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Does Stalybridge flood?

Tameside
65postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
10river gauges within 10 km
13years 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 Stalybridge

Ordnance Survey places 65 postcodes in Stalybridge 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 1,155 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High34537470
Medium44129
Low27577373
Very low000
All bands651,155872

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 Stalybridge

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Stalybridge watch River Tame, Micklehurst Brook, River Etherow, Glossop Brook, River Goyt.

Distances are from the middle of Stalybridge'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 Stalybridge

The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Tame, about 50 m from the middle of Stalybridge's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Mersey about 24 km downstream. (Huddersfield Narrow Canal is nearer, about 10 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 the River Tame nearest the middle of Stalybridge'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 Stalybridge

18 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Stalybridge. The EA has issued 81 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 14 Nov 2025.

Recorded floods near Stalybridge

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Stalybridge, 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 23 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Stalybridge

Stalybridge gets about 1,104 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 120 mm; driest May, 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 (6.0 km away), recorded 9.4 mm in the last 24 hours and 50.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 29 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Stalybridge

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

High likelihood (34)

OL5 9QGSK15 1RLSK15 2AASK15 2EASK15 2JESK15 2LNSK15 2LPSK15 2LRSK15 2LTSK15 2LUSK15 2LWSK15 2NJSK15 2NLSK15 2NNSK15 2NPSK15 2NRSK15 2NSSK15 2NTSK15 2NUSK15 2NXSK15 2PSSK15 2PWSK15 2PYSK15 2QASK15 2RASK15 3ADSK15 3AESK15 3AHSK15 3AJSK15 3ANSK15 3ASSK15 3AWSK15 3AXSK15 3DN

Medium likelihood (4)

SK15 1PFSK15 1PHSK15 1PTSK15 2QP

Low likelihood (27)

SK15 1APSK15 1ASSK15 1JXSK15 1NXSK15 1PDSK15 1PUSK15 1PZSK15 1QFSK15 1RJSK15 2AHSK15 2AWSK15 2JLSK15 2LLSK15 2LXSK15 2PQSK15 2PXSK15 2QYSK15 3AZSK15 3BDSK15 3BLSK15 3DBSK15 3FJSK15 3FNSK15 3NXSK15 3PASK15 3PGSK15 3RL

Postcode districts

OL5 · 1SK15 · 64

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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