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Does Rufford flood?

Lancashire
23postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
10river gauges within 10 km
1tidal gauge within 10 km
13years 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 Rufford

Ordnance Survey places 23 postcodes in Rufford 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 324 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High53824
Medium092
Low15249236
Very low32821
All bands23324283

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 Rufford

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

Distances are from the middle of Rufford'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 Rufford

The nearest watercourse on the river map is the Sluice, about 120 m from the middle of Rufford's at-risk postcodes. It flows into Back Drain about 11 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 Sluice nearest the middle of Rufford'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 Rufford

17 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Rufford. The EA has issued 191 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 24 Oct 2026.

Recorded floods near Rufford

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Rufford, 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 54 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Rufford

Rufford gets about 945 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 105 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), 2.8 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (4.6 km away), recorded 4.7 mm in the last 24 hours and 68.3 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 29 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Rufford

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

High likelihood (5)

L40 1AEL40 1BJL40 1SAL40 1SPL40 1TB

Low likelihood (15)

L40 1AAL40 1SYL40 1SZL40 1TEL40 1TFL40 1TGL40 1TJL40 1TNL40 1TRL40 1TSL40 1TTL40 1TUL40 1TWL40 1UPL40 1UR

Very low likelihood (3)

L40 1SDL40 1SGL40 1TA

Postcode districts

L40 · 23

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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