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Does Sale flood?

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151postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
12river gauges within 10 km
9years 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 Sale

Ordnance Survey places 151 postcodes in Sale 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 1,630 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High35207203
Medium64746
Low57756707
Very low53620596
All bands1511,6301,552

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 Sale

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Sale watch Baguley Brook, River Mersey, Sinderland Brook, River Bollin, Cringle Brook, Platt Brook, River Irwell, Chorlton Brook, River Medlock.

Distances are from the middle of Sale'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 Sale

The nearest watercourse on the river map is Baguley Brook, about 460 m from the middle of Sale's at-risk postcodes. It flows into Sinderland Brook about 1.8 km downstream. (Bridgewater Canal is nearer, about 400 m, but a canal is not followed.)

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 Baguley Brook nearest the middle of Sale'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 Sale

43 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Sale. The EA has issued 381 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 4 Sep 2026.

Recorded floods near Sale

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Sale, 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 27 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Sale

Sale gets about 839 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 89 mm; driest April, 50 mm). That is 28% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.8 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 60.7 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 24 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Sale

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

High likelihood (35)

M33 2XLM33 3GGM33 3GNM33 3GPM33 3GWM33 3JYM33 3LBM33 3LDM33 3LEM33 3LFM33 3LGM33 3NYM33 3PAM33 3PDM33 3PEM33 3PLM33 3PNM33 3PSM33 3PTM33 3PUM33 3PXM33 3QLM33 3QPM33 3QQM33 3QWM33 3RAM33 3RBM33 3RDM33 3RGM33 3RLM33 3RRM33 3RTM33 3SHM33 3SYM33 3SZ

Medium likelihood (6)

M33 3LQM33 3PYM33 3RNM33 3RPM33 3TSM33 3TW

Low likelihood (57)

M23 0GDM23 0GPM23 0QEM33 2TQM33 2TRM33 2UXM33 2UYM33 2UZM33 2XNM33 2XPM33 2XWM33 3GRM33 3LHM33 3PFM33 3PHM33 3PJM33 3PQM33 3QEM33 3QFM33 3RHM33 3RJM33 3RQM33 3RWM33 3RZM33 3SBM33 3SGM33 3SRM33 3TDM33 3TFM33 3THM33 3TTM33 4JLM33 4NSM33 5BRM33 5GQM33 5GRM33 5GSM33 5GTM33 5GUM33 5GYM33 5GZM33 5NLM33 5QGM33 5QRM33 5QSM33 5QTM33 5QUM33 5QZM33 5WWM33 6JTM33 6LGM33 6LRM33 6PAM33 6PBM33 6PDM33 6PEM33 6WZ

Very low likelihood (53)

M33 3EPM33 3ERM33 3FNM33 3FPM33 3FRM33 3FWM33 3GHM33 3GJM33 3GLM33 3GSM33 3GTM33 3GUM33 3GXM33 3JGM33 3JJM33 3JSM33 3JUM33 3JXM33 3JZM33 3LAM33 3LZM33 3QAM33 3QRM33 3QSM33 3QTM33 3QUM33 3QXM33 3QZM33 3SLM33 3STM33 3SXM33 3TAM33 3TBM33 3TEM33 3TGM33 3TJM33 3TLM33 3TNM33 3TPM33 3TQM33 3TRM33 3UNM33 3UXM33 3UYM33 3WJM33 5QXM33 6JAM33 6LQM33 6NNM33 6PFM33 6WLM33 6WWM33 6WY

Postcode districts

M23 · 3M33 · 148

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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