Does WN6 flood?

Yes — parts of the WN6 district carry real flood risk: 6 of its 34 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WN6 postcode district covers Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor, Rural North East, Douglas, close to Appley Bridge, Red Rock, Wigan, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

34 postcodes in the WN6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 6 high, 3 medium, 13 low, 12 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 WN6 postcodes are at risk?

WN6 8JB up to High WN6 8LR up to High WN6 9AT up to High WN6 9DE up to High WN6 9DJ up to High WN6 9HD up to High WN6 7TF up to Medium WN6 9AP up to Medium WN6 9BB up to Medium WN6 7TD up to Low WN6 7TE up to Low WN6 7TR up to Low WN6 8DN up to Low WN6 8DR up to Low WN6 8ER up to Low WN6 8HZ up to Low WN6 8LJ up to Low WN6 9AR up to Low WN6 9AS up to Low WN6 9HU up to Low WN6 9JB up to Low WN6 9LJ up to Low WN6 7DB up to Very low WN6 7LA up to Very low WN6 7LG up to Very low WN6 7LH up to Very low WN6 7LQ up to Very low WN6 7TG up to Very low WN6 7TJ up to Very low WN6 7TL up to Very low WN6 7TN up to Very low WN6 7TP up to Very low WN6 9DA up to Very low WN6 9ET up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near WN6

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

Appley Bridge on the River Douglas — 2.8 km away, highest on record 2.85m
Red Rock on the River Douglas — 3.8 km away, highest on record 2.19m
Wigan on the River Douglas — 4.3 km away, highest on record 2.55m
Parbold on the River Douglas — 6.4 km away, highest on record 3.60m

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):

16th June 2016 (2016) — about 3.2 km from the centre
Wigan (2015) — about 2.8 km from the centre
Robin Park and Saddle Junction, Wigan (2015) — about 3.3 km from the centre
Crooke, Standish Lower Ground (2015) — about 0.5 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

WN5 WN7 WN4 WN8 WN3 WN2 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.