How exposed the BB18 postcode district (North Yorkshire and Pendle) is to flooding from rivers, the sea and surface water, from a sample of points checked against the Environment Agency maps.
Based on 5 points spread across the district. An indication of the area, not a count of properties.
Most of the points we checked are outside the flood zones, but flood risk is local: a single street, underpass or stream can be the exception. We checked 5 points spread across the district: the centre and four points about 900 m away.
Flood zone: 0 of 5 points in Zone 3 and 0 in Zone 2.
The Environment Agency issues flood alerts and warnings for these named areas within about six kilometres of the district centre.
Properties in Earby at risk from Earby Beck, New Cut and Victoria Clough including properties on and around Victoria Road, School Lane, Water Street, Goodall Close and Boot Street
Earby Beck, New Cut, Victoria Clough Lancashire
Earby Beck and New Cut from Kelbrook to Broughton
Earby Beck, New Cut Lancashire, North Yorkshire
Elslack including Tempest Arms on Elslack Lane and Broughton Mill Business Park downstream
Broughton Beck North Yorkshire
Properties in Cotton Tree including Standroyd Mill, Hollington Street, Lambeth Street and Cotton Tree Lane
Colne Water Lancashire
Properties in Cotton Tree including Spring Grove, Rosley Street, Bright Street, Holme Street, Winewall Road, Trawden Road and Cotton Tree Lane
Colne Water Lancashire
River Aire from Gargrave to Stockbridge, including Eshton Beck, Eller Beck and Silsden Beck
River Aire, Eller Beck Bradford, North Yorkshire
You can sign up for free flood warnings for your own address on GOV.UK.
The figures above describe the district. Your home is one point in it, and that point is what the check reads.
This district spans North Yorkshire and Pendle.
Enter an English postcode and see free of charge its flood zone and the risk bands for rivers, the sea and surface water. What the numbers mean, which past floods were recorded around the property, which warning areas cover it and what to ask your insurer, surveyor and solicitor is in the report for that one point.
A flood is the most expensive thing that can happen to a home, and a flood zone or a surface water flow path can change the insurance terms, the mortgage offer and the resale price. The report gathers the Environment Agency data for your address before you commit; it is not a substitute for a flood search from your conveyancer.
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None of the 5 sample points we checked across the BB18 postcode district fall in Flood Zone 2 or 3. That does not rule out a zone elsewhere in the district, because the sample is a handful of points and flood zones can be narrow. Check your full postcode to be sure.
None of the 5 sample points rate above very low for surface water flooding. Surface water risk is highly local, so check your own postcode.
The Environment Agency issues flood alerts and warnings for named areas. Within about six kilometres of the centre of BB18 these include Earby Beck, New Cut and Victoria Clough at Earby, Earby Beck Catchment and Broughton Beck at Elslack and Broughton Business Park. You can sign up for free flood warnings for your address on GOV.UK.
It is an indication, not a verdict on any single home. We checked 5 points around the centre of the district against the Environment Agency maps. A district can hold many streets and a flood zone can be a few metres wide. The free check on a full postcode, with a pin you can move onto your plot, is the precise answer.