Does M28 flood?

Yes — parts of the M28 district carry real flood risk: 23 of its 70 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The M28 postcode district covers Worsley & Westwood Park, Boothstown & Ellenbrook, close to Walkden, Alder Forest, Tyldesley, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Warrington.

70 postcodes in the M28 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 23 high, 9 medium, 38 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 M28 postcodes are at risk?

M28 1AH up to High M28 1FG up to High M28 1HY up to High M28 1JA up to High M28 1NU up to High M28 1NX up to High M28 1PD up to High M28 1PG up to High M28 2QH up to High M28 2RU up to High M28 2SN up to High M28 3HE up to High M28 3LU up to High M28 3PN up to High M28 7FT up to High M28 7GA up to High M28 7HA up to High M28 7UJ up to High M28 7UL up to High M28 7UP up to High M28 7UW up to High M28 7UZ up to High M28 7WA up to High M28 1YN up to Medium M28 1ZD up to Medium M28 1ZH up to Medium M28 2GS up to Medium M28 2JN up to Medium M28 2NL up to Medium M28 2NN up to Medium M28 2PA up to Medium M28 2WN up to Medium M28 1EN up to Low M28 1FR up to Low M28 1SH up to Low M28 1YT up to Low M28 1ZB up to Low M28 1ZQ up to Low M28 1ZS up to Low M28 2AH up to Low M28 2AJ up to Low M28 2BW up to Low M28 2EA up to Low M28 2EB up to Low M28 2ED up to Low M28 2GN up to Low M28 2GX up to Low M28 2HA up to Low M28 2HB up to Low M28 2HD up to Low M28 2LL up to Low M28 2PD up to Low M28 2PE up to Low M28 2PY up to Low M28 2PZ up to Low M28 2QE up to Low M28 2QN up to Low M28 2RX up to Low M28 2SJ up to Low M28 2UL up to Low M28 2UR up to Low M28 3JS up to Low M28 3LY up to Low M28 3PB up to Low M28 3PD up to Low M28 3PG up to Low M28 3PS up to Low M28 3UP up to Low M28 3WW up to Low M28 7XF up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near M28

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

287 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (55 at warning level or above), most recently 21 February 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

M27 M29 M26 M30 M25 M31 M24 M32

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.