Does Penwortham flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Penwortham

Ordnance Survey places 57 postcodes in Penwortham 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 1,098 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

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 Penwortham

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Penwortham watch River Ribble, River Darwen, River Lostock, River Yarrow.

• Penwortham
  River Ribble · 0.6 km away 0.52 m
  below normal · steady · 37 min ago
• Walton-Le-Dale Tidal
  River Ribble · 2.5 km away 0.14 m
  rises and falls with the tide · 37 min ago
• Blue Bridge
  River Darwen · 3.6 km away 0.26 m
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago
• Bamber Bridge
  River Lostock · 3.8 km away 0.12 m
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago
• Samlesbury
  River Ribble · 6.6 km away 1.09 m
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago
• Littlewood Bridge
  River Lostock · 8.8 km away 0.54 m
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago
• Croston Dam
  River Yarrow · 9.8 km away 0.56 m
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Penwortham'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.

Flood warning areas near Penwortham

22 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Penwortham. The EA has issued 245 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 3 Sep 2026.

• Properties in Lower Penwortham off Leyland Road, Talbot Road, Riverside Road and Stricklands Lane; premises on Leyland Road and Factory Lane Industrial Estates; mobile homes on Penwortham Residential Park; and properties near Oaks Wood in Valley Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2014 0.4 km
• Properties in Penwortham on Leyland Road close to the River Ribble, including Penwortham Methodist Church
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2020 0.5 km
• Properties in Broadgate in South End, Riverside, and Connaught Road, including The Continental pub and Preston Sports Club 0.8 km
• Properties in Broadgate including properties off Winkley Road, South Meadow Lane, Taylor Street, Strand Road, and Fishergate Hill near Penwortham Bridge 1.0 km
• Area on the North Bank of the River Ribble between the Old Tram Bridge and the Railway Bridge comprising Avenham Park and Miller Park
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 1.4 km
• Low lying land and properties north of the River Ribble from the Motor Park near Riversway up to Penwortham New Bridge 2.2 km
• Includes Ribble Side Farm, Watery Lane, Factory Lane and Ashworth Grove, Walton Green, Beechwood Avenue, Heaton Close, and Chorley Road and Drakes Hollow 2.8 km
• Properties on the South bank of the Ribble between the Darwen Confluence and the Railway Bridge and on the North bank upstream of Walton Bridge
  19 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2025 3.3 km
• Properties near to Savick Brook in Fulwood and Cadley on Drakes Close, Woodplumpton Rd, Seymour Rd, Mill Lane, Mill Gate and those on Brook St North, Fowler St and Harland St near to the junction with Talbot St 3.5 km
• Properties near to Fulwood Bridge, Talbot Street, Black Bull Lane and Savick Court 3.9 km
• Properties on Higher Walton Road backing onto the River Darwen, businesses and properties close to Cann Bridge in Darwen Street, and businesses based in Higher Walton Mills
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2025 4.2 km
• Properties in Higher Walton along Cann Bridge Street, Shop Lane, and the Bannister Hall Lane area, as well as the foundry on Killingborne Brow
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2015 4.8 km

Recorded floods near Penwortham

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Penwortham, most recent first. Absence of a record does not mean a place has never flooded. See them on the map →

• 9 Feb 2020 — Higher Walton Road
• 9 Feb 2020 — Kittlingbounre Brow Kittlingbounre Brow Main river
• 9 Feb 2020 — Leyland Road
• 9 Feb 2020 — Avenham Park Main river
• 9 Feb 2020 — London Road
• 22 Nov 2017 — Hill Road South
• 26 Dec 2015 — Higher Walton Road, Walton-le-Dale Drainage
• 26 Dec 2015 — Victoria Road, Walton-le-Dale Drainage
• 26 Dec 2015 — Prince's Road, Walton-le-Dale Drainage
• 26 Dec 2015 — Bridge Bank, Walton-le-Dale
• 26 Dec 2015 — Kings Croft & Church Brow, Walton-le-Dale Drainage
• 26 Dec 2015 — Chorley Road, Walton-le-Dale

…and 55 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Penwortham

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.4 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 46.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 37 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Penwortham

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

High likelihood (4)

Medium likelihood (42)

Low likelihood (9)

Very low likelihood (2)

Postcode districts

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.