Does M20 flood?

Yes — parts of the M20 district carry real flood risk: 30 of its 175 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The M20 postcode district covers Old Moat, Withington, close to Northenden, Fallowfield, Didsbury, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Cheshire East.

175 postcodes in the M20 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 30 high, 19 medium, 126 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 M20 postcodes are at risk?

M20 2RU up to High M20 2TH up to High M20 2UE up to High M20 3BD up to High M20 3BN up to High M20 3EG up to High M20 3EX up to High M20 3FW up to High M20 3LU up to High M20 3NA up to High M20 3NB up to High M20 4AE up to High M20 4BB up to High M20 4GA up to High M20 4ND up to High M20 4NE up to High M20 4NF up to High M20 4NQ up to High M20 4NS up to High M20 4NX up to High M20 4NY up to High M20 4PX up to High M20 4PZ up to High M20 4QA up to High M20 4WD up to High M20 4WF up to High M20 4WG up to High M20 5GB up to High M20 5QX up to High M20 5WZ up to High M20 1AB up to Medium M20 1BD up to Medium M20 1GD up to Medium M20 1GY up to Medium M20 2GB up to Medium M20 2PF up to Medium M20 2RQ up to Medium M20 2SW up to Medium M20 2UD up to Medium M20 2UF up to Medium M20 2WF up to Medium M20 2WG up to Medium M20 3FQ up to Medium M20 3WA up to Medium M20 3WB up to Medium M20 4NB up to Medium M20 4NN up to Medium M20 4NU up to Medium M20 4WS up to Medium M20 0QB up to Low M20 1AA up to Low M20 1AD up to Low M20 1AE up to Low M20 1AG up to Low M20 1AH up to Low M20 1AQ up to Low M20 1AR up to Low M20 1AS up to Low M20 1BA up to Low M20 1BB up to Low M20 1BE up to Low M20 1BF up to Low M20 1BG up to Low M20 1BJ up to Low M20 1BL up to Low M20 1BQ up to Low M20 1BY up to Low M20 1BZ up to Low M20 1DR up to Low M20 1DT up to Low M20 1GA up to Low M20 1GJ up to Low M20 1GP up to Low M20 1GR up to Low M20 1GU up to Low M20 1GW up to Low M20 1GX up to Low M20 1GZ up to Low M20 1PA up to Low M20 1PB up to Low M20 1PE up to Low M20 1PF up to Low M20 2AA up to Low M20 2AH up to Low M20 2BG up to Low M20 2SB up to Low M20 2SD up to Low M20 2YH up to Low M20 2YJ up to Low M20 2ZF up to Low M20 2ZG up to Low M20 2ZH up to Low M20 2ZN up to Low M20 3BW up to Low M20 3EQ up to Low M20 3EU up to Low M20 3FG up to Low M20 3FU up to Low M20 3FX up to Low M20 3GA up to Low M20 3WH up to Low M20 4AF up to Low M20 4LZ up to Low M20 4NA up to Low M20 4NH up to Low M20 4PY up to Low M20 4WA up to Low M20 4WH up to Low M20 4WZ up to Low M20 5GA up to Low M20 5GD up to Low M20 5GE up to Low M20 5GF up to Low M20 5GG up to Low M20 5GH up to Low M20 5GJ up to Low M20 5GL up to Low M20 5GN up to Low M20 5GP up to Low M20 5GQ up to Low M20 5GR up to Low M20 5GS up to Low M20 5NE up to Low M20 5NF up to Low M20 5NN up to Low M20 5NR up to Low M20 5NS up to Low M20 5NT up to Low M20 5NU up to Low M20 5NW up to Low M20 5NY up to Low M20 5PA up to Low M20 5PB up to Low M20 5PD up to Low M20 5PE up to Low M20 5PF up to Low M20 5PG up to Low M20 5PH up to Low M20 5PJ up to Low M20 5PL up to Low M20 5PN up to Low M20 5PP up to Low M20 5PQ up to Low M20 5PR up to Low M20 5PS up to Low M20 5PW up to Low M20 5QA up to Low M20 5QB up to Low M20 5QD up to Low M20 5QE up to Low M20 5QF up to Low M20 5QH up to Low M20 5QJ up to Low M20 5QL up to Low M20 5QN up to Low M20 5QQ up to Low M20 5QR up to Low M20 5QS up to Low M20 5QT up to Low M20 5QU up to Low M20 5QW up to Low M20 5WE up to Low M20 5WF up to Low M20 5WG up to Low M20 5WJ up to Low M20 5WL up to Low M20 5WN up to Low M20 5WQ up to Low M20 5WR up to Low M20 5WS up to Low M20 5WT up to Low M20 5WU up to Low M20 5WW up to Low M20 8SB up to Low M20 9EZ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near M20

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

292 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (96 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

M19 M21 M18 M22 M17 M23 M16 M24

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.