How exposed the BL6 postcode district (Bolton and Chorley) 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.
Some of the ground in this district is in a flood zone or at risk of surface water flooding, and the difference between streets can be large. 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 1 in Zone 2.
The Environment Agency issues flood alerts and warnings for these named areas within about six kilometres of the district centre.
Horwich town centre including Bridge Street, Church Street, Longworth Rd close to the junction with Lee Lane. Winter Hey Lane and adjoining roads. Mason Street and roads in the Greenstone Ave, Rotherhead and Avonhead Close areas
Pearl Brook Bolton
Horwich town centre from Bridge Street and Old Station Park to the M61, homes and businesses on Winter Hey Lane at the junction with Chorley New Road, Mason Street and adjoining roads including Back Emmett Street and Chorley New Road
Pearl Brook Bolton
Properties along Sudbury Drive and including parts of Rumworth Road and Regent Road.
Bessy Brook Bolton
Areas at risk include land adjacent to Borsdane Brook between Rayner Park and Rockingham Drive, Including Platt Lane, Aughton Street, Whitebury Ave and Blackberry Drive. Also at risk, Property next to Hockery Brook Between Wigan Road and Blackberry Drive
Borsdane Brook Wigan
Low lying area adjacent to the River Douglas including properties in Scholes and Poolstock extending to Pottery Road
River Douglas Wigan
Low lying land and property off Kittiwake Road and Temple Fields. Bagganley Lane, Froom Street and Lower Healey Business Park area. Crosse Hall Lane to Cowling Brow
Black Brook Lancashire
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 Bolton and Chorley.
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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Part of it. Of 5 sample points spread across the BL6 postcode district, 1 (20%) fall in Flood Zone 2 or 3. Flood zones follow rivers and coastlines, so whether your own home is in one depends on the exact spot. Check your full postcode to find out.
1 of the 5 sample points (20%) sit in an area the Environment Agency rates at least low risk for surface water flooding, and 1 of those at medium or high risk. Surface water risk is highly local: it follows dips, underpasses and the line of old streams, so look at your own postcode.
The Environment Agency issues flood alerts and warnings for named areas. Within about six kilometres of the centre of BL6 these include Pearl Brook at Horwich, Bridge Street, Lee Lane, Winter Hey Lane and Greenstone Avenue areas, Pearl Brook at Horwich, area close to the river from Bridge Street and Old Station Park to the M61 and Bessy Brook at Lostock. 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.