Salford Flood Risk
Salford has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1.2% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 1 km away.
Salford has 108,527 residents and 54,115 homes. Ranked 1754 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Salford Right Now?
Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 5.668 m , reached on 26 December 2015.
When Has Salford Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 23 recorded flood outlines covering Salford, the most recent dated 26 December 2015.
Absence of a record is not evidence that a place has never flooded — the Environment Agency states that a lack of coverage does not mean an area has never flooded.
What Does Salford's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
5.9% of postcodes in Salford 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 Low , with 1.2% of homes in a Medium or High band. Unlike the Flood Zone, the band counts the defences that are actually in place, which is why the two can describe the same street differently and both be right.
Which Postcode Districts Cover Salford?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Salford. 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, and the district pages linked from the checker are keyed to the town that holds most of its postcodes.
| Postcode district | Postcodes here | Rivers and sea band | Surface water addresses |
|---|---|---|---|
| M6 | 781 | Low | 2,864 |
| M7 | 742 | Low | 1,248 |
| M5 | 550 | Low | 1,439 |
| M3 | 332 | Low | 666 |
| M50 | 182 | Low | 570 |
| M27 | 7 | Medium | 14 |
| M16 | 6 | Low | not published for this district |
| M8 | 6 | High | 5 |
| M25 | 2 | High | 28 |
What Else Is Near Salford?
Other places on the River Irwell, nearest to Salford first.