Does M34 flood?

Yes — parts of the M34 district carry real flood risk: 1 of its 7 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The M34 postcode district covers Denton North East, Audenshaw, Denton West, St Peter's, close to Haughton Green, Bredbury, Compstall, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Derbyshire.

7 postcodes in the M34 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 1 high, 6 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 M34 postcodes are at risk?

M34 5DR up to High M34 3EF up to Low M34 3EN up to Low M34 3TF up to Low M34 5DW up to Low M34 5EX up to Low M34 6FS up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near M34

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

Broomstairs Bridge on the River Tame — 1.1 km away, highest on record 2.54m
Portwood on the River Tame — 4.6 km away, highest on record 2.26m
Compstall on the River Etherow — 6.2 km away, highest on record 1.83m
Marple Bridge on the River Goyt — 7.1 km away, highest on record 2.01m

140 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (81 at warning level or above), most recently 14 November 2025. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Dukinfield NYE/NYD 25 (2025) — about 3.1 km from the centre
2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis (2020) — about 82.7 km from the centre
June 2007 Flood Event (Ridings Area) (2007) — about 43.7 km from the centre
EA01325_30 July 2002_River Tame_Guide Bridge (2002) — about 2.6 km from the centre

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

M33 M32 M31 M30 M29 M28 M40 M27

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.