Does Eccles flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Eccles

Ordnance Survey places 73 postcodes in Eccles in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset (Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea). Each postcode is counted once, under the worst band any of its properties reaches; together they hold 1,082 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

This dataset covers flooding from rivers and the sea only — one of five flood sources. Surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately, so a postcode missing from it is not proof that a place cannot flood. The band describes the land around properties (allowing for defences), not any single address and not today's conditions.

Rivers and live river levels near Eccles

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Eccles watch Worsley Brook, Whittle Brook, River Irwell, River Mersey, Ellenor Brook, River Croal, Shakerley Brook.

• Chestnut Road
  Worsley Brook · 0.9 km away 0.10 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Walkden The Reach
  Whittle Brook · 3.9 km away 0.08 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Littleton Road River
  River Irwell · 5.3 km away 0.85 m
  below normal · steady · 32 min ago
• Flixton Bridge
  River Mersey · 5.8 km away 0.30 m
  normal range · rising · 32 min ago
• Ashton Weir Structure
  River Mersey · 5.9 km away 0.41 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 32 min ago
• Manchester Racecourse
  River Irwell · 6.1 km away 0.95 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Size Bridge, Tyldesley
  Ellenor Brook · 6.1 km away 0.12 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Kearsley
  River Irwell · 6.3 km away 0.81 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Adelphi Weir Structure
  River Irwell · 6.4 km away 0.28 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 32 min ago
• Farnworth
  River Croal · 7.7 km away 0.10 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Atherton Shakerley Road
  Shakerley Brook · 7.9 km away 0.13 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Pioneer Mills
  River Irwell · 8.5 km away 0.29 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Eccles's at-risk postcodes. Tidal and structure gauges are shown as readings only — the tide and sluice gates move them, not floods. A gauge with no recent reading shows no level.

Flood warning areas near Eccles

39 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Eccles. The EA has issued 308 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 3 Sep 2026.

• Properties along Grange Road, Hastings Road and Worsley Road, and properties adjacent to Worsley Brook at Hartington Road 0.7 km
• The allotments and playing fields, Cricket Pavilion, properties in The Nook, Boothfield and Ballantyre Street, Grosvenor and Hartington Road, and parts of Worsley, Grange, Leconfield, Hastings, Walker, Walnut, Larch and Chestnut Road 0.8 km
• Properties adjacent to Worsley Brook at Alder Forest Avenue and the Cricket Grounds, Alder Street, Botany Road, Hastings Road, Grange Road, Worsley Road, Leconfield Road and lower parts of Walker, Walnut, Larch and Chestnut Roads.
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2025 0.9 km
• Properties on and around Linnyshaw Industrial Estate, Springside Avenue, Linnets Wood Mews, Manchester Road, Hopefold Drive, Thornhill Drive, Lumber Lane and Green Leach Lane 4.6 km
• The Lower River Irwell catchment also includes the Rivers Irk and Medlock, Wince and Worsley Brooks and their tributaries
  71 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2025 4.9 km
• Areas at risk include properties adjacent to Honksford Brook at Mosley Common Rd, Bridgeford Rd, Silk Mill St, Bridge Mill Place & St John's Rd
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jun 2023 5.0 km
• Properties and land around Cob Kiln Lane and Meadowgate Farm
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2025 5.3 km
• Properties at risk include the area from Kearsley Park to the Wastewater Treatment Works. This includes Riverside Drive, Bridge Street, Market Street, Stoneclough Rd, Weaver Chase, Lock View, Stoneclough Rise, Kearsley Hall Rd and Red Rock Lane 5.4 km
• Areas at risk in Lower Kersal include some properties on Littleton Road, Kersal Way and Salford Sports Village. Areas at risk in Charlestown include some properties on and around Cromwell Road, Seaford Industrial Estate and Peel Park Quarter
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Feb 2020 5.6 km
• Area consists of Flixton golf course and farmland adjacent to the River Mersey at Flixton. Also includes the B5158 Flixton Rd, public footpaths and Willow Farm 5.8 km
• Areas at risk include some properties on Manchester Road, Duke Street, Brook Street, Manor Road and Merton Grove. Also at risk are some properties on Moorgate Drive, Bullcroft Drive, Church Road and at Moss o'Lee Bridge
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2015 6.0 km
• Properties near Ashton Park on Carlton Rd, Glebelands Rd, Romford Rd, Dumer Lane, Davenham Rd and Crossley Rd. Also, Ashton on Mersey Golf club, sports grounds adjacent to Mersey, land near Old Ees Brook and property on Bradley Lane. 6.2 km

Recorded floods near Eccles

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Eccles, most recent first. Absence of a record does not mean a place has never flooded. See them on the map →

• 1 Jan 2025 — Salford Worsley - NYE/NYD 25 Main river
• 1 Jan 2025 — Salford Alder Forest - NYE/NYD 25 Main river
• 30 Sep 2024 — 110a Mill Brow M28 2WL Main river
• 25 Aug 2004 — 01313_25 August 2004_Worsley Brook Main river
• 15 Jun 2002 — EA01313_15 June 2002_Gilda Brook_HalfEdgeLane Ordinary watercourse
• 7 Jul 2001 — SING
• 5 Jul 1999 — 01313_ 05 july 1999_Whittle Brook Main river
• 2 Mar 1999 — WITB
• 2 Mar 1999 — MSCC
• 23 Oct 1980 — IRWE
• 21 Jan 1954 — IRWE Main river
• 20 Sep 1946 — IRWE Main river

…and 2 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Eccles

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (5.6 km away), recorded 4.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 27.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 47 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Eccles

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Eccles that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.

High likelihood (13)

Medium likelihood (12)

Low likelihood (48)

Postcode districts

Sources

FloodRadar summarises public flood data. It is not a flood-risk survey of any property, and it does not replace official GOV.UK flood warnings or the GOV.UK long-term flood risk service.