Does PR5 flood?

Yes — parts of the PR5 district carry real flood risk: 48 of its 133 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PR5 postcode district covers Samlesbury & Walton, Lostock Hall, close to Walton-Le-Dale, Bamber Bridge, Preston, and surrounding villages in parts of Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

133 postcodes in the PR5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 48 high, 42 medium, 42 low, 1 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 PR5 postcodes are at risk?

PR5 0RJ up to High PR5 0UA up to High PR5 0UE up to High PR5 0XB up to High PR5 4AH up to High PR5 4AN up to High PR5 4AR up to High PR5 4DH up to High PR5 4DJ up to High PR5 4DP up to High PR5 4HA up to High PR5 4HB up to High PR5 4HD up to High PR5 4HH up to High PR5 4HL up to High PR5 4HQ up to High PR5 4HS up to High PR5 4HT up to High PR5 4JA up to High PR5 4JJ up to High PR5 4LS up to High PR5 4RP up to High PR5 6BP up to High PR5 6BQ up to High PR5 6GP up to High PR5 6HS up to High PR5 6LA up to High PR5 6LF up to High PR5 6NR up to High PR5 6NS up to High PR5 6NX up to High PR5 6QQ up to High PR5 6TA up to High PR5 6TD up to High PR5 6TE up to High PR5 6TG up to High PR5 6TH up to High PR5 6TJ up to High PR5 6TL up to High PR5 6TN up to High PR5 6TP up to High PR5 6TR up to High PR5 6TS up to High PR5 6TW up to High PR5 6UL up to High PR5 6UN up to High PR5 6WX up to High PR5 6WY up to High PR5 0LE up to Medium PR5 0SD up to Medium PR5 0UH up to Medium PR5 4AA up to Medium PR5 4AB up to Medium PR5 4AD up to Medium PR5 4AE up to Medium PR5 4AJ up to Medium PR5 4AL up to Medium PR5 4AP up to Medium PR5 4AQ up to Medium PR5 4AU up to Medium PR5 4AW up to Medium PR5 4AX up to Medium PR5 4AY up to Medium PR5 4BA up to Medium PR5 4BB up to Medium PR5 4BD up to Medium PR5 4BG up to Medium PR5 4BH up to Medium PR5 4BY up to Medium PR5 4DQ up to Medium PR5 4EA up to Medium PR5 4HE up to Medium PR5 4HG up to Medium PR5 4HN up to Medium PR5 4HP up to Medium PR5 4HR up to Medium PR5 4JB up to Medium PR5 4JE up to Medium PR5 5TB up to Medium PR5 5XU up to Medium PR5 6ER up to Medium PR5 6FR up to Medium PR5 6JN up to Medium PR5 6LB up to Medium PR5 6LJ up to Medium PR5 6RA up to Medium PR5 6SE up to Medium PR5 6UB up to Medium PR5 6UD up to Medium PR5 6WR up to Medium PR5 0AG up to Low PR5 0RN up to Low PR5 0SE up to Low PR5 0UB up to Low PR5 0UJ up to Low PR5 0UX up to Low PR5 4BS up to Low PR5 4DA up to Low PR5 4DB up to Low PR5 4DD up to Low PR5 4DE up to Low PR5 4DN up to Low PR5 4DZ up to Low PR5 4EQ up to Low PR5 4HU up to Low PR5 4HW up to Low PR5 4JN up to Low PR5 4RE up to Low PR5 5BE up to Low PR5 5BF up to Low PR5 5BG up to Low PR5 5LS up to Low PR5 5XW up to Low PR5 5YJ up to Low PR5 5YN up to Low PR5 5YQ up to Low PR5 5YW up to Low PR5 5YY up to Low PR5 5YZ up to Low PR5 6AS up to Low PR5 6DD up to Low PR5 6EL up to Low PR5 6ES up to Low PR5 6GT up to Low PR5 6LH up to Low PR5 6QP up to Low PR5 6RB up to Low PR5 6UE up to Low PR5 6UH up to Low PR5 6UP up to Low PR5 6XB up to Low PR5 6XD up to Low PR5 4JL up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near PR5

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

222 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (69 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.