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Does BD17 flood?

Yes — parts of the BD17 district carry real flood risk: 21 of its 54 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BD17 postcode district covers Shipley, Baildon, Bingley, close to Saltaire, Cottingley, Catcliffe Drain, and surrounding villages in West Yorkshire.

54 postcodes in the BD17 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 21 high, 11 medium, 22 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which BD17 postcodes are at risk?

BD17 5AY up to High BD17 5HT up to High BD17 5HX up to High BD17 5JD up to High BD17 5JE up to High BD17 5JH up to High BD17 5JL up to High BD17 5JS up to High BD17 5SP up to High BD17 7AD up to High BD17 7AJ up to High BD17 7AN up to High BD17 7AP up to High BD17 7AZ up to High BD17 7EP up to High BD17 7EX up to High BD17 7HD up to High BD17 7HP up to High BD17 7HU up to High BD17 7RQ up to High BD17 7TS up to High BD17 5AX up to Medium BD17 7AU up to Medium BD17 7BP up to Medium BD17 7BT up to Medium BD17 7FA up to Medium BD17 7GA up to Medium BD17 7QB up to Medium BD17 7QD up to Medium BD17 7QN up to Medium BD17 7QU up to Medium BD17 7QX up to Medium BD17 5HU up to Low BD17 5SA up to Low BD17 7AA up to Low BD17 7AB up to Low BD17 7BS up to Low BD17 7DD up to Low BD17 7DF up to Low BD17 7DG up to Low BD17 7EA up to Low BD17 7EB up to Low BD17 7ED up to Low BD17 7EE up to Low BD17 7EF up to Low BD17 7EG up to Low BD17 7EJ up to Low BD17 7EN up to Low BD17 7ET up to Low BD17 7EY up to Low BD17 7HE up to Low BD17 7LU up to Low BD17 7RF up to Low BD17 7RJ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near BD17

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

150 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (75 at warning level or above), most recently 11 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

🏠 Buying or renting in BD17? The full property flood-risk report covers any postcode here — the official likelihood band, every recorded flood nearby with distances, warning history year by year, how the local rivers behave, and an insurance outlook, print-ready for £19. See what's in the report →

Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

BD16 BD18 BD15 BD19 BD14 BD20 BD13 BD21

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © 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.