Does WN8 7XF flood?

Up to Low likelihood

Properties in WN8 7XF sit in the Environment Agency's Low 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 band	Annual chance	Properties	Of which homes
High	greater than 3.3%	0	0
Medium	1% – 3.3%	0	0
Low	0.1% – 1%	9	1
Very low	below 0.1%	0	0

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a low-likelihood area has a 2–22% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around WN8 7XF

The ground here sits at about 10 m above sea level and falls 28 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-west, 19.9 m higher.

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Inside the full report for WN8 7XF

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report

WN8 7XF

Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the low likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 137 official warnings since 2006.

C 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 Low

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

Rivers & sea likelihood · illustrative

Surface water (flash flooding) · illustrative

Flood Zones 2 & 3 (planning) · illustrative

2050s projection (climate) · illustrative

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around WN8 7XF. 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 WN8 7XF

137

flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2007

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

Date	Recorded flood	Approx. distance
Dec 2024	31st December 2024	~0.7 km
Jul 2023	23rd July 2023	~0.6 km
Feb 2020	Course Lane	~0.7 km
Dec 2015	Parbold	~0.6 km
Dec 2015	The Common, Parbold	~0.9 km
Dec 2015	Doe Meadow/Course Lane, Newburgh	~0.8 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

Christoph (2021, 5 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 3 warnings nearby) · Darragh (2024, 2 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for WN8 7XF

Gauge	River	Distance	Typical high	Highest on record
Parbold	River Douglas	0.8 km	2.93 m	3.60 m
Wanes Blades	River Douglas	1.7 km	2.75 m	3.80 m
Appley Bridge	River Douglas	4.4 km	3.35 m	2.85 m
Eccleston Heskin Bridge	Syd Brook	6.7 km	1.60 m	1.83 m

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

Storm overflows within 5 km

Overflow	Discharges into	Distance	Spills	Hours
Wigan Wastewater Treatment Works	River Douglas	1.0 km	45 (2024)	829
Skelmersdale Wwtw Skelm	River Douglas	1.0 km	24 (2024)	82
Skelmersdale Wwtw Skelm	River Douglas	1.0 km	12 (2024)	47
Near Tawd Vale Inn Cso	River Tawd Via Sws	4.1 km	39 (2024)	69

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

Flood defences

5 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~374 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

WN8 7BD up to High WN8 7DA up to High WN8 7DH up to Low WN8 7DJ up to Low WN8 7DN up to Low WN8 7DP up to Low WN8 7DR up to Medium WN8 7EA up to High WN8 7HA up to Medium WN8 7HD up to Low WN8 7HS up to Low WN8 7NL up to Medium

At-risk postcodes near WN8 7XF — all in the WN8 district.

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