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Does Whitworth flood?

Lancashire
62postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
12river gauges within 10 km
19years 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 Whitworth

Ordnance Survey places 62 postcodes in Whitworth 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 668 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High2016391
Medium32118
Low36437396
Very low34738
All bands62668543

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 Whitworth

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Whitworth watch River Irwell, River Roch, Walsden Water, Whitewell Brook, River Calder, River Beal.

Distances are from the middle of Whitworth'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 Whitworth

The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Spodden, about 20 m from the middle of Whitworth's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Roch about 7.9 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 Spodden nearest the middle of Whitworth'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 Whitworth

33 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Whitworth. The EA has issued 322 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 14 Dec 2025.

Recorded floods near Whitworth

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Whitworth, 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 79 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Whitworth

Whitworth gets about 1,514 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 179 mm; driest May, 85 mm). That is 30% wetter 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 (0.7 km away), recorded 12.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 81.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 26 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Whitworth

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

High likelihood (20)

OL12 8AYOL12 8BBOL12 8BEOL12 8BGOL12 8BTOL12 8BUOL12 8BXOL12 8DAOL12 8DNOL12 8EGOL12 8HFOL12 8HGOL12 8HHOL12 8HQOL12 8LJOL12 8LWOL12 8QSOL12 8RBOL12 8RFOL12 8TR

Medium likelihood (3)

OL12 8EHOL12 8EPOL12 8HA

Low likelihood (36)

OL12 8AAOL12 8ADOL12 8AEOL12 8AJOL12 8ATOL12 8AWOL12 8AZOL12 8DBOL12 8DEOL12 8DHOL12 8DJOL12 8DLOL12 8DPOL12 8DROL12 8DSOL12 8DTOL12 8DUOL12 8DWOL12 8EJOL12 8ELOL12 8HJOL12 8JWOL12 8JYOL12 8LDOL12 8LFOL12 8LGOL12 8NGOL12 8NUOL12 8NXOL12 8QWOL12 8RAOL12 8REOL12 8RGOL12 8RHOL12 8RNOL12 8TP

Very low likelihood (3)

OL12 8BAOL12 8DYOL12 8TN

Postcode districts

OL12 · 62

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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