Does WA2 flood?

Yes — parts of the WA2 district carry real flood risk: 1 of its 146 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WA2 postcode district covers Orford, Poplars and Hulme, Poulton North, Fairfield and Howley, close to Dallam, Westy, Warrington, and surrounding villages in parts of Warrington and Greater Manchester.

146 postcodes in the WA2 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 1 high, 19 medium, 91 low, 35 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 WA2 postcodes are at risk?

WA2 8JJ up to High WA2 0UP up to Medium WA2 0UR up to Medium WA2 0UT up to Medium WA2 8JP up to Medium WA2 8JT up to Medium WA2 8PY up to Medium WA2 8QB up to Medium WA2 8QF up to Medium WA2 9PF up to Medium WA2 9PH up to Medium WA2 9PL up to Medium WA2 9PN up to Medium WA2 9PY up to Medium WA2 9QB up to Medium WA2 9QD up to Medium WA2 9QG up to Medium WA2 9QP up to Medium WA2 9QQ up to Medium WA2 9QR up to Medium WA2 0DP up to Low WA2 0DW up to Low WA2 0EH up to Low WA2 0ES up to Low WA2 0ET up to Low WA2 0EU up to Low WA2 0EX up to Low WA2 0EZ up to Low WA2 0HA up to Low WA2 0HB up to Low WA2 0HE up to Low WA2 0HF up to Low WA2 0HG up to Low WA2 0HH up to Low WA2 0HQ up to Low WA2 0JP up to Low WA2 0RP up to Low WA2 0SG up to Low WA2 0ST up to Low WA2 7TH up to Low WA2 8AB up to Low WA2 8AF up to Low WA2 8AG up to Low WA2 8AH up to Low WA2 8AP up to Low WA2 8AQ up to Low WA2 8AW up to Low WA2 8DB up to Low WA2 8DL up to Low WA2 8DN up to Low WA2 8DT up to Low WA2 8DU up to Low WA2 8DX up to Low WA2 8DY up to Low WA2 8DZ up to Low WA2 8EA up to Low WA2 8EB up to Low WA2 8ED up to Low WA2 8EE up to Low WA2 8EF up to Low WA2 8EJ up to Low WA2 8EL up to Low WA2 8EN up to Low WA2 8EP up to Low WA2 8EQ up to Low WA2 8ER up to Low WA2 8ES up to Low WA2 8ET up to Low WA2 8EU up to Low WA2 8EW up to Low WA2 8EX up to Low WA2 8EY up to Low WA2 8EZ up to Low WA2 8HA up to Low WA2 8HE up to Low WA2 8LU up to Low WA2 8LY up to Low WA2 8PA up to Low WA2 8PB up to Low WA2 8PD up to Low WA2 8PE up to Low WA2 8PF up to Low WA2 8PG up to Low WA2 8PH up to Low WA2 8PJ up to Low WA2 8PL up to Low WA2 8PN up to Low WA2 8PQ up to Low WA2 8PS up to Low WA2 8PX up to Low WA2 8RL up to Low WA2 8TX up to Low WA2 9AB up to Low WA2 9AF up to Low WA2 9AG up to Low WA2 9AH up to Low WA2 9AJ up to Low WA2 9AL up to Low WA2 9AN up to Low WA2 9AQ up to Low WA2 9BA up to Low WA2 9BB up to Low WA2 9BE up to Low WA2 9BG up to Low WA2 9BH up to Low WA2 9BJ up to Low WA2 9BQ up to Low WA2 9LH up to Low WA2 9LJ up to Low WA2 9LQ up to Low WA2 9PD up to Low WA2 0DS up to Very low WA2 0EB up to Very low WA2 0ED up to Very low WA2 0EE up to Very low WA2 0EF up to Very low WA2 0FE up to Very low WA2 0UL up to Very low WA2 0YA up to Very low WA2 0YD up to Very low WA2 7GB up to Very low WA2 7RZ up to Very low WA2 7SQ up to Very low WA2 7SS up to Very low WA2 7SY up to Very low WA2 8AJ up to Very low WA2 8AL up to Very low WA2 8AN up to Very low WA2 8AR up to Very low WA2 8AS up to Very low WA2 8AZ up to Very low WA2 8BH up to Very low WA2 8BJ up to Very low WA2 8BQ up to Very low WA2 8BS up to Very low WA2 8BU up to Very low WA2 8HR up to Very low WA2 8HS up to Very low WA2 8HT up to Very low WA2 8HU up to Very low WA2 8HW up to Very low WA2 8PR up to Very low WA2 8PU up to Very low WA2 8QA up to Very low WA2 8UD up to Very low WA2 9PA up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near WA2

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

573 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (234 at warning level or above), most recently 30 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

WA1 WA3 WA4 WA5 WA6 WA7 WA8 WA9

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.