Does WA15 flood?

Yes — parts of the WA15 district carry real flood risk: 17 of its 83 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WA15 postcode district covers Timperley North, Timperley Central, Altrincham, Brooklands, close to Northern Moor, Urmston, Little Bollington, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Cheshire East.

83 postcodes in the WA15 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 17 high, 6 medium, 31 low, 29 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 WA15 postcodes are at risk?

WA15 6AL up to High WA15 6AN up to High WA15 6AP up to High WA15 6AW up to High WA15 6ST up to High WA15 6SU up to High WA15 7ER up to High WA15 7LW up to High WA15 7NS up to High WA15 7NT up to High WA15 7QT up to High WA15 7QW up to High WA15 7QY up to High WA15 7QZ up to High WA15 7RB up to High WA15 8EY up to High WA15 8WF up to High WA15 6AB up to Medium WA15 6AD up to Medium WA15 6AE up to Medium WA15 6RH up to Medium WA15 7QU up to Medium WA15 7QX up to Medium WA15 6AF up to Low WA15 6AJ up to Low WA15 6AS up to Low WA15 6AY up to Low WA15 6BD up to Low WA15 6BJ up to Low WA15 6BL up to Low WA15 6BN up to Low WA15 6RJ up to Low WA15 6SB up to Low WA15 6SE up to Low WA15 6SF up to Low WA15 6SG up to Low WA15 6SH up to Low WA15 6SJ up to Low WA15 6SL up to Low WA15 6SN up to Low WA15 6SQ up to Low WA15 6UG up to Low WA15 6UH up to Low WA15 6UQ up to Low WA15 7DA up to Low WA15 7EE up to Low WA15 7LG up to Low WA15 7LJ up to Low WA15 7LQ up to Low WA15 7NR up to Low WA15 7RE up to Low WA15 7RF up to Low WA15 7XT up to Low WA15 7XU up to Low WA15 6JX up to Very low WA15 6JY up to Very low WA15 6LA up to Very low WA15 6LB up to Very low WA15 6LD up to Very low WA15 6RL up to Very low WA15 6RN up to Very low WA15 6RP up to Very low WA15 6RS up to Very low WA15 6RW up to Very low WA15 6RX up to Very low WA15 6RY up to Very low WA15 6RZ up to Very low WA15 6SA up to Very low WA15 6SD up to Very low WA15 6TB up to Very low WA15 6TE up to Very low WA15 6TH up to Very low WA15 6TP up to Very low WA15 6TR up to Very low WA15 6TS up to Very low WA15 6TW up to Very low WA15 7QS up to Very low WA15 7RN up to Very low WA15 7RR up to Very low WA15 7RS up to Very low WA15 7RW up to Very low WA15 8HA up to Very low WA15 8HB up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near WA15

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

301 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (103 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

WA14 WA16 WA13 WA12 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.