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Does BB3 2ET flood?

Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen

Up to High likelihood

Properties in BB3 2ET sit in the Environment Agency's High 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%11
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%00
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around BB3 2ET

The ground here sits at about 186 m above sea level and falls 56 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-east, 34.9 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around BB32ET, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 186 m above sea level and falls 56 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-east, 34.9 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of BB3 2ET, 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 BB3 2ET

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
BB3 2ET
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 4 recorded floods nearby; 31 official warnings since 2006.

E 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 High
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 BB3 2ET. 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 BB3 2ET

31
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2012
31
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-09-20)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Mar 2017 Clough Street Darwen 2017 ~0.1 km
Jun 2012 Sough June 2012 ~0.3 km
Jun 2012 June 2012 - Bowling Green Close ~0.5 km
Sep 1999 DARW ~0.4 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

Bert (2024, 4 warnings nearby) · Ciara (2020, 3 warnings nearby) · Darragh (2024, 2 warnings nearby) · Brian (2017, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for BB3 2ET

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Darwen Clough Street Overflow River Darwen 0.1 km 1.20 m 1.35 m
Hardman Way River Darwen 1.3 km 1.13 m 0.80 m
Ewood Ashville Terrace South Ewood Mill Race 5.1 km 1.40 m 0.86 m
Ewood Ashville Terrace North Ewood Mill Race 5.2 km 1.40 m 0.51 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
Cranberry Lane Cso Trib River Darwen 0.2 km 5 (2024) 4
Grimshaw Street Cso River Darwen 0.3 km 21 (2024) 30
Footpath Nr Cross St Cso River Darwen 0.4 km 2 (2024) 2
Bolton Road Cso Tributary Of River Darwen 0.5 km 0 (2024) 0

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

Flood defences

12 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~31 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

BB3 2AA up to Medium BB3 2AB up to Low BB3 2AD up to Medium BB3 2AY up to Medium BB3 2BF up to Low BB3 2DW up to High BB3 2DZ up to Medium BB3 2ER up to High BB3 2ES up to High BB3 2JJ up to High BB3 2JN up to High BB3 2PG up to Low

At-risk postcodes near BB3 2ET — all in the BB3 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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 BB3 district.