Does M30 flood?

Yes — parts of the M30 district carry real flood risk: 10 of its 69 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The M30 postcode district covers Worsley & Westwood Park, Barton & Winton, Higher Irlam & Peel Green, Eccles, close to Alder Forest, Walkden, Salford, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Warrington.

69 postcodes in the M30 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 10 high, 12 medium, 47 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 M30 postcodes are at risk?

M30 7AE up to High M30 8AG up to High M30 8AY up to High M30 8AZ up to High M30 8BB up to High M30 8BE up to High M30 8BJ up to High M30 9AG up to High M30 9DQ up to High M30 9DT up to High M30 7EY up to Medium M30 8BD up to Medium M30 8BH up to Medium M30 8BQ up to Medium M30 8HR up to Medium M30 8HS up to Medium M30 8JJ up to Medium M30 8JT up to Medium M30 8LA up to Medium M30 8LB up to Medium M30 8LH up to Medium M30 8NJ up to Medium M30 7AX up to Low M30 7AY up to Low M30 7DR up to Low M30 7DS up to Low M30 7DT up to Low M30 7DU up to Low M30 7ET up to Low M30 7NJ up to Low M30 7TD up to Low M30 8AP up to Low M30 8BW up to Low M30 8DA up to Low M30 8ED up to Low M30 8HD up to Low M30 8HG up to Low M30 8HH up to Low M30 8HJ up to Low M30 8HL up to Low M30 8HN up to Low M30 8HP up to Low M30 8HQ up to Low M30 8HT up to Low M30 8HW up to Low M30 8HX up to Low M30 8HY up to Low M30 8JG up to Low M30 8JH up to Low M30 8JL up to Low M30 8JN up to Low M30 8JP up to Low M30 8JQ up to Low M30 8JR up to Low M30 8JS up to Low M30 8JU up to Low M30 8JW up to Low M30 8JX up to Low M30 8JY up to Low M30 8JZ up to Low M30 8LD up to Low M30 8LE up to Low M30 8LF up to Low M30 8LG up to Low M30 8LJ up to Low M30 8QQ up to Low M30 9AZ up to Low M30 9BA up to Low M30 9DF up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near M30

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

308 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (74 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

M29 M31 M28 M32 M27 M33 M26 M34

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.