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Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire
Up to Medium likelihood
Properties in BB5 5SH sit in the Environment Agency's Medium 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 band | Annual chance | Properties | Of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | greater than 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Medium | 1% – 3.3% | 5 | 5 |
| Low | 0.1% – 1% | 3 | 3 |
| Very low | below 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a medium-likelihood area has a 22–57% chance of flooding at least once.
The ground here sits at about 70 m above sea level and falls 39 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-north-west, 34.0 m higher.
Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 1 recorded flood nearby; 140 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around BB5 5SH. 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.
Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.
| Date | Recorded flood | Approx. distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 2015 | Water Street, Clayton-le-Moors | ~0.0 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.
Ciara (2020, 11 warnings nearby) · Desmond (2015, 5 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 4 warnings nearby) · Brian (2017, 3 warnings nearby)
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milnshaw | River Hyndburn | 3.6 km | 1.10 m | 1.41 m |
| Padiham Town Centre | River Calder | 4.9 km | 2.57 m | 3.45 m |
| Dryden Street | Shaw Brook Tributary | 5.2 km | 1.26 m | 1.56 m |
| Gorse Street | River Blakewater | 6.0 km | 1.00 m | 1.32 m |
Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.
| Overflow | Discharges into | Distance | Spills | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Harwood (hynburn Rd)cso 22017 | Hyndburn Brook | 0.0 km | 52 (2024) | 71 |
| Clayton Le Moors Tank Cso 22016 | Hyndburn Brook | 0.7 km | 58 (2024) | 131 |
| Lower Barnes Street Cso (229km) | Hyndburn Brook | 0.8 km | 105 (2024) | 198 |
| Hyndburn Wwtw Hynbd | River Calder (ribble) | 1.4 km | 62 (2024) | 541 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
16 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~18 m (natural high ground, flood gate). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.
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.
At-risk postcodes near BB5 5SH — all in the BB5 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 BB5 district.