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Not in an at-risk area
BB7 9HR 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 BB7 or get the full picture below.
Because 1 recorded flood nearby; 160 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around BB7 9HR. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2008 | Non main river flooding - Sabden | ~0.3 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, 14 warnings nearby) · Desmond (2015, 3 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 3 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 2 warnings nearby)
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabden Bridge | Sabden Brook | 0.2 km | 1.40 m | 0.90 m |
| Padiham Town Centre | River Calder | 4.0 km | 2.57 m | 3.45 m |
| Dryden Street | Shaw Brook Tributary | 4.8 km | 1.26 m | 1.56 m |
| Waterloo Road | Mearley Brook | 5.4 km | 1.53 m | 1.34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabden Cso (342p9) | Sabden Brook | 1.3 km | 4 (2024) | 4 |
| Slade Lane Cso | Dean Clough River Calder | 3.2 km | 19 (2024) | 33 |
| Shuttleworth Stcalder St Cso | River Calder | 3.8 km | 0 (2024) | 0 |
| Station Road (paliham) Cso | River Calder | 3.9 km | 48 (2024) | 39 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
10 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~162 m (engineered high ground, natural high ground). 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 BB7 9HR — 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.