Does BB8 flood?

Yes — parts of the BB8 district carry real flood risk: 36 of its 88 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BB8 postcode district covers Waterside & Horsfield, Boulsworth & Foulridge, Vivary Bridge, close to Colne, Trawden, Barrowford, and surrounding villages in parts of Lancashire and North Yorkshire.

88 postcodes in the BB8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 36 high, 18 medium, 31 low, 3 very 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 BB8 postcodes are at risk?

BB8 0TA up to High BB8 7BS up to High BB8 7HH up to High BB8 7JD up to High BB8 7JP up to High BB8 8AJ up to High BB8 8AP up to High BB8 8DQ up to High BB8 8DR up to High BB8 8DY up to High BB8 8EB up to High BB8 8ED up to High BB8 8EG up to High BB8 8LE up to High BB8 8LJ up to High BB8 8NH up to High BB8 8QS up to High BB8 8QT up to High BB8 8QU up to High BB8 8RA up to High BB8 8RT up to High BB8 8RW up to High BB8 8SY up to High BB8 8TF up to High BB8 8TG up to High BB8 9AF up to High BB8 9AG up to High BB8 9BY up to High BB8 9HH up to High BB8 9NL up to High BB8 9PD up to High BB8 9PE up to High BB8 9PQ up to High BB8 9PW up to High BB8 9QU up to High BB8 9RG up to High BB8 7BA up to Medium BB8 7BH up to Medium BB8 7BJ up to Medium BB8 7BN up to Medium BB8 7BT up to Medium BB8 7BU up to Medium BB8 7JB up to Medium BB8 7ND up to Medium BB8 8AL up to Medium BB8 8DF up to Medium BB8 8EJ up to Medium BB8 8EZ up to Medium BB8 8RU up to Medium BB8 8RX up to Medium BB8 8TE up to Medium BB8 9NW up to Medium BB8 9RH up to Medium BB8 9RL up to Medium BB8 0BQ up to Low BB8 0JY up to Low BB8 0NU up to Low BB8 0TX up to Low BB8 7BL up to Low BB8 7BP up to Low BB8 8AD up to Low BB8 8DE up to Low BB8 8DW up to Low BB8 8EE up to Low BB8 8EP up to Low BB8 8ER up to Low BB8 8HA up to Low BB8 8LB up to Low BB8 8LF up to Low BB8 8LH up to Low BB8 8LQ up to Low BB8 8NP up to Low BB8 8QX up to Low BB8 8RN up to Low BB8 8TA up to Low BB8 8TD up to Low BB8 9AE up to Low BB8 9AQ up to Low BB8 9DA up to Low BB8 9DD up to Low BB8 9JH up to Low BB8 9LH up to Low BB8 9LJ up to Low BB8 9RN up to Low BB8 9RW up to Low BB8 8BJ up to Very low BB8 8QY up to Very low BB8 8RD up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near BB8

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

80 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (73 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. 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.