Audenshaw Flood Risk

Audenshaw has no mapped rivers-and-sea flood risk: neither the national risk assessment nor the planning Flood Zone map covers it. That is not a statement that Audenshaw cannot flood — this figure covers rivers and the sea only, and surface water flooding is not included. The nearest gauge is 2.9 km away.

Audenshaw has 12,905 residents and 5,882 homes. Ranked equal 3078 of 7,114 — the places where the national risk assessment maps no rivers-and-sea exposure for any home, so the position is a tie rather than a low score.

What Is The River Level Near Audenshaw Right Now?

0.296 m within its typical range
Gauge
Broomstairs Bridge, Haughton Green
Distance
2.9 km from the centre of Audenshaw
Typical range
0.223 m to 2.1 m
Reading taken
20 Sept, 14:00 UTC

Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 2.541 m , reached on 1 January 2025.

All gauges on this river

What Does Audenshaw's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

0% of postcodes in Audenshaw sit in Flood Zone 3, the planning band for land with a 1% or greater annual chance of river flooding or 0.5% or greater of sea flooding — and the map that draws it deliberately ignores flood defences.

The flood risk band for rivers and the sea is not mapped here, which means the national assessment finds no rivers-and-sea exposure for Audenshaw's homes rather than a low amount of it. That is a statement about rivers and the sea only: surface water flooding is not included, and it is the larger source nationally.

Flood Zone versus flood risk band: the full comparison

Which Postcode Districts Cover Audenshaw?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Audenshaw. The band is the one shared by most of that district's postcodes, so it describes the district rather than a single street — enter a full postcode in the checker for one address. A district can cover more than one town: every district here overlaps another place, so the checker may name a neighbouring town for some of these postcodes.

Postcode districts covering Audenshaw, with the flood risk band shared by most of each district's postcodes. A district can span more than one local area, so its band is a summary and not a property-level answer.
Postcode district Postcodes here Rivers and sea band Surface water addresses
M34 298 Low 1,005
M43 25 Low 1
OL7 1 Medium 1

What Else Is Near Audenshaw?

Other places on the River Tame, nearest to Audenshaw first.