Does M25 1NQ flood?

Not in an at-risk area

M25 1NQ has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in M25 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for M25 1NQ

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
M25 1NQ
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 233 official warnings since 2006.

A Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: No ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
None within ~1 km
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around M25 1NQ. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near M25 1NQ

233
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
70
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-12-15)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Ciara (2020, 8 warnings nearby) · Christoph (2021, 6 warnings nearby) · Brian (2017, 4 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 4 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for M25 1NQ

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Littleton Road River River Irwell 3.1 km 4.60 m 4.98 m
Manchester Racecourse River Irwell 3.9 km 3.00 m 5.67 m
Blackford Bridge River Roch 3.9 km 2.45 m 3.36 m
Pioneer Mills River Irwell 4.4 km 3.70 m 5.92 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Heywood Road Cso 091yz Culvert Of Prestwich Clough 0.5 km 2 (2024) 0
Hampden Road Cso 091xv Prestwich Clough Via Clvrt 0.5 km 8 (2024) 3
The Crescent Cso 091ej Prestwich Clough Via Sws 0.8 km 2 (2024) 0
Prestwich Clough Cso 09034 Prestwich Clough Brook 1.3 km 9 (2024) 2

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near M25 1NQ — all in the M25 district.

© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the M25 district.