Does WN5 flood?

Yes — parts of the WN5 district carry real flood risk: 9 of its 33 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WN5 postcode district covers Douglas, Orrell, Pemberton, close to Wigan, Red Rock, Hindley, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

33 postcodes in the WN5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 9 high, 7 medium, 17 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 WN5 postcodes are at risk?

WN5 0LZ up to High WN5 0UH up to High WN5 0UW up to High WN5 0UX up to High WN5 0XA up to High WN5 0XD up to High WN5 7XH up to High WN5 8DX up to High WN5 9AD up to High WN5 0UZ up to Medium WN5 0XG up to Medium WN5 0XN up to Medium WN5 9HA up to Medium WN5 9HD up to Medium WN5 9HN up to Medium WN5 9HP up to Medium WN5 0AR up to Low WN5 0BH up to Low WN5 0LD up to Low WN5 0UJ up to Low WN5 0UL up to Low WN5 0UU up to Low WN5 7XB up to Low WN5 8TL up to Low WN5 9BX up to Low WN5 9BY up to Low WN5 9ER up to Low WN5 9ES up to Low WN5 9ET up to Low WN5 9EY up to Low WN5 9EZ up to Low WN5 9HB up to Low WN5 9HU up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near WN5

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

Wigan on the River Douglas — 2.7 km away, highest on record 2.55m
Red Rock on the River Douglas — 5.3 km away, highest on record 2.19m
Platt Bridge, Templeton Road on the Hey Brook — 5.3 km away
First Avenue on the Borsdane Brook — 5.6 km away, highest on record 1.53m

102 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (56 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 3.1 km from the centre
15/06/2016 (2016) — about 2.3 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

WN4 WN6 WN3 WN7 WN2 WN8 WN1

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.