Wigan Flood Risk
Wigan has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1.4% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 1.6 km away.
Wigan has 81,959 residents and 38,364 homes. Ranked 1638 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Wigan Right Now?
Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 2.55 m , reached on 26 December 2015.
When Has Wigan Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 6 recorded flood outlines covering Wigan, the most recent dated 6 November 2023.
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 Wigan's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
2.2% of postcodes in Wigan 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 1.4% 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 Wigan?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Wigan. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WN3 | 558 | High | 1,218 |
| WN1 | 536 | Low | 959 |
| WN5 | 447 | High | 1,157 |
| WN6 | 311 | High | 1,032 |
| WN2 | 82 | Low | 234 |
What Else Is Near Wigan?
Other places on the River Douglas, nearest to Wigan first.