Does M28 0JF flood?

Not in an at-risk area

M28 0JF 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 M28 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for M28 0JF

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
M28 0JF
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 163 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: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
Surface water
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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 M28 0JF. 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 M28 0JF

163
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2007
54
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

Christoph (2021, 6 warnings nearby) · Ciara (2020, 6 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 3 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for M28 0JF

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Walkden The Reach Whittle Brook 2.5 km 1.66 m 0.83 m
Size Bridge, Tyldesley Ellenor Brook 2.9 km 0.90 m 1.47 m
Atherton Shakerley Road Shakerley Brook 3.2 km 1.05 m 1.73 m
Atherton Woodland Drive Carr Brook 3.7 km 0.75 m 0.82 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
Worsley Stw Little Hulton Stream 0.3 km 60 (2024) 556
Worsley Stw Little Hulton Stream 0.3 km 11 (2024) 1
Worsley Stw Little Hulton Stream 0.3 km 87 (2024) 390
Cso South Of Ashawe Grove Trib Of Honksford Brook 0.3 km 26 (2024) 82

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

Flood defences

8 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~295 m (natural high ground). 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 M28 0JF — all in the M28 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 M28 district.