Does M50 flood?

Yes — parts of the M50 district carry real flood risk: 3 of its 71 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The M50 postcode district covers Quays, Weaste & Seedley, close to Salford, Broughton, Manchester, and surrounding villages in Greater Manchester.

71 postcodes in the M50 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 3 high, 68 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 M50 postcodes are at risk?

M50 1RD up to High M50 1RE up to High M50 3SQ up to High M50 2UE up to Low M50 3AA up to Low M50 3AB up to Low M50 3AD up to Low M50 3AE up to Low M50 3AF up to Low M50 3AG up to Low M50 3AH up to Low M50 3AJ up to Low M50 3AL up to Low M50 3AN up to Low M50 3AP up to Low M50 3AQ up to Low M50 3AR up to Low M50 3AS up to Low M50 3AT up to Low M50 3AX up to Low M50 3AY up to Low M50 3AZ up to Low M50 3BL up to Low M50 3BN up to Low M50 3BP up to Low M50 3BS up to Low M50 3DA up to Low M50 3DB up to Low M50 3DD up to Low M50 3DE up to Low M50 3DF up to Low M50 3DG up to Low M50 3DH up to Low M50 3DJ up to Low M50 3DL up to Low M50 3DN up to Low M50 3DP up to Low M50 3SE up to Low M50 3SF up to Low M50 3SG up to Low M50 3SN up to Low M50 3SP up to Low M50 3SR up to Low M50 3SS up to Low M50 3ST up to Low M50 3SU up to Low M50 3TS up to Low M50 3TT up to Low M50 3TU up to Low M50 3TW up to Low M50 3TX up to Low M50 3TY up to Low M50 3TZ up to Low M50 3UB up to Low M50 3UP up to Low M50 3WL up to Low M50 3XB up to Low M50 3XE up to Low M50 3XF up to Low M50 3XG up to Low M50 3XP up to Low M50 3XQ up to Low M50 3XR up to Low M50 3XT up to Low M50 3XU up to Low M50 3XW up to Low M50 3XX up to Low M50 3XZ up to Low M50 3YH up to Low M50 3YL up to Low M50 3YW up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near M50

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

309 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (113 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

M46 M45 M44 M43 M41 M40 M60 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.