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Does BB7 1PU flood?

No property in an EA risk band

No property in BB7 1PU appears in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset. That dataset covers one of five flood sources. It is area-level, it covers rivers and the sea only, and it is never proof a place cannot flood — surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately. See the at-risk postcodes in BB7 or get the full picture below.

The ground around BB7 1PU

The ground here sits at about 168 m above sea level and falls 108 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-east, 71.2 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around BB71PU, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 168 m above sea level and falls 108 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-east, 71.2 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of BB7 1PU, 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 BB7 1PU

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
BB7 1PU
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 132 official warnings since 2006.

··· 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 BB7 1PU. 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 BB7 1PU

132
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2007
62
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, 8 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 3 warnings nearby) · Desmond (2015, 3 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for BB7 1PU

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Waterloo Road Mearley Brook 2.5 km 1.53 m 1.34 m
Chatburn Pendle Avenue hey 3.2 km 0.90 m 1.22 m
Sabden Bridge Sabden Brook 3.6 km 1.40 m 0.90 m
Low Moor River Ribble 4.2 km 3.30 m 4.60 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
Clitheroe Street Cso Pendleton Brook 3.6 km 65 (2024) 218
Adj Police Station King Street Cso Trib Of Pendleton Brook By Sws 3.8 km 2 (2024) 1
Chatburn Pumping Station Chatburn Brook 3.9 km 75 (2024) 646
Sabden Cso (342p9) Sabden Brook 4.1 km 4 (2024) 4

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

BB7 1AG up to Low BB7 1AN up to High BB7 1AQ up to Medium BB7 1AT up to High BB7 1AU up to Medium BB7 1AW up to High BB7 1AX up to Medium BB7 1BE up to Low BB7 1BG up to Low BB7 1BT up to Medium BB7 1DR up to Medium BB7 1DT up to Low

At-risk postcodes near BB7 1PU — all in the BB7 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 BB7 district.