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Does BB12 flood?

Yes — parts of the BB12 district carry real flood risk: 51 of its 105 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BB12 postcode district covers Gawthorpe, Rosegrove with Lowerhouse, East Whalley, Read & Simonstone, close to Padiham, Burnley, Brierfield, and surrounding villages in parts of Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

105 postcodes in the BB12 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 51 high, 15 medium, 39 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 BB12 postcodes are at risk?

BB12 0EH up to High BB12 0RT up to High BB12 0RU up to High BB12 0RZ up to High BB12 6NQ up to High BB12 6PG up to High BB12 6PH up to High BB12 6PP up to High BB12 7AB up to High BB12 7AD up to High BB12 7AE up to High BB12 7AG up to High BB12 7AN up to High BB12 7AP up to High BB12 7BG up to High BB12 7DZ up to High BB12 7EE up to High BB12 7EF up to High BB12 7EN up to High BB12 7EP up to High BB12 7EQ up to High BB12 7ER up to High BB12 7ES up to High BB12 7EU up to High BB12 7EW up to High BB12 7FR up to High BB12 7HA up to High BB12 7HB up to High BB12 7LW up to High BB12 7NQ up to High BB12 8BA up to High BB12 8BN up to High BB12 8BP up to High BB12 8BS up to High BB12 8BX up to High BB12 8DF up to High BB12 8DJ up to High BB12 8EB up to High BB12 8ED up to High BB12 8EE up to High BB12 8EF up to High BB12 8EG up to High BB12 8EW up to High BB12 8QN up to High BB12 8QP up to High BB12 8QR up to High BB12 8QW up to High BB12 8RS up to High BB12 9DP up to High BB12 9NR up to High BB12 9NS up to High BB12 6AA up to Medium BB12 7EY up to Medium BB12 7LN up to Medium BB12 7ND up to Medium BB12 7RR up to Medium BB12 8BH up to Medium BB12 8BL up to Medium BB12 8BZ up to Medium BB12 8DB up to Medium BB12 8DG up to Medium BB12 8DL up to Medium BB12 8DR up to Medium BB12 8EA up to Medium BB12 8RT up to Medium BB12 9DT up to Medium BB12 0EB up to Low BB12 0EL up to Low BB12 0QZ up to Low BB12 0RA up to Low BB12 6AB up to Low BB12 6AR up to Low BB12 6AZ up to Low BB12 6BB up to Low BB12 6BD up to Low BB12 6BE up to Low BB12 6HZ up to Low BB12 6PU up to Low BB12 7BX up to Low BB12 7DX up to Low BB12 7EX up to Low BB12 7NG up to Low BB12 7NL up to Low BB12 7NW up to Low BB12 7RT up to Low BB12 7SN up to Low BB12 7TY up to Low BB12 8BE up to Low BB12 8BQ up to Low BB12 8BU up to Low BB12 8BW up to Low BB12 8DQ up to Low BB12 8DS up to Low BB12 8DX up to Low BB12 8EN up to Low BB12 8EU up to Low BB12 8EX up to Low BB12 8RU up to Low BB12 8SJ up to Low BB12 8UA up to Low BB12 9DR up to Low BB12 9DS up to Low BB12 9JU up to Low BB12 9NA up to Low BB12 9NT up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near BB12

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

151 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (81 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.