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Does M26 flood?

Yes — parts of the M26 district carry real flood risk: 33 of its 125 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The M26 postcode district covers Kearsley, close to Radcliffe, Bury, Farnworth, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

125 postcodes in the M26 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 33 high, 15 medium, 73 low, 4 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 M26 postcodes are at risk?

M26 1AL up to High M26 1AT up to High M26 1EW up to High M26 1FJ up to High M26 1FL up to High M26 1HF up to High M26 1NN up to High M26 1NW up to High M26 1WN up to High M26 1WW up to High M26 2GE up to High M26 2GF up to High M26 2GG up to High M26 2GL up to High M26 2GN up to High M26 2GP up to High M26 2GU up to High M26 2GW up to High M26 2HF up to High M26 2PL up to High M26 2QA up to High M26 2QG up to High M26 2QL up to High M26 2QP up to High M26 2QQ up to High M26 2QS up to High M26 2QX up to High M26 2QY up to High M26 2SQ up to High M26 2TW up to High M26 2UT up to High M26 2WX up to High M26 3SB up to High M26 1HU up to Medium M26 1HY up to Medium M26 2AG up to Medium M26 2BN up to Medium M26 2GA up to Medium M26 2GD up to Medium M26 2GJ up to Medium M26 2GZ up to Medium M26 2PX up to Medium M26 2QJ up to Medium M26 2QN up to Medium M26 2QR up to Medium M26 2QW up to Medium M26 2RA up to Medium M26 2RB up to Medium M26 1AB up to Low M26 1AJ up to Low M26 1GT up to Low M26 1HE up to Low M26 1LJ up to Low M26 1NE up to Low M26 1NF up to Low M26 1NZ up to Low M26 1PN up to Low M26 1QH up to Low M26 1QJ up to Low M26 1QP up to Low M26 1QR up to Low M26 1QS up to Low M26 1QT up to Low M26 1QU up to Low M26 1RF up to Low M26 1RJ up to Low M26 1WD up to Low M26 1WR up to Low M26 2AD up to Low M26 2AF up to Low M26 2AH up to Low M26 2AN up to Low M26 2BD up to Low M26 2BY up to Low M26 2FU up to Low M26 2GB up to Low M26 2GQ up to Low M26 2GR up to Low M26 2GX up to Low M26 2JG up to Low M26 2ND up to Low M26 2PB up to Low M26 2PF up to Low M26 2PG up to Low M26 2PJ up to Low M26 2PN up to Low M26 2PP up to Low M26 2PQ up to Low M26 2PS up to Low M26 2PT up to Low M26 2PW up to Low M26 2PZ up to Low M26 2QB up to Low M26 2QD up to Low M26 2QE up to Low M26 2QF up to Low M26 2QH up to Low M26 2QU up to Low M26 2RL up to Low M26 2RN up to Low M26 2RQ up to Low M26 2RS up to Low M26 2RT up to Low M26 2RW up to Low M26 2SD up to Low M26 2SL up to Low M26 2SY up to Low M26 2TE up to Low M26 2TH up to Low M26 2TL up to Low M26 2TN up to Low M26 2UA up to Low M26 2UG up to Low M26 2UQ up to Low M26 2UU up to Low M26 2UW up to Low M26 2UZ up to Low M26 2WB up to Low M26 2WQ up to Low M26 2WR up to Low M26 9GY up to Low M26 1AD up to Very low M26 1PX up to Very low M26 2RF up to Very low M26 3DA up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near M26

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

237 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (73 at warning level or above), most recently 15 December 2025. 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.

🏠 Buying or renting in M26? The full property flood-risk report covers any postcode here — the official likelihood band, every recorded flood nearby with distances, warning history year by year, how the local rivers behave, and an insurance outlook, print-ready for £19. See what's in the report →

Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

M25 M27 M24 M28 M23 M29 M22 M30

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.