Does BD23 flood?

Yes — parts of the BD23 district carry real flood risk: 125 of its 285 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BD23 postcode district covers Skipton West & West Craven, Mid Craven, Wharfedale, Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby, close to Gargrave High Street, Broughton, Skipton Medical Centre, and surrounding villages in parts of North Yorkshire and Lancashire.

285 postcodes in the BD23 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 125 high, 44 medium, 108 low, 8 very 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 BD23 postcodes are at risk?

BD23 1DR up to High BD23 1EN up to High BD23 1FL up to High BD23 1FQ up to High BD23 1HG up to High BD23 1LH up to High BD23 1NJ up to High BD23 1NY up to High BD23 1PH up to High BD23 1PZ up to High BD23 1QY up to High BD23 1RJ up to High BD23 1RL up to High BD23 1RN up to High BD23 1RR up to High BD23 1RT up to High BD23 1RU up to High BD23 1RX up to High BD23 1SE up to High BD23 1SJ up to High BD23 1SL up to High BD23 1SN up to High BD23 1SP up to High BD23 1SS up to High BD23 1ST up to High BD23 1SU up to High BD23 1SX up to High BD23 1SY up to High BD23 1TA up to High BD23 1TB up to High BD23 1TD up to High BD23 1TE up to High BD23 1TF up to High BD23 1TG up to High BD23 1TH up to High BD23 1TJ up to High BD23 1TL up to High BD23 1TN up to High BD23 1TP up to High BD23 1TT up to High BD23 1TU up to High BD23 1TW up to High BD23 1TX up to High BD23 1UP up to High BD23 2AE up to High BD23 2AF up to High BD23 2AH up to High BD23 2DD up to High BD23 2DE up to High BD23 2FA up to High BD23 2NF up to High BD23 2NG up to High BD23 2QR up to High BD23 2QT up to High BD23 2QU up to High BD23 2QZ up to High BD23 2RB up to High BD23 2RE up to High BD23 2RG up to High BD23 2RQ up to High BD23 2TZ up to High BD23 2UP up to High BD23 2UT up to High BD23 2UW up to High BD23 3AA up to High BD23 3AB up to High BD23 3EE up to High BD23 3EH up to High BD23 3ET up to High BD23 3EU up to High BD23 3JS up to High BD23 3JX up to High BD23 3LY up to High BD23 3NJ up to High BD23 3NN up to High BD23 3NT up to High BD23 3PR up to High BD23 3PS up to High BD23 3RU up to High BD23 3RX up to High BD23 3RY up to High BD23 3TQ up to High BD23 4BL up to High BD23 4BS up to High BD23 4BT up to High BD23 4BX up to High BD23 4DA up to High BD23 4DT up to High BD23 4DU up to High BD23 4DX up to High BD23 4EA up to High BD23 4ES up to High BD23 4ET up to High BD23 4HD up to High BD23 4HS up to High BD23 4HT up to High BD23 4JY up to High BD23 4LA up to High BD23 4LZ up to High BD23 4NH up to High BD23 4NY up to High BD23 4RA up to High BD23 4RL up to High BD23 5HB up to High BD23 5HY up to High BD23 5HZ up to High BD23 5JE up to High BD23 5PS up to High BD23 5QA up to High BD23 5QP up to High BD23 5QX up to High BD23 5QZ up to High BD23 5RB up to High BD23 5RD up to High BD23 5RL up to High BD23 6AJ up to High BD23 6BG up to High BD23 6BS up to High BD23 6EA up to High BD23 6ED up to High BD23 6HB up to High BD23 6HD up to High BD23 6NG up to High BD23 6PR up to High BD23 6QH up to High BD23 1FJ up to Medium BD23 1SG up to Medium BD23 1SR up to Medium BD23 1UD up to Medium BD23 1XB up to Medium BD23 2AB up to Medium BD23 2AJ up to Medium BD23 2AZ up to Medium BD23 2DZ up to Medium BD23 2FJ up to Medium BD23 2QS up to Medium BD23 2QX up to Medium BD23 2RA up to Medium BD23 2TA up to Medium BD23 2UB up to Medium BD23 2UE up to Medium BD23 3AE up to Medium BD23 3AS up to Medium BD23 3AY up to Medium BD23 3JT up to Medium BD23 3QR up to Medium BD23 3QT up to Medium BD23 4BY up to Medium BD23 4DJ up to Medium BD23 4DL up to Medium BD23 4DW up to Medium BD23 4EP up to Medium BD23 4HU up to Medium BD23 4JU up to Medium BD23 4LG up to Medium BD23 4QT up to Medium BD23 4RD up to Medium BD23 5BX up to Medium BD23 5DQ up to Medium BD23 5DY up to Medium BD23 5JH up to Medium BD23 5QE up to Medium BD23 5QY up to Medium BD23 5RE up to Medium BD23 5RQ up to Medium BD23 6BU up to Medium BD23 6DE up to Medium BD23 6DJ up to Medium BD23 6HH up to Medium BD23 1BA up to Low BD23 1DA up to Low BD23 1DF up to Low BD23 1DQ up to Low BD23 1DS up to Low BD23 1ES up to Low BD23 1ET up to Low BD23 1EU up to Low BD23 1HA up to Low BD23 1HB up to Low BD23 1HE up to Low BD23 1HF up to Low BD23 1HU up to Low BD23 1HY up to Low BD23 1LQ up to Low BD23 1PQ up to Low BD23 1QZ up to Low BD23 1RD up to Low BD23 1RP up to Low BD23 1SQ up to Low BD23 1SW up to Low BD23 1SZ up to Low BD23 1TR up to Low BD23 1TS up to Low BD23 1UL up to Low BD23 2AA up to Low BD23 2AD up to Low BD23 2AW up to Low BD23 2BU up to Low BD23 2EW up to Low BD23 2FH up to Low BD23 2HP up to Low BD23 2HZ up to Low BD23 2JA up to Low BD23 2JB up to Low BD23 2JJ up to Low BD23 2JN up to Low BD23 2JP up to Low BD23 2JR up to Low BD23 2JS up to Low BD23 2LP up to Low BD23 2LR up to Low BD23 2NS up to Low BD23 2UN up to Low BD23 2UR up to Low BD23 3AD up to Low BD23 3AG up to Low BD23 3BP up to Low BD23 3FP up to Low BD23 3FQ up to Low BD23 3FT up to Low BD23 3FU up to Low BD23 3FW up to Low BD23 3FX up to Low BD23 3FY up to Low BD23 3FZ up to Low BD23 3GA up to Low BD23 3GB up to Low BD23 3GE up to Low BD23 3JD up to Low BD23 3LX up to Low BD23 3ND up to Low BD23 3NP up to Low BD23 3NR up to Low BD23 3NU up to Low BD23 3PD up to Low BD23 3PP up to Low BD23 3PX up to Low BD23 3QU up to Low BD23 3RS up to Low BD23 3RT up to Low BD23 3SA up to Low BD23 3SB up to Low BD23 3SD up to Low BD23 3TD up to Low BD23 4AF up to Low BD23 4DH up to Low BD23 4DS up to Low BD23 4DY up to Low BD23 4EU up to Low BD23 4EX up to Low BD23 4EZ up to Low BD23 4JG up to Low BD23 4JW up to Low BD23 4JX up to Low BD23 4JZ up to Low BD23 4SJ up to Low BD23 5DA up to Low BD23 5EB up to Low BD23 5JA up to Low BD23 5JJ up to Low BD23 5JR up to Low BD23 5NE up to Low BD23 5QB up to Low BD23 5QH up to Low BD23 5QJ up to Low BD23 5QL up to Low BD23 6AF up to Low BD23 6AN up to Low BD23 6AU up to Low BD23 6BN up to Low BD23 6BQ up to Low BD23 6DD up to Low BD23 6EZ up to Low BD23 6HJ up to Low BD23 6LB up to Low BD23 6NF up to Low BD23 6QT up to Low BD23 1LB up to Very low BD23 2AG up to Very low BD23 2AP up to Very low BD23 2BE up to Very low BD23 2DG up to Very low BD23 2HG up to Very low BD23 2LT up to Very low BD23 4HB up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near BD23

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

282 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (45 at warning level or above), most recently 25 March 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.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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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.