Does CA10 2FB flood?

Eamont Bridge, Westmorland and Furness

Up to Medium likelihood

Properties in CA10 2FB sit in the Environment Agency's Medium flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%00
Medium1% – 3.3%33
Low0.1% – 1%1313
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a medium-likelihood area has a 22–57% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around CA10 2FB

The ground here sits at about 123 m above sea level and falls 24 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-west, 22.0 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around CA102FB, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 123 m above sea level and falls 24 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-west, 22.0 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of CA10 2FB, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for CA10 2FB

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
CA10 2FB
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 38 official warnings since 2006.

D Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Medium
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around CA10 2FB. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near CA10 2FB

38
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2009
38
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-09-20)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 2020 Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 ~17.2 km
Dec 2015 Eamont Bridge & Brougham 05_12_2015 ~2.2 km
Jan 2005 Penrith flooding 08_01_2005 ~1.5 km
Jan 2005 Eamont Bridge 08_01_2005 ~0.5 km
Jul 2002 Flooding 30_07_2002 ~3.4 km
Feb 2002 Flooding 01_02_2002 ~42.1 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Desmond (2015, 11 warnings nearby) · Eva (2015, 3 warnings nearby) · Isha (2024, 2 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for CA10 2FB

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Eamont Bridge Farm River Eamont 0.7 km 1.70 m 3.38 m
Eamont Bridge River Lowther 1.0 km 1.80 m 2.93 m
White House Gardens, Penrith Thacka Beck 1.5 km 0.90 m 1.51 m
Pooley Bridge River Eamont 5.5 km 1.10 m 2.71 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Calthwaite Ww Pumping Station Dog Beck 1.4 km 17 (2024) 42
Castle Drive Cso Dog Beck Via Sws 1.4 km 0 (2024) 0
Clifton Pumping Station Trib River Lowther 1.7 km 26 (2024) 33
Brougham Pumping Station Trib River Eamont 1.7 km 0 (2024) 0

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

4 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~9 m (wall, natural high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near CA10 2FB — all in the CA10 district.

© 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the CA10 district.