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Does Stretford flood?

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79postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
12river gauges within 10 km
18years 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 Stretford

Ordnance Survey places 79 postcodes in Stretford 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 1,077 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High53433
Medium040
Low71921853
Very low3118117
All bands791,0771,003

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 Stretford

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Stretford watch River Mersey, Baguley Brook, River Irwell, Platt Brook, River Medlock, Cringle Brook, Worsley Brook.

Distances are from the middle of Stretford'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 Stretford

The nearest watercourse on the river map is Bent Lanes Brook, about 360 m from the middle of Stretford's at-risk postcodes. (Bridgewater 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 Bent Lanes Brook nearest the middle of Stretford'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 Stretford

43 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Stretford. The EA has issued 298 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 4 Sep 2026.

Recorded floods near Stretford

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Stretford, 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 26 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Stretford

Stretford 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), 3.2 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.8 km away), recorded 6.6 mm in the last 24 hours and 60.7 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 31 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Stretford

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

High likelihood (5)

M32 0ATM32 0AZM32 0BLM32 8QDM32 9SH

Low likelihood (71)

M16 0GGM16 0HAM16 0HBM16 0HDM32 0AUM32 0BBM32 0BEM32 0BJM32 8GGM32 8GJM32 8GLM32 8GNM32 8GPM32 8GWM32 8HTM32 8HXM32 8JAM32 8JBM32 8JFM32 8JGM32 8JJM32 8JLM32 8JNM32 8JPM32 8JQM32 8JRM32 8JSM32 8JTM32 8JWM32 8NEM32 8NGM32 8NQM32 8NWM32 8PAM32 8PBM32 8PDM32 8PEM32 8PFM32 8PGM32 8PHM32 8PJM32 8PNM32 8PPM32 8PRM32 8PTM32 8PUM32 8PWM32 8PXM32 8PYM32 8QBM32 8QGM32 8QJM32 8QLM32 8QNM32 8QPM32 8QQM32 8QSM32 8QWM32 8QXM32 8WEM32 8WFM32 9ANM32 9AUM32 9FAM32 9FDM32 9SLM32 9TGM32 9TLM32 9TNM32 9TRM32 9TW

Very low likelihood (3)

M32 8JDM32 8PLM32 8PZ

Postcode districts

M16 · 4M32 · 75

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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