Does BB11 flood?

Yes — parts of the BB11 district carry real flood risk: 30 of its 85 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BB11 postcode district covers Daneshouse with Stoneyholme, Rosehill with Burnley Wood, Bank Hall, Hapton with Park, close to Burnley, Brierfield, Padiham, and surrounding villages in parts of Lancashire and West Yorkshire.

85 postcodes in the BB11 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 30 high, 13 medium, 37 low, 5 very low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which BB11 postcodes are at risk?

BB11 1NA up to High BB11 1NR up to High BB11 2DE up to High BB11 2RS up to High BB11 2RT up to High BB11 2RU up to High BB11 2RY up to High BB11 3EA up to High BB11 3EB up to High BB11 3EF up to High BB11 3EG up to High BB11 3EH up to High BB11 3EQ up to High BB11 3ER up to High BB11 3ES up to High BB11 3EU up to High BB11 3EX up to High BB11 3HB up to High BB11 3HD up to High BB11 3HG up to High BB11 3HH up to High BB11 3HL up to High BB11 3HQ up to High BB11 3HX up to High BB11 3JA up to High BB11 3JN up to High BB11 3JT up to High BB11 5QE up to High BB11 5QJ up to High BB11 5ST up to High BB11 1NL up to Medium BB11 1NN up to Medium BB11 1NU up to Medium BB11 1PD up to Medium BB11 1PQ up to Medium BB11 1RZ up to Medium BB11 2RJ up to Medium BB11 3AG up to Medium BB11 3AN up to Medium BB11 3AU up to Medium BB11 3AZ up to Medium BB11 3BE up to Medium BB11 3JW up to Medium BB11 1AE up to Low BB11 1AP up to Low BB11 1AX up to Low BB11 1BA up to Low BB11 1BB up to Low BB11 1BP up to Low BB11 1BS up to Low BB11 1BW up to Low BB11 1DF up to Low BB11 1FB up to Low BB11 1LN up to Low BB11 1LT up to Low BB11 1NY up to Low BB11 1PJ up to Low BB11 1PP up to Low BB11 1PW up to Low BB11 1QJ up to Low BB11 1QL up to Low BB11 1UH up to Low BB11 2BT up to Low BB11 2DL up to Low BB11 2HE up to Low BB11 3AA up to Low BB11 3AB up to Low BB11 3AE up to Low BB11 3AJ up to Low BB11 3AP up to Low BB11 3AQ up to Low BB11 3BA up to Low BB11 3BB up to Low BB11 3BH up to Low BB11 3BJ up to Low BB11 3JU up to Low BB11 3PS up to Low BB11 3TA up to Low BB11 5QH up to Low BB11 5TD up to Low BB11 1DD up to Very low BB11 1DZ up to Very low BB11 2BS up to Very low BB11 2BU up to Very low BB11 3AT up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near BB11

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

172 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (102 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.