Does WN3 flood?

Yes — parts of the WN3 district carry real flood risk: 34 of its 137 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WN3 postcode district covers Douglas, Worsley Mesnes, Ince, Abram, close to Wigan, Hindley, Ashton-In-Makerfield, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

137 postcodes in the WN3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 34 high, 30 medium, 55 low, 18 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 WN3 postcodes are at risk?

WN3 4HT up to High WN3 4JB up to High WN3 4JD up to High WN3 4JG up to High WN3 4JJ up to High WN3 4JP up to High WN3 4LT up to High WN3 4PP up to High WN3 4PR up to High WN3 4PW up to High WN3 5BJ up to High WN3 5BP up to High WN3 5DX up to High WN3 5EB up to High WN3 5ED up to High WN3 5EH up to High WN3 5EQ up to High WN3 5HJ up to High WN3 5JN up to High WN3 5JT up to High WN3 5JU up to High WN3 5JW up to High WN3 5JX up to High WN3 5JZ up to High WN3 5NB up to High WN3 5ND up to High WN3 5NL up to High WN3 5TP up to High WN3 5TT up to High WN3 5TU up to High WN3 5TZ up to High WN3 5UA up to High WN3 5UG up to High WN3 5UQ up to High WN3 4DS up to Medium WN3 4EH up to Medium WN3 4JE up to Medium WN3 4JF up to Medium WN3 4LZ up to Medium WN3 4PH up to Medium WN3 4PJ up to Medium WN3 4PN up to Medium WN3 5AA up to Medium WN3 5AB up to Medium WN3 5AP up to Medium WN3 5AQ up to Medium WN3 5AT up to Medium WN3 5AW up to Medium WN3 5AZ up to Medium WN3 5BA up to Medium WN3 5BB up to Medium WN3 5BD up to Medium WN3 5BE up to Medium WN3 5BL up to Medium WN3 5BN up to Medium WN3 5BS up to Medium WN3 5BW up to Medium WN3 5DJ up to Medium WN3 5DQ up to Medium WN3 5DW up to Medium WN3 5EA up to Medium WN3 5HB up to Medium WN3 5LA up to Medium WN3 5NE up to Medium WN3 4AT up to Low WN3 4AW up to Low WN3 4BL up to Low WN3 4DQ up to Low WN3 4EU up to Low WN3 4EY up to Low WN3 4FP up to Low WN3 4HL up to Low WN3 4JA up to Low WN3 4JN up to Low WN3 4QJ up to Low WN3 5AU up to Low WN3 5BF up to Low WN3 5BQ up to Low WN3 5BT up to Low WN3 5BU up to Low WN3 5BX up to Low WN3 5BZ up to Low WN3 5DE up to Low WN3 5DN up to Low WN3 5DY up to Low WN3 5EW up to Low WN3 5EZ up to Low WN3 5HA up to Low WN3 5HD up to Low WN3 5HE up to Low WN3 5HG up to Low WN3 5HH up to Low WN3 5HL up to Low WN3 5HP up to Low WN3 5HQ up to Low WN3 5HX up to Low WN3 5HY up to Low WN3 5HZ up to Low WN3 5JA up to Low WN3 5JB up to Low WN3 5JJ up to Low WN3 5JS up to Low WN3 5NA up to Low WN3 5NF up to Low WN3 5NG up to Low WN3 5NH up to Low WN3 5NP up to Low WN3 5NQ up to Low WN3 5NU up to Low WN3 5QF up to Low WN3 5TE up to Low WN3 5TL up to Low WN3 5TS up to Low WN3 5TW up to Low WN3 5TX up to Low WN3 5UF up to Low WN3 6GR up to Low WN3 6RB up to Low WN3 6XN up to Low WN3 4AF up to Very low WN3 4AP up to Very low WN3 4AS up to Very low WN3 4BE up to Very low WN3 4BN up to Very low WN3 4BT up to Very low WN3 4BY up to Very low WN3 4DU up to Very low WN3 4EN up to Very low WN3 4EX up to Very low WN3 4FR up to Very low WN3 4HE up to Very low WN3 4HH up to Very low WN3 5BY up to Very low WN3 5ER up to Very low WN3 5ES up to Very low WN3 5HF up to Very low WN3 5UB up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near WN3

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

81 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (35 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.