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Does BB4 4AT flood?

Not in an at-risk area

BB4 4AT has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in BB4 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for BB4 4AT

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
BB4 4AT
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 81 official warnings since 2006.

A 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: No ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
None within ~1 km
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 BB4 4AT. 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 BB4 4AT

81
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2012
80
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-09-20)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Bert (2024, 11 warnings nearby) · Ciara (2020, 11 warnings nearby) · Brian (2017, 9 warnings nearby) · Darragh (2024, 6 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for BB4 4AT

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Little Bridge Ogden Brook 2.5 km 2.10 m 1.74 m
Irwell Vale River Irwell 3.7 km 1.60 m 3.43 m
Rawtenstall Limey Water 4.6 km 1.70 m 1.62 m
Stubbins River Irwell 4.9 km 1.60 m 2.78 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
Helmshore Caravan Park Cso Swinnel Brook 1.5 km 40 (2024) 136
Deardengate/bury Road Cso Swinnel Brook 1.5 km 2 (2024) 0
Manchester Road Sewer Swinnel Brook 1.5 km 20 (2024) 12
Manchester Rd Dalesford Rd 362ej Rvr Irwell Via Langwood Brook 2.3 km 96 (2024) 171

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

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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

BB4 4AF up to Low BB4 4AP up to Low BB4 4AQ up to High BB4 4AR up to Medium BB4 4FN up to High BB4 4JE up to Low BB4 4JH up to Low BB4 4LQ up to Medium BB4 4NA up to High BB4 4NF up to High BB4 4NH up to Medium BB4 4NJ up to Low

At-risk postcodes near BB4 4AT — all in the BB4 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 BB4 district.