How exposed the BL5 postcode district (Bolton) is to flooding from rivers, the sea and surface water, from a sample of points checked against the Environment Agency maps.
Based on 5 points spread across the district. An indication of the area, not a count of properties.
Most of the points we checked are outside the flood zones, but flood risk is local: a single street, underpass or stream can be the exception. We checked 5 points spread across the district: the centre and four points about 900 m away.
Flood zone: 0 of 5 points in Zone 3 and 0 in Zone 2.
The Environment Agency issues flood alerts and warnings for these named areas within about six kilometres of the district centre.
Areas at risk include land adjacent to Borsdane Brook between Rayner Park and Rockingham Drive, Including Platt Lane, Aughton Street, Whitebury Ave and Blackberry Drive. Also at risk, Property next to Hockery Brook Between Wigan Road and Blackberry Drive
Borsdane Brook Wigan
Areas at risk include properties on and around The Avenue to Peregrine Drive and adjacent roads. This includes properties on and around Riversmeade, Elmridge, Platt Fold Road, Sevenoaks, Greenways, South Court, Linnet Drive, Redpol Avenue
Atherton Lake Brook, Lilford Park Brook Wigan
Areas at risk include properties in and around the Kirbati Way, Clifton Street, Wigan Road and Twist Lane areas. Additional properties are around the Woodley Grove, Suffolk Grove, Stout Street and Common Lane areas
Westleigh Brook Wigan
Areas at risk include some properties on Manchester Road, Duke Street, Brook Street, Manor Road and Merton Grove. Also at risk are some properties on Moorgate Drive, Bullcroft Drive, Church Road and at Moss o'Lee Bridge
Astley Brook Wigan
Areas at risk include properties adjacent to Honksford Brook at Mosley Common Rd, Bridgeford Rd, Silk Mill St, Bridge Mill Place & St John's Rd
Honksford Brook, Mosley Common Rd & Silk Mill St Wigan
Areas at risk include some properties along the watercourse on Caldwell Close, Caldwell Avenue and Abotts Green. Also at risk are two properties on Manchester Road and Church Road
Astley Brook Wigan
You can sign up for free flood warnings for your own address on GOV.UK.
The figures above describe the district. Your home is one point in it, and that point is what the check reads.
Council area: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council.
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None of the 5 sample points we checked across the BL5 postcode district fall in Flood Zone 2 or 3. That does not rule out a zone elsewhere in the district, because the sample is a handful of points and flood zones can be narrow. Check your full postcode to be sure.
None of the 5 sample points rate above very low for surface water flooding. Surface water risk is highly local, so check your own postcode.
The Environment Agency issues flood alerts and warnings for named areas. Within about six kilometres of the centre of BL5 these include Borsdane and Hockery Brook at Hindley, Lilford Park Brook at Lilford and Westleigh Brook at Firs lane. You can sign up for free flood warnings for your address on GOV.UK.
It is an indication, not a verdict on any single home. We checked 5 points around the centre of the district against the Environment Agency maps. A district can hold many streets and a flood zone can be a few metres wide. The free check on a full postcode, with a pin you can move onto your plot, is the precise answer.