Does OL3 flood?

Yes — parts of the OL3 district carry real flood risk: 36 of its 105 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The OL3 postcode district covers Saddleworth South, Saddleworth North, close to Greenfield, Delph, Mossley, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Derbyshire.

105 postcodes in the OL3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 36 high, 19 medium, 50 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 OL3 postcodes are at risk?

OL3 5BY up to High OL3 5DE up to High OL3 5DG up to High OL3 5DH up to High OL3 5DJ up to High OL3 5DL up to High OL3 5DT up to High OL3 5DU up to High OL3 5DW up to High OL3 5EW up to High OL3 5GE up to High OL3 5HP up to High OL3 5HW up to High OL3 5JB up to High OL3 5PJ up to High OL3 5QT up to High OL3 5TP up to High OL3 5TW up to High OL3 5UN up to High OL3 6AP up to High OL3 6AT up to High OL3 6BA up to High OL3 6HA up to High OL3 6HB up to High OL3 6HS up to High OL3 7AJ up to High OL3 7BX up to High OL3 7DP up to High OL3 7HY up to High OL3 7JD up to High OL3 7LD up to High OL3 7LU up to High OL3 7NF up to High OL3 7NH up to High OL3 7NW up to High OL3 7PP up to High OL3 5BG up to Medium OL3 5DB up to Medium OL3 5EG up to Medium OL3 5ET up to Medium OL3 5JD up to Medium OL3 5JG up to Medium OL3 5JY up to Medium OL3 5TF up to Medium OL3 6AZ up to Medium OL3 6BS up to Medium OL3 6DE up to Medium OL3 6DG up to Medium OL3 6DQ up to Medium OL3 6HJ up to Medium OL3 6HX up to Medium OL3 6HZ up to Medium OL3 7EG up to Medium OL3 7JW up to Medium OL3 7PD up to Medium OL3 5BA up to Low OL3 5BP up to Low OL3 5DF up to Low OL3 5DN up to Low OL3 5DQ up to Low OL3 5FZ up to Low OL3 5GD up to Low OL3 5GP up to Low OL3 5HN up to Low OL3 5JE up to Low OL3 5JT up to Low OL3 5LD up to Low OL3 5NP up to Low OL3 5NW up to Low OL3 5TD up to Low OL3 5UB up to Low OL3 5WG up to Low OL3 6AA up to Low OL3 6AJ up to Low OL3 6AW up to Low OL3 6BD up to Low OL3 6BE up to Low OL3 6BG up to Low OL3 6DL up to Low OL3 6DN up to Low OL3 6ET up to Low OL3 6EY up to Low OL3 6HD up to Low OL3 6HE up to Low OL3 6HR up to Low OL3 6HT up to Low OL3 6LZ up to Low OL3 6NA up to Low OL3 7BT up to Low OL3 7DD up to Low OL3 7DW up to Low OL3 7EP up to Low OL3 7EW up to Low OL3 7FH up to Low OL3 7FQ up to Low OL3 7FU up to Low OL3 7FX up to Low OL3 7FY up to Low OL3 7JP up to Low OL3 7LR up to Low OL3 7LW up to Low OL3 7PN up to Low OL3 7PQ up to Low OL3 7PR up to Low OL3 7PT up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near OL3

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

21 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (21 at warning level or above), most recently 1 January 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

OL2 OL4 OL1 OL5 OL6 OL8 OL9 OL10

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.