Does CA11 0AA flood?

No property in an EA risk band

No property in CA11 0AA appears in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset. That dataset covers one of five flood sources. It is area-level, it covers rivers and the sea only, and it is never proof a place cannot flood — surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately. See the at-risk postcodes in CA11 or get the full picture below.

The ground around CA11 0AA

The ground here sits at about 170 m above sea level and falls 27 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east, 3.5 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around CA110AA, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 170 m above sea level and falls 27 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east, 3.5 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of CA11 0AA, 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 CA11 0AA

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
CA11 0AA
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 6 recorded floods nearby; 38 official warnings since 2006.

··· 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: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
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Surface water
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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 CA11 0AA. 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 CA11 0AA

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 ~17.5 km
Jan 2005 The Wreay 08_01_2005 ~1.3 km
Jul 2002 Flooding 30_07_2002 ~0.1 km
Feb 2002 Flooding 01_02_2002 ~41.5 km
Oct 2000 Flooding 28_10_2000 ~10.6 km
Jan 1999 Flooding 05_01_1999b ~32.7 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 CA11 0AA

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
White House Gardens, Penrith Thacka Beck 2.9 km 0.90 m 1.51 m
Eamont Bridge Farm River Eamont 3.7 km 1.70 m 3.38 m
Eamont Bridge River Lowther 4.1 km 1.80 m 2.93 m
Dacre Bridge Dacre Beck 5.7 km 1.20 m 2.00 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
Newton Reigny Pumping Station River Petteril 1.6 km 55 (2024) 462
Penrith Sps Thacka Beck 1.6 km 1 (2024) 0
Junction Of Wordsowrth Street Cso Thacka Beck 2.3 km 5 (2024) 1
Arthur St/meeting House Lane Cso Thacka Beck Clvrt Via A Sws 2.4 km 1 (2024) 0

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

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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 CA11 0AA — all in the CA11 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. 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 CA11 district.