Does M6 flood?

Yes — parts of the M6 district carry real flood risk: 5 of its 102 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The M6 postcode district covers Pendleton & Charlestown, Claremont, Eccles, close to Broughton, Salford, Manchester, and surrounding villages in Greater Manchester.

102 postcodes in the M6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 5 high, 97 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 M6 postcodes are at risk?

M6 8EF up to High M6 8JR up to High M6 8LF up to High M6 8LH up to High M6 8LJ up to High M6 6AE up to Low M6 6AJ up to Low M6 6AL up to Low M6 6AQ up to Low M6 6AS up to Low M6 6AT up to Low M6 6AW up to Low M6 6AX up to Low M6 6AY up to Low M6 6AZ up to Low M6 6BA up to Low M6 6BB up to Low M6 6BD up to Low M6 6BE up to Low M6 6BF up to Low M6 6BG up to Low M6 6BH up to Low M6 6BJ up to Low M6 6BL up to Low M6 6BN up to Low M6 6BT up to Low M6 6BU up to Low M6 6BW up to Low M6 6BY up to Low M6 6DA up to Low M6 6DD up to Low M6 6DE up to Low M6 6DF up to Low M6 6DG up to Low M6 6DH up to Low M6 6DN up to Low M6 6DP up to Low M6 6DQ up to Low M6 6DR up to Low M6 6DS up to Low M6 6DT up to Low M6 6DU up to Low M6 6DW up to Low M6 6DY up to Low M6 6ED up to Low M6 6EE up to Low M6 6EF up to Low M6 6EG up to Low M6 6EH up to Low M6 6EP up to Low M6 6EQ up to Low M6 6ER up to Low M6 6ET up to Low M6 6EW up to Low M6 6EY up to Low M6 6EZ up to Low M6 6FH up to Low M6 6FJ up to Low M6 6FN up to Low M6 6FP up to Low M6 6FQ up to Low M6 6FY up to Low M6 6GR up to Low M6 6GT up to Low M6 6GW up to Low M6 6GX up to Low M6 6GY up to Low M6 6HA up to Low M6 6HB up to Low M6 6HD up to Low M6 6HE up to Low M6 6HF up to Low M6 6HJ up to Low M6 6HN up to Low M6 6HP up to Low M6 6HS up to Low M6 6HT up to Low M6 6HU up to Low M6 6HX up to Low M6 6JF up to Low M6 6JJ up to Low M6 6LB up to Low M6 6LF up to Low M6 6LG up to Low M6 6LH up to Low M6 6LJ up to Low M6 6LP up to Low M6 6LR up to Low M6 6LT up to Low M6 6LU up to Low M6 6LW up to Low M6 6ND up to Low M6 6NG up to Low M6 6NJ up to Low M6 6NP up to Low M6 6NQ up to Low M6 6QB up to Low M6 6RG up to Low M6 6RS up to Low M6 8FD up to Low M6 8JG up to Low M6 8LE up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near M6

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

284 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (88 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

M5 M7 M4 M8 M3 M9 M1 M11

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.