HN up to Medium M16 8HP up to Medium M16 8HQ up to Medium M16 8HT up to Medium M16 8HU up to Medium M16 8HW up to Medium M16 8HY up to Medium M16 8JA up to Medium M16 8JG up to Medium M16 8JP up to Medium M16 8JR up to Medium M16 8JU up to Medium M16 8JW up to Medium M16 8JX up to Medium M16 8JY up to Medium M16 8LB up to Medium M16 8LD up to Medium M16 8LP up to Medium M16 8LW up to Medium M16 8LZ up to Medium M16 8NA up to Medium M16 8NB up to Medium M16 8ND up to Medium M16 8NE up to Medium M16 8NF up to Medium M16 8NH up to Medium M16 8NU up to Medium M16 8PA up to Medium M16 8PF up to Medium M16 8PH up to Medium M16 8PJ up to Medium M16 8PL up to Medium M16 8PS up to Medium M16 8PT up to Medium M16 8PU up to Medium M16 8PX up to Medium M16 8QE up to Medium M16 8QG up to Medium M16 8QH up to Medium M16 8QL up to Medium M16 8QN up to Medium M16 8QS up to Medium M16 8QX up to Medium M16 8SA up to Medium M16 8WA up to Medium M16 8WD up to Medium M16 8WE up to Medium M16 8WF up to Medium M16 8WJ up to Medium M16 8WU up to Medium M16 0AJ up to Low M16 0AN up to Low M16 0AP up to Low M16 0AY up to Low M16 0BG up to Low M16 0BZ up to Low M16 0EY up to Low M16 0FX up to Low M16 0FY up to Low M16 0FZ up to Low M16 0GF up to Low M16 0GG up to Low M16 0HA up to Low M16 0HB up to Low M16 0HD up to Low M16 0HE up to Low M16 0JA up to Low M16 0JB up to Low M16 0TT up to Low M16 0YD up to Low M16 0YE up to Low M16 0YF up to Low M16 7AB up to Low M16 7BA up to Low M16 7BE up to Low M16 7BU up to Low M16 7BY up to Low M16 7BZ up to Low M16 7DG up to Low M16 7DH up to Low M16 7DZ up to Low M16 7EH up to Low M16 7FH up to Low M16 7FJ up to Low M16 7GH up to Low M16 7HA up to Low M16 7HB up to Low M16 7UG up to Low M16 7WD up to Low M16 7WS up to Low M16 8EA up to Low M16 8EB up to Low M16 8ED up to Low M16 8EE up to Low M16 8ER up to Low M16 8ES up to Low M16 8ET up to Low M16 8EU up to Low M16 8EW up to Low M16 8EX up to Low M16 8EZ up to Low M16 8FA up to Low M16 8FB up to Low M16 8FE up to Low M16 8FH up to Low M16 8FQ up to Low M16 8FR up to Low M16 8FS up to Low M16 8FT up to Low M16 8FX up to Low M16 8FY up to Low M16 8FZ up to Low M16 8GN up to Low M16 8GT up to Low M16 8GX up to Low M16 8GY up to Low M16 8HA up to Low M16 8HE up to Low M16 8HG up to Low M16 8HR up to Low M16 8HS up to Low M16 8HX up to Low M16 8JD up to Low M16 8JE up to Low M16 8JF up to Low M16 8JL up to Low M16 8JN up to Low M16 8JQ up to Low M16 8JS up to Low M16 8JT up to Low M16 8JZ up to Low M16 8LE up to Low M16 8LF up to Low M16 8LR up to Low M16 8LT up to Low M16 8LU up to Low M16 8NG up to Low M16 8NP up to Low M16 8NQ up to Low M16 8NS up to Low M16 8NT up to Low M16 8NZ up to Low M16 8PE up to Low M16 8PG up to Low M16 8PN up to Low M16 8PW up to Low M16 8QJ up to Low M16 8QQ up to Low M16 8SP up to Low M16 8TA up to Low M16 8WB up to Low M16 8WH up to Low M16 8WP up to Low M16 8WQ up to Low M16 8WX up to Low M16 0AA up to Very low M16 0DH up to Very low M16 0EB up to Very low M16 0ED up to Very low M16 0EX up to Very low M16 0FA up to Very low M16 0FB up to Very low M16 0FE up to Very low M16 0GA up to Very low M16 8EN up to Very low M16 8HZ up to Very low M16 8LS up to Very low M16 8NL up to Very low M16 8RH up to Very low M16 8RW up to Very low M16 8RX up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near M16

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

304 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (108 at warning level or above), most recently 4 September 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

M15 M17 M14 M18 M13 M19 M12 M20

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.