Does OL2 flood?

Yes — parts of the OL2 district carry real flood risk: 42 of its 74 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The OL2 postcode district covers Shaw, Crompton, Royton North, Royton South, close to Newhey, Milnrow, Delph, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.

74 postcodes in the OL2 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 42 high, 10 medium, 22 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 OL2 postcodes are at risk?

OL2 5WB up to High OL2 7PS up to High OL2 7PT up to High OL2 7PU up to High OL2 7PY up to High OL2 7PZ up to High OL2 7QA up to High OL2 7QQ up to High OL2 7UB up to High OL2 7UE up to High OL2 7UG up to High OL2 7UH up to High OL2 7UQ up to High OL2 7UT up to High OL2 7UX up to High OL2 7XA up to High OL2 7XB up to High OL2 7YL up to High OL2 8BG up to High OL2 8BH up to High OL2 8BL up to High OL2 8BQ up to High OL2 8DA up to High OL2 8DB up to High OL2 8DD up to High OL2 8DE up to High OL2 8DF up to High OL2 8DG up to High OL2 8DN up to High OL2 8DQ up to High OL2 8DR up to High OL2 8DS up to High OL2 8DW up to High OL2 8EE up to High OL2 8EF up to High OL2 8GA up to High OL2 8LS up to High OL2 8LX up to High OL2 8LY up to High OL2 8NA up to High OL2 8NB up to High OL2 8QW up to High OL2 8BU up to Medium OL2 8ED up to Medium OL2 8ER up to Medium OL2 8GB up to Medium OL2 8HB up to Medium OL2 8HE up to Medium OL2 8HF up to Medium OL2 8PQ up to Medium OL2 8QL up to Medium OL2 8TG up to Medium OL2 6DS up to Low OL2 7PX up to Low OL2 7QE up to Low OL2 7QF up to Low OL2 7TY up to Low OL2 7UA up to Low OL2 7UF up to Low OL2 7XE up to Low OL2 7YG up to Low OL2 8BB up to Low OL2 8BJ up to Low OL2 8EQ up to Low OL2 8PF up to Low OL2 8PG up to Low OL2 8PH up to Low OL2 8PN up to Low OL2 8QJ up to Low OL2 8UT up to Low OL2 8UU up to Low OL2 8UX up to Low OL2 8UY up to Low OL2 8XA up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near OL2

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

147 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (55 at warning level or above), most recently 14 December 2025. 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

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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.