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Does Parbold flood?

Lancashire
22postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
10river gauges within 10 km
1tidal gauge within 10 km
9years with a mapped flood record within 5 km
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What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Parbold

Ordnance Survey places 22 postcodes in Parbold in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset (Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea). Each postcode is counted once, under the worst band any of its properties reaches; together they hold 286 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High99083
Medium44035
Low9156146
Very low000
All bands22286264

This dataset covers flooding from rivers and the sea only — one of five flood sources. Surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately, so a postcode missing from it is not proof that a place cannot flood. The band describes the land around properties (allowing for defences), not any single address and not today's conditions.

Rivers and live river levels near Parbold

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Parbold watch River Douglas, Syd Brook, River Yarrow, Sandy Brook, River Lostock.

Distances are from the middle of Parbold's at-risk postcodes. Tidal and structure gauges are shown as readings only — the tide and sluice gates move them, not floods. A gauge with no recent reading shows no level.

The watercourse nearest Parbold

The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Douglas, about 240 m from the middle of Parbold's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Ribble (Ribble Estuary) about 21 km downstream.

A gauge downstream shows water that has already passed this point; one upstream sees it first. Distances along the river are from the point on the River Douglas nearest the middle of Parbold's at-risk postcodes. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Flood warning areas near Parbold

14 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Parbold. The EA has issued 146 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 24 Oct 2026.

Recorded floods near Parbold

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Parbold, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

…and 42 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Parbold

Parbold gets about 945 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 104 mm; driest April, 53 mm). That is 19% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.2 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (1.3 km away), recorded 4.8 mm in the last 24 hours and 68.1 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 2 h ago).

At-risk postcodes in Parbold

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Parbold that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.

High likelihood (9)

WN8 7DAWN8 7EAWN8 7PBWN8 7PDWN8 7PEWN8 7PFWN8 7PGWN8 7PJWN8 7PQ

Medium likelihood (4)

WN8 7DRWN8 7HAWN8 7NLWN8 7PH

Low likelihood (9)

WN8 7DHWN8 7DJWN8 7DNWN8 7DPWN8 7HDWN8 7HSWN8 7NTWN8 7NUWN8 7NW

Postcode districts

WN8 · 22

Sources

FloodRadar summarises public flood data. It is not a flood-risk survey of any property, and it does not replace official GOV.UK flood warnings or the GOV.UK long-term flood risk service.

Flood-risk bands: © 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, flood warning areas and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

River levels and rainfall: Environment Agency real-time flood-monitoring data, updated every 15 minutes (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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