Does HX6 flood?

Yes — parts of the HX6 district carry real flood risk: 40 of its 68 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The HX6 postcode district covers Sowerby Bridge, Ryburn, Luddendenfoot, close to Copley, Stainland Board Mills, Ripponden, and surrounding villages in parts of West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.

68 postcodes in the HX6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 40 high, 8 medium, 20 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 HX6 postcodes are at risk?

HX6 1AN up to High HX6 2AA up to High HX6 2AD up to High HX6 2AF up to High HX6 2AG up to High HX6 2AQ up to High HX6 2AR up to High HX6 2AS up to High HX6 2AY up to High HX6 2EA up to High HX6 2ED up to High HX6 2EE up to High HX6 2FG up to High HX6 2FR up to High HX6 2JR up to High HX6 2QG up to High HX6 2RF up to High HX6 2RH up to High HX6 3AA up to High HX6 3AB up to High HX6 3AD up to High HX6 3AE up to High HX6 3AH up to High HX6 3AJ up to High HX6 3AN up to High HX6 3BR up to High HX6 3BU up to High HX6 3JH up to High HX6 3JN up to High HX6 3LB up to High HX6 3LD up to High HX6 3LF up to High HX6 3LN up to High HX6 4AJ up to High HX6 4DF up to High HX6 4DH up to High HX6 4DJ up to High HX6 4DL up to High HX6 4HS up to High HX6 4RH up to High HX6 2DS up to Medium HX6 2JS up to Medium HX6 2WA up to Medium HX6 3AF up to Medium HX6 3BN up to Medium HX6 3BS up to Medium HX6 3BT up to Medium HX6 3LX up to Medium HX6 2FB up to Low HX6 2FD up to Low HX6 2FE up to Low HX6 2FF up to Low HX6 2FH up to Low HX6 2FL up to Low HX6 2FP up to Low HX6 2QD up to Low HX6 2UX up to Low HX6 3BL up to Low HX6 3BW up to Low HX6 3LL up to Low HX6 3LY up to Low HX6 4AG up to Low HX6 4DB up to Low HX6 4DG up to Low HX6 4DR up to Low HX6 4EX up to Low HX6 4HE up to Low HX6 4ND up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near HX6

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

306 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (146 at warning level or above), most recently 4 September 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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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.