Does WN8 flood?

Yes — parts of the WN8 district carry real flood risk: 12 of its 28 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WN8 postcode district covers Rural North East, Burscough Bridge & Rufford, Up Holland, Skelmersdale South, close to Newburgh, Appley Bridge, Eccleston, and surrounding villages in parts of Lancashire and Greater Manchester.

28 postcodes in the WN8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 12 high, 4 medium, 12 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 WN8 postcodes are at risk?

WN8 7BD up to High WN8 7DA up to High WN8 7EA up to High WN8 7PB up to High WN8 7PD up to High WN8 7PE up to High WN8 7PF up to High WN8 7PG up to High WN8 7PJ up to High WN8 7PQ up to High WN8 7TW up to High WN8 9UP up to High WN8 7DR up to Medium WN8 7HA up to Medium WN8 7NL up to Medium WN8 7PH up to Medium WN8 7DH up to Low WN8 7DJ up to Low WN8 7DN up to Low WN8 7DP up to Low WN8 7HD up to Low WN8 7HS up to Low WN8 7NT up to Low WN8 7NU up to Low WN8 7NW up to Low WN8 7UT up to Low WN8 7XF up to Low WN8 9PY up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near WN8

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

Parbold on the River Douglas — 0.1 km away, highest on record 3.60m
Wanes Blades on the River Douglas — 2.5 km away, highest on record 3.80m
Appley Bridge on the River Douglas — 3.6 km away, highest on record 2.85m
Eccleston Heskin Bridge on the Syd Brook — 6.9 km away, highest on record 1.83m

139 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (34 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):

31st December 2024 (2024) — about 0.4 km from the centre
23rd July 2023 (2023) — about 0.3 km from the centre
Course Lane (2020) — about 0.7 km from the centre
16th June 2016 (2016) — about 3 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

WN7 WN6 WN5 WN4 WN3 WN2 WN1

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.