Does PR4 flood?

Yes — parts of the PR4 district carry real flood risk: 47 of its 165 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PR4 postcode district covers Hoole, Longton & Hutton West, Rural East Fylde, Tarleton Village, close to Lower Penwortham, Croston, Preston, and surrounding villages in Lancashire.

165 postcodes in the PR4 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 47 high, 32 medium, 35 low, 51 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 PR4 postcodes are at risk?

PR4 0BH up to High PR4 0BL up to High PR4 0BQ up to High PR4 0HH up to High PR4 0HL up to High PR4 0HT up to High PR4 0TD up to High PR4 0TE up to High PR4 0TJ up to High PR4 0UA up to High PR4 1AB up to High PR4 1AD up to High PR4 1AN up to High PR4 1DJ up to High PR4 1DL up to High PR4 1HB up to High PR4 1LQ up to High PR4 1UG up to High PR4 1UN up to High PR4 1XD up to High PR4 2HD up to High PR4 2HJ up to High PR4 2HR up to High PR4 2HU up to High PR4 2HY up to High PR4 2YL up to High PR4 3PE up to High PR4 3RS up to High PR4 4BA up to High PR4 4RB up to High PR4 4RG up to High PR4 5GL up to High PR4 5HH up to High PR4 5JB up to High PR4 5JG up to High PR4 5QN up to High PR4 5RF up to High PR4 5SA up to High PR4 5YB up to High PR4 5YD up to High PR4 5ZB up to High PR4 6AE up to High PR4 6AL up to High PR4 6RB up to High PR4 6RR up to High PR4 6XP up to High PR4 6XQ up to High PR4 0BN up to Medium PR4 0BP up to Medium PR4 0DP up to Medium PR4 0TH up to Medium PR4 0YA up to Medium PR4 1AJ up to Medium PR4 1AP up to Medium PR4 1LS up to Medium PR4 1TS up to Medium PR4 1XB up to Medium PR4 2HL up to Medium PR4 3RH up to Medium PR4 3YB up to Medium PR4 4AJ up to Medium PR4 4HB up to Medium PR4 4HD up to Medium PR4 4HE up to Medium PR4 4HQ up to Medium PR4 4QA up to Medium PR4 4QD up to Medium PR4 5EH up to Medium PR4 5HY up to Medium PR4 5JA up to Medium PR4 5JD up to Medium PR4 5JJ up to Medium PR4 5QD up to Medium PR4 5QU up to Medium PR4 5RA up to Medium PR4 5XP up to Medium PR4 5ZY up to Medium PR4 6JX up to Medium PR4 6XT up to Medium PR4 0AZ up to Low PR4 0HS up to Low PR4 0SZ up to Low PR4 0TQ up to Low PR4 0UB up to Low PR4 0XB up to Low PR4 1AL up to Low PR4 1DT up to Low PR4 1EJ up to Low PR4 1RX up to Low PR4 1SQ up to Low PR4 1TB up to Low PR4 1TE up to Low PR4 1TU up to Low PR4 1UA up to Low PR4 1UB up to Low PR4 1UD up to Low PR4 1UH up to Low PR4 1UP up to Low PR4 2YH up to Low PR4 3HE up to Low PR4 3PH up to Low PR4 4GA up to Low PR4 4GB up to Low PR4 4GD up to Low PR4 5HD up to Low PR4 5HL up to Low PR4 5NA up to Low PR4 5QE up to Low PR4 5XB up to Low PR4 6RD up to Low PR4 6XJ up to Low PR4 6XL up to Low PR4 6XR up to Low PR4 6XS up to Low PR4 0FR up to Very low PR4 0XD up to Very low PR4 0XE up to Very low PR4 0XG up to Very low PR4 0XL up to Very low PR4 0XN up to Very low PR4 0XQ up to Very low PR4 1AY up to Very low PR4 1BB up to Very low PR4 1HD up to Very low PR4 1HN up to Very low PR4 1SW up to Very low PR4 1TA up to Very low PR4 1TD up to Very low PR4 1TT up to Very low PR4 1TX up to Very low PR4 1UE up to Very low PR4 1UQ up to Very low PR4 5JE up to Very low PR4 5JH up to Very low PR4 5JN up to Very low PR4 5JP up to Very low PR4 5JR up to Very low PR4 5JY up to Very low PR4 5LA up to Very low PR4 5LD up to Very low PR4 5LH up to Very low PR4 6ES up to Very low PR4 6ET up to Very low PR4 6EU up to Very low PR4 6EW up to Very low PR4 6EX up to Very low PR4 6FS up to Very low PR4 6HB up to Very low PR4 6HD up to Very low PR4 6HE up to Very low PR4 6HG up to Very low PR4 6HJ up to Very low PR4 6HR up to Very low PR4 6HS up to Very low PR4 6HT up to Very low PR4 6JA up to Very low PR4 6JB up to Very low PR4 6JH up to Very low PR4 6JJ up to Very low PR4 6JL up to Very low PR4 6JN up to Very low PR4 6JP up to Very low PR4 6JW up to Very low PR4 6LB up to Very low PR4 6LD up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near PR4

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

132 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (29 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):

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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.