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Does BB12 7RT flood?

Up to Low likelihood

Properties in BB12 7RT sit in the Environment Agency's Low flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%00
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%72
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a low-likelihood area has a 2–22% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around BB12 7RT

The ground here sits at about 61 m above sea level and falls 38 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north, 16.5 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around BB127RT, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 61 m above sea level and falls 38 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north, 16.5 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of BB12 7RT, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for BB12 7RT

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
BB12 7RT
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the low likelihood band; 1 recorded flood nearby; 150 official warnings since 2006.

C Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Low
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around BB12 7RT. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near BB12 7RT

150
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2007
80
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-12-08)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Dec 2015 Old Coal Slaithe, Read ~0.2 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Ciara (2020, 10 warnings nearby) · Desmond (2015, 5 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 3 warnings nearby) · Aiden (2020, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for BB12 7RT

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Sabden Bridge Sabden Brook 4.6 km 1.40 m 0.90 m
Padiham Town Centre River Calder 4.6 km 2.57 m 3.45 m
Dryden Street Shaw Brook Tributary 5.2 km 1.26 m 1.56 m
Milnshaw River Hyndburn 5.4 km 1.10 m 1.41 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Hyndburn Wwtw Hynbd River Calder (ribble) 1.1 km 62 (2024) 541
Great Harwood (hynburn Rd)cso 22017 Hyndburn Brook 1.8 km 52 (2024) 71
Simonstone Lane Cso River Calder 2.3 km 10 (2024) 16
Clayton Le Moors Tank Cso 22016 Hyndburn Brook 2.4 km 58 (2024) 131

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

7 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~113 m (natural high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

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 7BX up to Low BB12 7DX up to Low BB12 7DZ up to High BB12 7EE up to High BB12 7EF up to High

At-risk postcodes near BB12 7RT — all in the BB12 district.

© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the BB12 district.