Haslingden Flood Risk

Haslingden has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1.5% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 1.6 km away.

Haslingden has 16,251 residents and 7,343 homes. Ranked 1595 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near Haslingden Right Now?

0.05 m within its typical range
Gauge
Little Bridge, Helmshore
Distance
1.6 km from the centre of Haslingden
Typical range
0.014 m to 2.1 m
Reading taken
20 Sept, 14:00 UTC

Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 1.737 m , reached on 14 June 2002.

This river has too few gauges for its own page

When Has Haslingden Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 3 recorded flood outlines covering Haslingden, the most recent dated 15 June 2002.

Absence of a record is not evidence that a place has never flooded — the Environment Agency states that a lack of coverage does not mean an area has never flooded.

What Does Haslingden's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

2.1% of postcodes in Haslingden sit in Flood Zone 3, the planning band for land with a 1% or greater annual chance of river flooding or 0.5% or greater of sea flooding — and the map that draws it deliberately ignores flood defences.

The flood risk band for rivers and the sea is Low , with 1.5% of homes in a Medium or High band. Unlike the Flood Zone, the band counts the defences that are actually in place, which is why the two can describe the same street differently and both be right.

Flood Zone versus flood risk band: the full comparison

Which Postcode Districts Cover Haslingden?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Haslingden. The band is the one shared by most of that district's postcodes, so it describes the district rather than a single street — enter a full postcode in the checker for one address. A district can cover more than one town: every district here overlaps another place, so the checker may name a neighbouring town for some of these postcodes.

Postcode districts covering Haslingden, with the flood risk band shared by most of each district's postcodes. A district can span more than one local area, so its band is a summary and not a property-level answer.
Postcode district Postcodes here Rivers and sea band Surface water addresses
BB4 421 Low 650

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