Is Atherton safe? United Kingdom travel risk
Is Atherton safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Atherton scores 29/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates United Kingdom Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 9 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Atherton scores 29/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United Kingdom (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Atherton: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (39/100).
A score of 29 is higher than the scores of 26% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Coordinates 53.5230° N, 2.4950° W place Atherton within Wigan at an elevation of 60 meters. Heading to London: 275.4 km SE.
Wigan
53.5230° N, 2.4950° W
60 m
Europe/London
22,000
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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Climate by Month
Hottest: August (19 °C avg high); Wettest: October (96 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 7° | 9° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 19° | 19° | 17° | 13° | 9° | 7° |
| Low °C | 1° | 1° | 2° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 93 | 66 | 82 | 77 | 72 | 76 | 95 | 77 | 79 | 96 | 93 | 87 |
Normals: Manchester (17.3 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Atherton happened in June (2 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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