Does PR26 flood?

Yes — parts of the PR26 district carry real flood risk: 20 of its 67 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PR26 postcode district covers Farington West, Earnshaw Bridge, Broadfield, close to Croston, Eccleston, Euxton, and surrounding villages in parts of Lancashire and Greater Manchester.

67 postcodes in the PR26 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 20 high, 3 medium, 36 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 PR26 postcodes are at risk?

PR26 6TR up to High PR26 8LT up to High PR26 9HA up to High PR26 9HB up to High PR26 9HD up to High PR26 9HE up to High PR26 9JP up to High PR26 9QY up to High PR26 9RA up to High PR26 9RB up to High PR26 9RF up to High PR26 9RH up to High PR26 9RJ up to High PR26 9RT up to High PR26 9RU up to High PR26 9RY up to High PR26 9SA up to High PR26 9SB up to High PR26 9SD up to High PR26 9SE up to High PR26 6QE up to Medium PR26 8LW up to Medium PR26 9JA up to Medium PR26 6RH up to Low PR26 6RL up to Low PR26 6RQ up to Low PR26 6RR up to Low PR26 6TY up to Low PR26 7AU up to Low PR26 7PA up to Low PR26 8HA up to Low PR26 8LH up to Low PR26 8PH up to Low PR26 9AG up to Low PR26 9AS up to Low PR26 9AW up to Low PR26 9BJ up to Low PR26 9BL up to Low PR26 9HH up to Low PR26 9HJ up to Low PR26 9HP up to Low PR26 9JD up to Low PR26 9JE up to Low PR26 9JH up to Low PR26 9JJ up to Low PR26 9JL up to Low PR26 9JN up to Low PR26 9JQ up to Low PR26 9JR up to Low PR26 9JS up to Low PR26 9RD up to Low PR26 9RE up to Low PR26 9RL up to Low PR26 9RQ up to Low PR26 9RR up to Low PR26 9RS up to Low PR26 9RW up to Low PR26 9RX up to Low PR26 9SJ up to Low PR26 9AT up to Very low PR26 9AX up to Very low PR26 9BE up to Very low PR26 9BF up to Very low PR26 9JT up to Very low PR26 9RN up to Very low PR26 9RP up to Very low PR26 9SH up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near PR26

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

186 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (33 at warning level or above), most recently 20 September 2025. 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

PR25 PR9 PR8 PR7 PR6 PR5 PR4 PR3

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.