Whitworth Flood Risk
Whitworth has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 3.3% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 4.5 km away.
Whitworth has 6,897 residents and 3,350 homes. Ranked 1053 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Whitworth Right Now?
Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 2.425 m , reached on 26 December 2015.
When Has Whitworth Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 1 recorded flood outlines covering Whitworth, the most recent dated 2 June 2000.
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 Whitworth's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
3.3% of postcodes in Whitworth 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 3.3% 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 Whitworth?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Whitworth. 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 district | Postcodes here | Rivers and sea band | Surface water addresses |
|---|---|---|---|
| OL12 | 211 | Low | 219 |
What Else Is Near Whitworth?
Other places on the River Roch, nearest to Whitworth first.