Does WN1 flood?

Yes — parts of the WN1 district carry real flood risk: 5 of its 39 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WN1 postcode district covers Aspull, New Springs & Whelley, Ince, Standish with Langtree, close to Wigan, Red Rock, Hindley, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

39 postcodes in the WN1 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 5 high, 9 medium, 24 low, 1 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 WN1 postcodes are at risk?

WN1 1XE up to High WN1 2SB up to High WN1 2XJ up to High WN1 2XL up to High WN1 3YA up to High WN1 1XD up to Medium WN1 1YE up to Medium WN1 2SA up to Medium WN1 3AD up to Medium WN1 3BQ up to Medium WN1 3HE up to Medium WN1 3HT up to Medium WN1 3SH up to Medium WN1 3SJ up to Medium WN1 1AF up to Low WN1 1DN up to Low WN1 1DW up to Low WN1 1UP up to Low WN1 1YF up to Low WN1 2TE up to Low WN1 2TT up to Low WN1 2TX up to Low WN1 2TY up to Low WN1 2UY up to Low WN1 2XP up to Low WN1 3AB up to Low WN1 3AE up to Low WN1 3AQ up to Low WN1 3BT up to Low WN1 3NF up to Low WN1 3RH up to Low WN1 3RN up to Low WN1 3RQ up to Low WN1 3RW up to Low WN1 3SL up to Low WN1 3YP up to Low WN1 3YW up to Low WN1 3YY up to Low WN1 1BL up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near WN1

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

Wigan on the River Douglas — 0.9 km away, highest on record 2.55m
Red Rock on the River Douglas — 3.1 km away, highest on record 2.19m
First Avenue on the Borsdane Brook — 4 km away, highest on record 1.53m
Romford Street, Hindley on the Borsdane Brook — 4.1 km away, highest on record 1.43m

80 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (34 at warning level or above), most recently 20 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Wigan (2023) — about 1.1 km from the centre
Hindley (2015) — about 4.1 km from the centre
Brockhurst Walk, Wigan (2015) — about 3 km from the centre
Wood Street, Wigan (2015) — about 1.8 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

WN2 WN3 WN4 WN5 WN6 WN7 WN8

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.