Does BB5 flood?

Yes — parts of the BB5 district carry real flood risk: 26 of its 211 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BB5 postcode district covers Barnfield, Church, St Andrew's, Peel, close to Accrington, Blackburn, Crawshawbooth, Rossendale, and surrounding villages in parts of Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

211 postcodes in the BB5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 26 high, 38 medium, 147 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 BB5 postcodes are at risk?

BB5 0FA up to High BB5 0FB up to High BB5 0FD up to High BB5 0FE up to High BB5 0PG up to High BB5 1EF up to High BB5 1PY up to High BB5 1SP up to High BB5 2AN up to High BB5 2BR up to High BB5 2BS up to High BB5 2PQ up to High BB5 2RH up to High BB5 2RT up to High BB5 2SZ up to High BB5 3BW up to High BB5 3DR up to High BB5 3DU up to High BB5 3EG up to High BB5 3HX up to High BB5 3RG up to High BB5 3RH up to High BB5 3RQ up to High BB5 4AA up to High BB5 4EQ up to High BB5 5UH up to High BB5 0DN up to Medium BB5 0DP up to Medium BB5 0DX up to Medium BB5 0DY up to Medium BB5 0DZ up to Medium BB5 0EA up to Medium BB5 0ED up to Medium BB5 0EP up to Medium BB5 0ES up to Medium BB5 0ET up to Medium BB5 0EX up to Medium BB5 0EY up to Medium BB5 0FG up to Medium BB5 0PJ up to Medium BB5 1EX up to Medium BB5 1PL up to Medium BB5 2DG up to Medium BB5 2EN up to Medium BB5 2RW up to Medium BB5 2RX up to Medium BB5 3HY up to Medium BB5 3LQ up to Medium BB5 3LU up to Medium BB5 3LX up to Medium BB5 3NT up to Medium BB5 3QH up to Medium BB5 3RU up to Medium BB5 3SY up to Medium BB5 3TA up to Medium BB5 4EJ up to Medium BB5 4EL up to Medium BB5 4EP up to Medium BB5 4JF up to Medium BB5 4JQ up to Medium BB5 4JX up to Medium BB5 4NZ up to Medium BB5 5SH up to Medium BB5 5SQ up to Medium BB5 0AD up to Low BB5 0BA up to Low BB5 0BT up to Low BB5 0DB up to Low BB5 0DE up to Low BB5 0DT up to Low BB5 0EG up to Low BB5 0FW up to Low BB5 0FY up to Low BB5 0HL up to Low BB5 0HP up to Low BB5 0HQ up to Low BB5 0HS up to Low BB5 0NT up to Low BB5 0PY up to Low BB5 1AA up to Low BB5 1AD up to Low BB5 1AQ up to Low BB5 1DD up to Low BB5 1DZ up to Low BB5 1EA up to Low BB5 1EB up to Low BB5 1ED up to Low BB5 1EE up to Low BB5 1EG up to Low BB5 1EH up to Low BB5 1EJ up to Low BB5 1EN up to Low BB5 1EP up to Low BB5 1ER up to Low BB5 1ES up to Low BB5 1ET up to Low BB5 1EW up to Low BB5 1EY up to Low BB5 1EZ up to Low BB5 1HB up to Low BB5 1HD up to Low BB5 1HE up to Low BB5 1HF up to Low BB5 1HH up to Low BB5 1HJ up to Low BB5 1HL up to Low BB5 1HN up to Low BB5 1HR up to Low BB5 1HS up to Low BB5 1HT up to Low BB5 1HU up to Low BB5 1HW up to Low BB5 1JJ up to Low BB5 1JR up to Low BB5 1JT up to Low BB5 1JY up to Low BB5 1JZ up to Low BB5 1LA up to Low BB5 1LE up to Low BB5 1LF up to Low BB5 1LX up to Low BB5 1LY up to Low BB5 1NE up to Low BB5 1NU up to Low BB5 1PB up to Low BB5 1PG up to Low BB5 1PJ up to Low BB5 1QG up to Low BB5 1SA up to Low BB5 1SB up to Low BB5 1SD up to Low BB5 1SE up to Low BB5 1SF up to Low BB5 1SG up to Low BB5 1SN up to Low BB5 1SQ up to Low BB5 1SW up to Low BB5 2AW up to Low BB5 2BH up to Low BB5 2BJ up to Low BB5 2BP up to Low BB5 2BT up to Low BB5 2BU up to Low BB5 2BW up to Low BB5 2EH up to Low BB5 2EJ up to Low BB5 2EL up to Low BB5 2ER up to Low BB5 2ES up to Low BB5 2EW up to Low BB5 2JX up to Low BB5 2NJ up to Low BB5 2NL up to Low BB5 2NT up to Low BB5 2XA up to Low BB5 3BZ up to Low BB5 3DT up to Low BB5 3ER up to Low BB5 3HG up to Low BB5 3HH up to Low BB5 3HR up to Low BB5 3HS up to Low BB5 3HU up to Low BB5 3JB up to Low BB5 3JP up to Low BB5 3JT up to Low BB5 3JU up to Low BB5 3JX up to Low BB5 3JY up to Low BB5 3QF up to Low BB5 3QL up to Low BB5 3QZ up to Low BB5 3TW up to Low BB5 4AH up to Low BB5 4HA up to Low BB5 4HB up to Low BB5 4HU up to Low BB5 4JG up to Low BB5 4JP up to Low BB5 4JR up to Low BB5 4LP up to Low BB5 4NY up to Low BB5 4PD up to Low BB5 4PE up to Low BB5 4PF up to Low BB5 4RJ up to Low BB5 5JP up to Low BB5 5NT up to Low BB5 5UP up to Low BB5 6PJ up to Low BB5 6PN up to Low BB5 6PQ up to Low BB5 6PR up to Low BB5 6PW up to Low BB5 6PX up to Low BB5 6RH up to Low BB5 6RQ up to Low BB5 6SF up to Low BB5 6SG up to Low BB5 6SH up to Low BB5 6SJ up to Low BB5 6SL up to Low BB5 6SN up to Low BB5 6SQ up to Low BB5 6SX up to Low BB5 6TA up to Low BB5 6TB up to Low BB5 6TE up to Low BB5 6TF up to Low BB5 6TG up to Low BB5 6TQ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near BB5

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

147 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (77 at warning level or above), most recently 8 December 2025. 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.