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Does Middleton flood?

Rochdale
25postcodes 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 Middleton

Ordnance Survey places 25 postcodes in Middleton 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 96 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High490
Medium0131
Low217313
Very low010
All bands259614

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 Middleton

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Middleton watch River Irk, River Roch, River Irwell, River Medlock, River Beal.

Distances are from the middle of Middleton'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 Middleton

The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Irk, about 20 m from the middle of Middleton's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Irwell about 13 km downstream.

A gauge downstream shows water that has already passed this point; one upstream sees it first. Distances along the river are from the point on the River Irk nearest the middle of Middleton'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 Middleton

29 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Middleton. The EA has issued 241 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 15 Dec 2025.

Recorded floods near Middleton

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Middleton, 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 9 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Middleton

Middleton gets about 1,126 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 126 mm; driest April, 67 mm). That is close to the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.5 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (2.7 km away), recorded 6.6 mm in the last 24 hours and 43.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 31 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Middleton

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

High likelihood (4)

M24 1AZM24 1BNM24 1QZM24 2WH

Low likelihood (21)

M24 1ABM24 1AGM24 1AQM24 1ATM24 1AYM24 1SQM24 1UQM24 2HDM24 2HPM24 2HZM24 2JDM24 2LRM24 2RGM24 2SXM24 2UFM24 2YPM24 4DPM24 4FAM24 4FEM24 6AGM24 6BR

Postcode districts

M24 · 25

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.

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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