Does PR2 flood?

Yes — parts of the PR2 district carry real flood risk: 46 of its 145 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PR2 postcode district covers Ashton, Cadley, Sharoe Green, Greyfriars, close to Lower Penwortham, Preston, Walton-Le-Dale, and surrounding villages in Lancashire.

145 postcodes in the PR2 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 46 high, 40 medium, 51 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 PR2 postcodes are at risk?

PR2 1JS up to High PR2 2DW up to High PR2 2GA up to High PR2 2GB up to High PR2 2GD up to High PR2 2XB up to High PR2 2XD up to High PR2 2XE up to High PR2 2XF up to High PR2 2YN up to High PR2 2YP up to High PR2 2YX up to High PR2 2YY up to High PR2 2YZ up to High PR2 2ZB up to High PR2 3ES up to High PR2 3LA up to High PR2 3PU up to High PR2 3PW up to High PR2 3QJ up to High PR2 3TS up to High PR2 3TY up to High PR2 5AU up to High PR2 5JR up to High PR2 5JS up to High PR2 5JT up to High PR2 5LB up to High PR2 5LD up to High PR2 5LE up to High PR2 5LR up to High PR2 6QL up to High PR2 7AN up to High PR2 8HN up to High PR2 8ND up to High PR2 8NU up to High PR2 8UT up to High PR2 9RR up to High PR2 9RS up to High PR2 9RT up to High PR2 9SR up to High PR2 9SS up to High PR2 9SY up to High PR2 9TF up to High PR2 9UU up to High PR2 9WN up to High PR2 9WP up to High PR2 1AQ up to Medium PR2 1AS up to Medium PR2 1AT up to Medium PR2 1AU up to Medium PR2 1AX up to Medium PR2 1AY up to Medium PR2 1BA up to Medium PR2 1BB up to Medium PR2 1BD up to Medium PR2 1BE up to Medium PR2 1QJ up to Medium PR2 2HF up to Medium PR2 2LQ up to Medium PR2 2LZ up to Medium PR2 2NN up to Medium PR2 2NP up to Medium PR2 2NQ up to Medium PR2 2NR up to Medium PR2 2PR up to Medium PR2 2QA up to Medium PR2 2UW up to Medium PR2 2XH up to Medium PR2 2YA up to Medium PR2 2YB up to Medium PR2 2YD up to Medium PR2 2YF up to Medium PR2 2YG up to Medium PR2 2YJ up to Medium PR2 2YQ up to Medium PR2 2YW up to Medium PR2 3HD up to Medium PR2 3PJ up to Medium PR2 3PT up to Medium PR2 3PX up to Medium PR2 3QD up to Medium PR2 3QH up to Medium PR2 3XW up to Medium PR2 5DH up to Medium PR2 9FJ up to Medium PR2 9NU up to Medium PR2 1AD up to Low PR2 1AE up to Low PR2 1BN up to Low PR2 1NR up to Low PR2 1QZ up to Low PR2 1RT up to Low PR2 1XR up to Low PR2 2DF up to Low PR2 2EF up to Low PR2 2EP up to Low PR2 2EU up to Low PR2 2EX up to Low PR2 2FT up to Low PR2 2HT up to Low PR2 2HW up to Low PR2 2JW up to Low PR2 2JZ up to Low PR2 2NL up to Low PR2 2NS up to Low PR2 2PD up to Low PR2 2TD up to Low PR2 2TE up to Low PR2 2TP up to Low PR2 2TW up to Low PR2 2TX up to Low PR2 2TY up to Low PR2 2XL up to Low PR2 2XP up to Low PR2 2XS up to Low PR2 2XU up to Low PR2 2YH up to Low PR2 2YL up to Low PR2 2YS up to Low PR2 3EJ up to Low PR2 3HB up to Low PR2 3LF up to Low PR2 3NU up to Low PR2 3QB up to Low PR2 3QE up to Low PR2 3ST up to Low PR2 3TF up to Low PR2 3TW up to Low PR2 5BL up to Low PR2 5NJ up to Low PR2 5RW up to Low PR2 8JJ up to Low PR2 8WY up to Low PR2 9PX up to Low PR2 9QB up to Low PR2 9QR up to Low PR2 9SX up to Low PR2 2EQ up to Very low PR2 2EY up to Very low PR2 2FS up to Very low PR2 2HG up to Very low PR2 2HH up to Very low PR2 2HJ up to Very low PR2 2HL up to Very low PR2 9RJ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near PR2

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

168 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.