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Does BB6 7UX flood?

Not in an at-risk area

BB6 7UX 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 BB6 or get the full picture below.

The ground around BB6 7UX

The ground here sits at about 209 m above sea level and falls 72 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-south-west, 28.4 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around BB67UX, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 209 m above sea level and falls 72 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-south-west, 28.4 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of BB6 7UX, 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 BB6 7UX

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
BB6 7UX
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 133 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 BB6 7UX. 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 BB6 7UX

133
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2007
63
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-12-08)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Ciara (2020, 9 warnings nearby) · Desmond (2015, 5 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 4 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for BB6 7UX

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Gorse Street River Blakewater 4.5 km 1.00 m 1.32 m
New Jumbles Rock River Ribble 5.3 km 2.80 m 5.22 m
Milnshaw River Hyndburn 5.3 km 1.10 m 1.41 m
Henthorn River Ribble 6.5 km 2.50 m 3.70 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
Rishton Tank Cso Liverpool & Leeds Canal 2.0 km 66 (2024) 134
Clayton Le Moors Tank Cso 22016 Hyndburn Brook 2.3 km 58 (2024) 131
Parker Street Cso (228es) Hyndburn Brook Via Surface Water Sewer 2.4 km 0 (2024) 0
Petre Arms Roundabout Cso Stream Trib Bushburn Brook 2.5 km 29 (2024) 159

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

BB6 7AA up to Low BB6 7AL up to Medium BB6 7AT up to Low BB6 7AX up to Medium BB6 7DD up to Low BB6 7DE up to Low BB6 7FW up to Low BB6 7GY up to Medium BB6 7HG up to Low BB6 7HH up to Low BB6 7HL up to Low BB6 7NB up to Low

At-risk postcodes near BB6 7UX — all in the BB6 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 BB6 district.