Does LA5 flood?

Yes — parts of the LA5 district carry real flood risk: 26 of its 60 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LA5 postcode district covers Carnforth & Millhead, Warton, Bolton & Slyne, Kent Estuary, close to Capernwray, Caton, Lancaster, and surrounding villages in parts of Lancashire and Westmorland and Furness.

60 postcodes in the LA5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 26 high, 7 medium, 19 low, 8 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 LA5 postcodes are at risk?

LA5 0AT up to High LA5 0AX up to High LA5 0BN up to High LA5 0HG up to High LA5 0HQ up to High LA5 0JA up to High LA5 8EW up to High LA5 8JR up to High LA5 9BH up to High LA5 9EU up to High LA5 9EY up to High LA5 9EZ up to High LA5 9FA up to High LA5 9FH up to High LA5 9HD up to High LA5 9JA up to High LA5 9LR up to High LA5 9NJ up to High LA5 9NY up to High LA5 9RE up to High LA5 9RP up to High LA5 9RQ up to High LA5 9SA up to High LA5 9TN up to High LA5 9XH up to High LA5 9XL up to High LA5 0BW up to Medium LA5 8ER up to Medium LA5 8ET up to Medium LA5 9AL up to Medium LA5 9AQ up to Medium LA5 9NH up to Medium LA5 9XJ up to Medium LA5 8EP up to Low LA5 8JP up to Low LA5 8JS up to Low LA5 8JW up to Low LA5 9AS up to Low LA5 9EF up to Low LA5 9EL up to Low LA5 9HG up to Low LA5 9HR up to Low LA5 9JB up to Low LA5 9LJ up to Low LA5 9LS up to Low LA5 9NS up to Low LA5 9NT up to Low LA5 9PG up to Low LA5 9PQ up to Low LA5 9UX up to Low LA5 9XT up to Low LA5 9XW up to Low LA5 0HH up to Very low LA5 0SN up to Very low LA5 8LP up to Very low LA5 9GX up to Very low LA5 9GY up to Very low LA5 9JJ up to Very low LA5 9NR up to Very low LA5 9PE up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near LA5

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

160 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (21 at warning level or above), most recently 24 March 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

LA4 LA6 LA3 LA7 LA2 LA8 LA1 LA9

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.