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Does PR4 5XP flood?

Up to Medium likelihood

Properties in PR4 5XP sit in the Environment Agency's Medium flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%00
Medium1% – 3.3%10
Low0.1% – 1%00
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a medium-likelihood area has a 22–57% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around PR4 5XP

The ground here sits at about 10 m above sea level and falls 10 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east, 1.3 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around PR45XP, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 10 m above sea level and falls 10 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east, 1.3 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of PR4 5XP, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for PR4 5XP

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
PR4 5XP
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 2 recorded floods nearby; 201 official warnings since 2006.

D Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Medium
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around PR4 5XP. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near PR4 5XP

201
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
48
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-09-20)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Dec 2015 Marsh Lane, Longton ~0.7 km
Dec 2015 Marsh Lane and Dale Avenue, Longton ~0.6 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 13 warnings nearby) · Ciara (2020, 7 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 4 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 4 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for PR4 5XP

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Littlewood Bridge River Lostock 6.0 km 2.70 m 3.80 m
Castle Bridge Croston River Yarrow 6.7 km 3.02 m 4.10 m
Croston River Yarrow 7.6 km 1.30 m 2.99 m
Bamber Bridge River Lostock 8.5 km 1.60 m 2.19 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Longton Wastewater Treatment Works Tarra Carr Gutter 0.5 km 149 (2024) 1,973
Clifford Avenue Ww Ntwk Ps Longton Brook 1.5 km 39 (2024) 239
Hesketh Bank Wwtw Hskbk Douglas Estuary 2.1 km 22 (2024) 131
The Greenacres Cso Unnamed Trib. Of Mill Brook 3.1 km 23 (2024) 56

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

3 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~141 m (natural high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

PR4 5EH up to Medium PR4 5GL up to High PR4 5HD up to Low PR4 5HH up to High PR4 5HL up to Low PR4 5HY up to Medium PR4 5JA up to Medium PR4 5JB up to High PR4 5JD up to Medium PR4 5JE up to Very low PR4 5JG up to High PR4 5JH up to Very low

At-risk postcodes near PR4 5XP — all in the PR4 district.

© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the PR4 district.