Does PR7 1NR flood?

Not in an at-risk area

PR7 1NR has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in PR7 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for PR7 1NR

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
PR7 1NR
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 2 recorded floods nearby; 156 official warnings since 2006.

A 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: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
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Surface water
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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 PR7 1NR. 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 PR7 1NR

156
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2007
23
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-09-03)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Oct 2020 Southport Road ~0.3 km
Nov 2017 Ambleside Avenue ~1.1 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

2007 UK floods (2007, 4 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 4 warnings nearby) · Fergus (2023, 4 warnings nearby) · Elin (2023, 4 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for PR7 1NR

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Pincock Brow River Yarrow 1.4 km 1.00 m 2.45 m
Chorley Haworth Road Black Brook 2.9 km 1.00 m 1.24 m
Eccleston Heskin Bridge Syd Brook 4.2 km 1.60 m 1.83 m
Croston Dam River Yarrow 4.5 km 3.36 m 7.02 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
Common Bank Lane Cso Chorl River Chor Diversion Channel 0.1 km 3 (2024) 3
Parklands Cso 123jr Chr0015 River Chor Trib River Yarrow 0.2 km 48 (2024) 24
Baganley Froom Cso 121cw Black Brook Trib River Yarrow 0.4 km 40 (2024) 193
Chorley Waste Water Treatment Works River Yarrow & Chor 0.4 km 20 (2024) 134

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

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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

At-risk postcodes near PR7 1NR — all in the PR7 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 PR7 district.