Does WN2 flood?

Yes — parts of the WN2 district carry real flood risk: 71 of its 166 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WN2 postcode district covers Hindley, Abram, Aspull, New Springs & Whelley, Ince, close to Wigan, Leigh, Atherton, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region.

166 postcodes in the WN2 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 71 high, 11 medium, 84 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 WN2 postcodes are at risk?

WN2 1AQ up to High WN2 1RR up to High WN2 1TA up to High WN2 1UR up to High WN2 1XA up to High WN2 1XB up to High WN2 1XD up to High WN2 1XE up to High WN2 1XJ up to High WN2 1XL up to High WN2 1XN up to High WN2 1XS up to High WN2 1XW up to High WN2 1YU up to High WN2 1YX up to High WN2 1YY up to High WN2 1YZ up to High WN2 2BN up to High WN2 2BQ up to High WN2 2DL up to High WN2 2DP up to High WN2 2DR up to High WN2 2DS up to High WN2 2LE up to High WN2 2LJ up to High WN2 2LP up to High WN2 2LQ up to High WN2 3DX up to High WN2 3DY up to High WN2 3EA up to High WN2 3EE up to High WN2 3EG up to High WN2 3EJ up to High WN2 3EL up to High WN2 3ER up to High WN2 3ES up to High WN2 3ET up to High WN2 3EU up to High WN2 3EW up to High WN2 3JH up to High WN2 3JP up to High WN2 3JS up to High WN2 3JT up to High WN2 3JU up to High WN2 3JW up to High WN2 3JX up to High WN2 3JY up to High WN2 3JZ up to High WN2 3NE up to High WN2 3NF up to High WN2 3NP up to High WN2 3NQ up to High WN2 3PA up to High WN2 3PE up to High WN2 3RA up to High WN2 3RB up to High WN2 3RN up to High WN2 4ET up to High WN2 4EX up to High WN2 5AL up to High WN2 5AN up to High WN2 5AT up to High WN2 5DB up to High WN2 5LS up to High WN2 5NR up to High WN2 5PB up to High WN2 5PD up to High WN2 5PH up to High WN2 5PN up to High WN2 5TA up to High WN2 5TF up to High WN2 2LN up to Medium WN2 3EB up to Medium WN2 3FW up to Medium WN2 3LH up to Medium WN2 3LJ up to Medium WN2 3NG up to Medium WN2 3PD up to Medium WN2 5DA up to Medium WN2 5PP up to Medium WN2 5PR up to Medium WN2 5PS up to Medium WN2 1AA up to Low WN2 1BD up to Low WN2 1LT up to Low WN2 1RD up to Low WN2 1XR up to Low WN2 1YL up to Low WN2 2AG up to Low WN2 2AQ up to Low WN2 2DN up to Low WN2 2ED up to Low WN2 2LA up to Low WN2 2LD up to Low WN2 2PL up to Low WN2 2PN up to Low WN2 2PQ up to Low WN2 2PR up to Low WN2 2PS up to Low WN2 2TA up to Low WN2 3AA up to Low WN2 3AD up to Low WN2 3AF up to Low WN2 3AY up to Low WN2 3BE up to Low WN2 3DZ up to Low WN2 3ED up to Low WN2 3EZ up to Low WN2 3FX up to Low WN2 3HJ up to Low WN2 3HQ up to Low WN2 3HU up to Low WN2 3HY up to Low WN2 3JA up to Low WN2 3JB up to Low WN2 3JD up to Low WN2 3JN up to Low WN2 3JR up to Low WN2 3LE up to Low WN2 3LQ up to Low WN2 3LS up to Low WN2 3NY up to Low WN2 3PF up to Low WN2 3RS up to Low WN2 3RU up to Low WN2 3RX up to Low WN2 3UD up to Low WN2 3UL up to Low WN2 3XB up to Low WN2 3XL up to Low WN2 4EG up to Low WN2 4EL up to Low WN2 4EQ up to Low WN2 4TD up to Low WN2 5AE up to Low WN2 5AG up to Low WN2 5AH up to Low WN2 5AJ up to Low WN2 5AQ up to Low WN2 5AW up to Low WN2 5AX up to Low WN2 5AZ up to Low WN2 5BB up to Low WN2 5BD up to Low WN2 5BJ up to Low WN2 5BP up to Low WN2 5DD up to Low WN2 5DE up to Low WN2 5EB up to Low WN2 5FD up to Low WN2 5JA up to Low WN2 5JB up to Low WN2 5JD up to Low WN2 5JG up to Low WN2 5JH up to Low WN2 5JJ up to Low WN2 5JQ up to Low WN2 5LJ up to Low WN2 5LT up to Low WN2 5LU up to Low WN2 5PL up to Low WN2 5PT up to Low WN2 5QA up to Low WN2 5QB up to Low WN2 5QD up to Low WN2 5QE up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near WN2

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

125 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (41 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):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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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.