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Does Ince-in-Makerfield flood?

Wigan
46postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
12river gauges within 10 km
14years with a mapped flood record within 5 km
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What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Ince-in-Makerfield

Ordnance Survey places 46 postcodes in Ince-in-Makerfield 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 583 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High18250246
Medium10154143
Low16172153
Very low270
All bands46583542

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 Ince-in-Makerfield

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Ince-in-Makerfield watch River Douglas, Borsdane Brook, Hey Brook, Millingford Brook, Westleigh Brook, Atherton Lake Brook, Pearl Brook, Bessy Brook.

Distances are from the middle of Ince-in-Makerfield'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.

The watercourse nearest Ince-in-Makerfield

Two mapped watercourses are about the same distance from the middle of Ince-in-Makerfield's at-risk postcodes: an unnamed stream (about 210 m) and Ince Brook (about 230 m), so this page cannot say which one is nearer to you.

Distances along the river are from the point on each watercourse nearest the middle of Ince-in-Makerfield's at-risk postcodes. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Flood warning areas near Ince-in-Makerfield

20 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Ince-in-Makerfield. The EA has issued 125 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 24 Oct 2026.

Recorded floods near Ince-in-Makerfield

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Ince-in-Makerfield, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

…and 34 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Ince-in-Makerfield

Ince-in-Makerfield gets about 979 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 105 mm; driest April, 58 mm). That is 16% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 3.2 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (5.8 km away), recorded 6.5 mm in the last 24 hours and 74.1 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 28 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Ince-in-Makerfield

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

High likelihood (18)

WN2 2BNWN2 2BQWN2 2DLWN2 2DPWN2 2DRWN2 2DSWN2 2LJWN2 2LPWN2 2LQWN3 4JBWN3 4JDWN3 4JGWN3 4JJWN3 4JPWN3 4LTWN3 4PPWN3 4PRWN3 4PW

Medium likelihood (10)

WN1 3ADWN1 3BQWN1 3HEWN2 2LNWN3 4JEWN3 4JFWN3 4LZWN3 4PHWN3 4PJWN3 4PN

Low likelihood (16)

WN1 3BTWN2 2AGWN2 2AQWN2 2DNWN2 2EDWN2 2LAWN2 2LDWN2 2PLWN2 2PNWN2 2PQWN2 2PRWN2 2PSWN2 2TAWN3 4FPWN3 4JAWN3 4JN

Very low likelihood (2)

WN3 4HEWN3 4HH

Postcode districts

WN1 · 4WN2 · 22WN3 · 20

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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.

Flood-risk bands: © 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.

Recorded Flood Outlines, flood warning areas and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

River levels and rainfall: Environment Agency real-time flood-monitoring data, updated every 15 minutes (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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