Does PR6 flood?

Yes — parts of the PR6 district carry real flood risk: 17 of its 55 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PR6 postcode district covers Buckshaw & Whittle, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton, close to Chorley, Euxton, Bamber Bridge, and surrounding villages in parts of Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

55 postcodes in the PR6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 17 high, 6 medium, 32 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 PR6 postcodes are at risk?

PR6 0QG up to High PR6 7DH up to High PR6 7DZ up to High PR6 7HD up to High PR6 7HU up to High PR6 7NR up to High PR6 8LT up to High PR6 8TD up to High PR6 9AS up to High PR6 9BT up to High PR6 9DB up to High PR6 9DE up to High PR6 9EG up to High PR6 9FG up to High PR6 9FJ up to High PR6 9FL up to High PR6 9HL up to High PR6 0QQ up to Medium PR6 7DJ up to Medium PR6 7HX up to Medium PR6 7LA up to Medium PR6 7LX up to Medium PR6 7YF up to Medium PR6 7AB up to Low PR6 7AP up to Low PR6 7EA up to Low PR6 7HY up to Low PR6 7JF up to Low PR6 7LF up to Low PR6 7LY up to Low PR6 7NS up to Low PR6 7NT up to Low PR6 7NX up to Low PR6 7QY up to Low PR6 7RP up to Low PR6 7RU up to Low PR6 7RW up to Low PR6 7YA up to Low PR6 7YB up to Low PR6 8LX up to Low PR6 8LY up to Low PR6 9AD up to Low PR6 9AF up to Low PR6 9AN up to Low PR6 9AR up to Low PR6 9AT up to Low PR6 9AW up to Low PR6 9BA up to Low PR6 9BL up to Low PR6 9BW up to Low PR6 9DP up to Low PR6 9EE up to Low PR6 9FH up to Low PR6 9FN up to Low PR6 9FQ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near PR6

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

Chorley Haworth Road on the Black Brook — 2.2 km away, highest on record 1.24m
Pincock Brow on the River Yarrow — 4.2 km away, highest on record 2.45m
Bamber Bridge on the River Lostock — 6.5 km away, highest on record 2.19m
Croston Dam on the River Yarrow — 7.1 km away, highest on record 7.02m

190 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (37 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):

Dawson Lane (2020) — about 2.7 km from the centre
Central Avenue (2020) — about 2.9 km from the centre
West View (2020) — about 1.7 km from the centre
Park Road (2020) — about 2.3 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

PR5 PR7 PR4 PR8 PR3 PR9 PR2 PR1

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.