Does WA14 flood?

Yes — parts of the WA14 district carry real flood risk: 13 of its 73 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WA14 postcode district covers Broadheath, Timperley North, Altrincham, High Legh, close to Little Bollington, Partington, Northern Moor, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Warrington.

73 postcodes in the WA14 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 13 high, 8 medium, 16 low, 36 very 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 WA14 postcodes are at risk?

WA14 1LB up to High WA14 1LP up to High WA14 1LR up to High WA14 1LU up to High WA14 1LY up to High WA14 1LZ up to High WA14 4TJ up to High WA14 5LX up to High WA14 5LZ up to High WA14 5NG up to High WA14 5QN up to High WA14 5SF up to High WA14 5XS up to High WA14 1LT up to Medium WA14 1SR up to Medium WA14 1SS up to Medium WA14 1ST up to Medium WA14 3BY up to Medium WA14 3QX up to Medium WA14 4SH up to Medium WA14 5AA up to Medium WA14 1LX up to Low WA14 1PB up to Low WA14 1SH up to Low WA14 1SP up to Low WA14 1SU up to Low WA14 3RD up to Low WA14 4SY up to Low WA14 4SZ up to Low WA14 4TA up to Low WA14 4TD up to Low WA14 4TH up to Low WA14 5NB up to Low WA14 5PJ up to Low WA14 5PY up to Low WA14 5SY up to Low WA14 5TA up to Low WA14 1AD up to Very low WA14 1AE up to Very low WA14 1AF up to Very low WA14 1NE up to Very low WA14 1NJ up to Very low WA14 1NY up to Very low WA14 1PA up to Very low WA14 1SJ up to Very low WA14 1SX up to Very low WA14 1TD up to Very low WA14 1TF up to Very low WA14 5AU up to Very low WA14 5AY up to Very low WA14 5AZ up to Very low WA14 5BA up to Very low WA14 5BL up to Very low WA14 5DR up to Very low WA14 5DU up to Very low WA14 5HL up to Very low WA14 5HN up to Very low WA14 5LY up to Very low WA14 5NF up to Very low WA14 5NH up to Very low WA14 5PH up to Very low WA14 5PL up to Very low WA14 5PN up to Very low WA14 5PX up to Very low WA14 5UX up to Very low WA14 5UY up to Very low WA14 5UZ up to Very low WA14 5WE up to Very low WA14 5XG up to Very low WA14 5XH up to Very low WA14 5XJ up to Very low WA14 5XR up to Very low WA14 5XT up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near WA14

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

293 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (95 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

WA13 WA15 WA12 WA16 WA11 WA10 WA9 WA8

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.