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Ormskirk, Lancashire
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Properties in L39 1LD sit in the Environment Agency's Low flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.
| Likelihood band | Annual chance | Properties | Of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | greater than 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Medium | 1% – 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Low | 0.1% – 1% | 5 | 5 |
| Very low | below 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a low-likelihood area has a 2–22% chance of flooding at least once.
L39 1LD gets about 959 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 105 mm; driest April, 57 mm). That is 18% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
A thirty-year average for the surrounding area, not a measurement at this address and not a flood risk on its own: a dry area floods when a storm sits over it, and a wet one may drain away perfectly well. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.2 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The ground here sits at about 36 m above sea level and falls 15 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-south-east, 4.3 m higher.
The river map has no watercourse within 1 km of the centre of L39 1LD.
That means this spot is not on the river map, not that there is no water here: Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers) leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Because properties in the low likelihood band; 6 recorded flood outlines mapped nearby; 215 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around L39 1LD. 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 | Mapped flood extent | Approx. distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | 31st December 2024 | ~0.5 km |
| Dec 2015 | Southport Road, Scarisbrick | ~1.0 km |
| Dec 2015 | Asmall Lane, Ormskirk | ~0.5 km |
| Dec 2015 | The Reeds/Cotton Lane, Ormskirk | ~0.5 km |
| Dec 2015 | Redgate, Ormskirk | ~1.1 km |
| Dec 2015 | Moss View, Ormskirk | ~1.1 km |
These are extents the Environment Agency has mapped, not a list of every flood. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.
Christoph (2021, 10 warnings nearby) ▶ replay it here · Babet (2023, 4 warnings nearby) ▶ replay it here · 2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 4 warnings nearby) ▶ replay it here · Fergus (2023, 3 warnings nearby) ▶ replay it here
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyers lane | Sandy Brook | 1.2 km | 1.13 m | 1.32 m |
| Wanes Blades | River Douglas | 7.4 km | 2.75 m | 3.80 m |
| Parbold | River Douglas | 7.9 km | 2.93 m | 3.60 m |
| Dovers Bridge | Dovers Brook | 8.8 km | 1.76 m | 2.59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Street Cso (49200) | Trib Of Eller Brook Via Sws | 0.9 km | 10 (2024) | 7 |
| Westhead Wwtw | Castle Brook | 3.2 km | 84 (2024) | 596 |
| Dicket's Lane Cso (493de) | Eller Brook | 4.4 km | 88 (2024) | 207 |
| Burscough Wwtw | Boathouse Sluice | 4.5 km | 25 (2024) | 302 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
14 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~43 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 L39 1LD — all in the L39 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring (England); live overflow status © the water companies, incl. Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and Scottish Water. 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 L39 district.