Does PR1 flood?

Yes — parts of the PR1 district carry real flood risk: 10 of its 148 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PR1 postcode district covers City Centre, Middleforth, Fishwick & Frenchwood, Howick & Priory, close to Lower Penwortham, Preston, Walton-Le-Dale, and surrounding villages in Lancashire.

148 postcodes in the PR1 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 10 high, 108 medium, 28 low, 2 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 PR1 postcodes are at risk?

PR1 0LJ up to High PR1 0NH up to High PR1 5BF up to High PR1 8DU up to High PR1 8JP up to High PR1 8JT up to High PR1 9TE up to High PR1 9UD up to High PR1 9UT up to High PR1 9XR up to High PR1 0NE up to Medium PR1 0NL up to Medium PR1 8AF up to Medium PR1 8DL up to Medium PR1 8DN up to Medium PR1 8DQ up to Medium PR1 8DS up to Medium PR1 8DT up to Medium PR1 8DW up to Medium PR1 8DX up to Medium PR1 8DY up to Medium PR1 8EA up to Medium PR1 8EB up to Medium PR1 8ED up to Medium PR1 8EE up to Medium PR1 8EH up to Medium PR1 8EJ up to Medium PR1 8EL up to Medium PR1 8EN up to Medium PR1 8EP up to Medium PR1 8EQ up to Medium PR1 8ER up to Medium PR1 8ES up to Medium PR1 8ET up to Medium PR1 8EU up to Medium PR1 8EW up to Medium PR1 8EX up to Medium PR1 8HA up to Medium PR1 8HB up to Medium PR1 8HU up to Medium PR1 8JF up to Medium PR1 8JH up to Medium PR1 8JJ up to Medium PR1 8JL up to Medium PR1 8JN up to Medium PR1 8JQ up to Medium PR1 8JR up to Medium PR1 8JW up to Medium PR1 8JY up to Medium PR1 8LA up to Medium PR1 8LD up to Medium PR1 8LJ up to Medium PR1 8LT up to Medium PR1 8LU up to Medium PR1 8NQ up to Medium PR1 8NX up to Medium PR1 8PP up to Medium PR1 8PQ up to Medium PR1 8PR up to Medium PR1 8PS up to Medium PR1 8PT up to Medium PR1 8PU up to Medium PR1 8PY up to Medium PR1 8PZ up to Medium PR1 8QD up to Medium PR1 8QU up to Medium PR1 8RT up to Medium PR1 8SJ up to Medium PR1 8SL up to Medium PR1 8UD up to Medium PR1 8UG up to Medium PR1 8UN up to Medium PR1 8UQ up to Medium PR1 8UR up to Medium PR1 8UW up to Medium PR1 8UY up to Medium PR1 8XL up to Medium PR1 9JR up to Medium PR1 9JS up to Medium PR1 9JW up to Medium PR1 9JX up to Medium PR1 9QD up to Medium PR1 9QE up to Medium PR1 9QH up to Medium PR1 9QJ up to Medium PR1 9QL up to Medium PR1 9QN up to Medium PR1 9QP up to Medium PR1 9QQ up to Medium PR1 9QR up to Medium PR1 9QS up to Medium PR1 9QT up to Medium PR1 9QU up to Medium PR1 9QX up to Medium PR1 9QY up to Medium PR1 9RA up to Medium PR1 9RB up to Medium PR1 9RD up to Medium PR1 9RE up to Medium PR1 9RF up to Medium PR1 9RH up to Medium PR1 9RJ up to Medium PR1 9RL up to Medium PR1 9RN up to Medium PR1 9RP up to Medium PR1 9RQ up to Medium PR1 9RR up to Medium PR1 9RU up to Medium PR1 9RW up to Medium PR1 9TD up to Medium PR1 9XS up to Medium PR1 9XT up to Medium PR1 9XW up to Medium PR1 9XY up to Medium PR1 9YA up to Medium PR1 9YB up to Medium PR1 9YD up to Medium PR1 9YG up to Medium PR1 0BP up to Low PR1 0LP up to Low PR1 0NJ up to Low PR1 0QR up to Low PR1 4AP up to Low PR1 4LX up to Low PR1 4PB up to Low PR1 4PE up to Low PR1 4PH up to Low PR1 4PJ up to Low PR1 4PL up to Low PR1 4PN up to Low PR1 4PP up to Low PR1 4PQ up to Low PR1 4PR up to Low PR1 4PS up to Low PR1 4PT up to Low PR1 8HY up to Low PR1 8PJ up to Low PR1 8PW up to Low PR1 8PX up to Low PR1 8UE up to Low PR1 8UJ up to Low PR1 9HY up to Low PR1 9JU up to Low PR1 9TB up to Low PR1 9XQ up to Low PR1 9XU up to Low PR1 0JU up to Very low PR1 0NS up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near PR1

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

241 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (67 at warning level or above), most recently 8 December 2025. 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.