Does Thornton flood?

Flood warnings in force near Thornton

• Flood alert — Wyre estuary from Fleetwood and Knott End to Little Eccleston
  Flooding is possible from 22:00 to Midnight on Monday 26 October 1.8 km
• Flood alert — Coast from Fleetwood to Blackpool
  Flooding is possible from 22:00 to Midnight on Monday 26 October 2026 2.2 km

From the Environment Agency (England). Always check the GOV.UK Check for Flooding service or call Floodline on 0345 988 1188.

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

Ordnance Survey places 464 postcodes in Thornton 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 9,124 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 Thornton

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Thornton watch Horsebridge Dyke, Lune And Wyre, Cockers Dyke, Broad Fleet.

• Poulton Cottam Hall Field Grid
  Horsebridge Dyke · 3.6 km away 0.25 m
  normal range · 35 min ago
• Fleetwood Tidal
  Lune And Wyre · 5.5 km away 0.78 m
  rises and falls with the tide · 35 min ago
• Preesall Pumping Station, Cockers Dyke Structure
  Cockers Dyke · 7.6 km away 0.80 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 35 min ago
• Pilling, Broadfleet Tidal
  Broad Fleet · 9.0 km away 1.49 m
  rises and falls with the tide · 35 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Thornton'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 Thornton

23 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Thornton. The EA has issued 485 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 26 Oct 2026.

• Nestleton, Underbank Road, Aylesbury House and Silcock's Cottages, Trunnah, Stanah, Millfield Science and Performing Arts College and Marsh Farm
  no warning on record since 2006 0.3 km
• Promenade South, Anchorsholme and Rossall Beach
  no warning on record since 2006 1.7 km
• Wyrefield Farm, Fleetwood Road and Rossall Lane Woods
  no warning on record since 2006 1.7 km
• Tiger's Tail, Wyre Dock, Burrow's Marsh, Burn Naze, Thornton, Trunnah, Stanah, Poulton-le-Fylde, Skippool, Hambleton, Cold Row, Little Singleton, Little Eccleston and Crow Woods
  315 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 1.8 km
• Nestleton, Underbank Road, Aylesbury House and Silcock's Cottages
  23 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 1.9 km
• Fleetwood, Larkholme, Broadwater, Cleveleys, Rossall Beach, Anchorsholme, Blackpool and Revoe
  95 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 2.2 km
• Princes Way, Promenade North and Jubilee Gardens
  no warning on record since 2006 2.6 km
• Breck Drive and Myrtle Avenue
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2018 2.8 km
• Skippool Bridge, Breck Road and Bridge House
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2018 3.0 km
• Wardleys Pool, Wardleys Lane, Wyresdale Caravan Park, Riverside Drive, The Conifers, Kiln Lane, Brook Vale and Brickhouse Lane
  20 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 3.0 km
• The Rowans, Kingfisher Drive, Dale Dyke, Winscar Walk, Adlington Ave, Chester Ave and Rutland Ave. Land and properties off Berry's Ln, Carleton Gate, Shirley Heights, The Downs, Minstrel Walk, The Oaks and Furlong Ln
  no warning on record since 2006 3.1 km
• Wardleys Pool, Wardleys Lane, Wyresdale Caravan Park, Riverside Drive, The Conifers, Kiln Lane, Brook Vale and Brickhouse Lane
  no warning on record since 2006 3.3 km

Recorded floods near Thornton

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

• 28 Sep 2019 — Carr Lane
• 28 Sep 2019 — Sunnyside Terrace / Lancaster Road
• 23 Nov 2017 — 23/11/2017 Ordinary watercourse
• 22 Nov 2017 — Fleetwood Road
• 22 Nov 2017 — Shakespeare Road
• 22 Nov 2017 — Mebourne Avenue
• 22 Nov 2017 — Formby Avenue
• 22 Nov 2017 — Hazel Avenue
• 22 Nov 2017 — Broadpool Lane, Kiln Lane, Sherbourne Road
• 22 Nov 2017 — Carr Lane
• 22 Nov 2017 — Sower Carr Lane
• 22 Nov 2017 — Arundel Drive

…and 62 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Thornton

Thornton gets about 953 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 107 mm; driest April, 54 mm). That is 18% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.3 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.5 km away), recorded 4.9 mm in the last 24 hours and 62.4 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 35 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Thornton

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

High likelihood (22)

Medium likelihood (8)

Low likelihood (22)

Very low likelihood (412)

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.