Does BB18 flood?

Yes — parts of the BB18 district carry real flood risk: 46 of its 98 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BB18 postcode district covers Barnoldswick, close to Earby, Kelbrook, Colne, and surrounding villages in parts of North Yorkshire and Lancashire.

98 postcodes in the BB18 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 46 high, 17 medium, 35 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 BB18 postcodes are at risk?

BB18 5ED up to High BB18 5EN up to High BB18 5HG up to High BB18 5HP up to High BB18 5JU up to High BB18 5JX up to High BB18 5JZ up to High BB18 5LB up to High BB18 5LD up to High BB18 5LE up to High BB18 5LJ up to High BB18 5LT up to High BB18 5LU up to High BB18 5PS up to High BB18 5PX up to High BB18 5QR up to High BB18 5QW up to High BB18 5SB up to High BB18 5UT up to High BB18 6FL up to High BB18 6JT up to High BB18 6JX up to High BB18 6LP up to High BB18 6NR up to High BB18 6PA up to High BB18 6PN up to High BB18 6PT up to High BB18 6QF up to High BB18 6QL up to High BB18 6QN up to High BB18 6QP up to High BB18 6QS up to High BB18 6QU up to High BB18 6QW up to High BB18 6QX up to High BB18 6RA up to High BB18 6RE up to High BB18 6SF up to High BB18 6TA up to High BB18 6TN up to High BB18 6TW up to High BB18 6UL up to High BB18 6US up to High BB18 6WE up to High BB18 6WF up to High BB18 6YH up to High BB18 5AS up to Medium BB18 5HB up to Medium BB18 5HD up to Medium BB18 5HN up to Medium BB18 5QQ up to Medium BB18 5TG up to Medium BB18 5XE up to Medium BB18 6JA up to Medium BB18 6JP up to Medium BB18 6PX up to Medium BB18 6PY up to Medium BB18 6PZ up to Medium BB18 6QR up to Medium BB18 6RB up to Medium BB18 6RD up to Medium BB18 6UN up to Medium BB18 6UR up to Medium BB18 5LQ up to Low BB18 5NZ up to Low BB18 5PA up to Low BB18 5XD up to Low BB18 6DX up to Low BB18 6DY up to Low BB18 6EA up to Low BB18 6EB up to Low BB18 6FF up to Low BB18 6NP up to Low BB18 6NS up to Low BB18 6NZ up to Low BB18 6QA up to Low BB18 6QB up to Low BB18 6QT up to Low BB18 6RJ up to Low BB18 6SH up to Low BB18 6SN up to Low BB18 6SW up to Low BB18 6SY up to Low BB18 6TE up to Low BB18 6TH up to Low BB18 6TJ up to Low BB18 6TL up to Low BB18 6TR up to Low BB18 6TS up to Low BB18 6UF up to Low BB18 6UG up to Low BB18 6UJ up to Low BB18 6UQ up to Low BB18 6UX up to Low BB18 6UY up to Low BB18 6XA up to Low BB18 6XB up to Low BB18 6YB up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near BB18

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

234 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.