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Does CA13 9RT flood?

Cockermouth, Cumberland

Up to Medium likelihood

Properties in CA13 9RT 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%10
Low0.1% – 1%10
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 CA13 9RT

The ground here sits at about 48 m above sea level and falls 39 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-south-west, 17.8 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around CA139RT, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 48 m above sea level and falls 39 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-south-west, 17.8 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of CA13 9RT, 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 CA13 9RT

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
CA13 9RT
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 205 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 CA13 9RT. 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 CA13 9RT

205
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
31
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-12-14)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 2020 Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 ~29.4 km
Dec 2015 Cockermouth 05_12_2015 ~0.3 km
Nov 2009 Cockermouth November 2009 ~0.4 km
Nov 2009 Simonscales Mill to Cmouth Fill ~0.9 km
Oct 2008 Cockermouth flood event 25/10/08 ~0.3 km
Oct 2008 Cockermouth flood event 25/10/2008 ~0.2 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, 14 warnings nearby) · 2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 5 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 2 warnings nearby) · Lilian (2024, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for CA13 9RT

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Kingfisher, Cockermouth River Derwent 0.3 km 1.50 m 4.54 m
South Street Footbridge River Cocker 0.3 km 1.50 m 4.97 m
Southwaite Bridge River Cocker 2.7 km 1.25 m 3.12 m
Ouse Bridge River Derwent 8.0 km 2.21 m 3.89 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
Vicarage Lane Cso 022wd Tom Rudd Beck 0.9 km 0 (2024) 0
The Burroughs Cso 022uq River Derwent 1.2 km 41 (2024) 93
Fitz Bridge (low Road) Cso River Derwent 1.3 km 99 (2024) 958
Papcastle Pumping Station (all0139) River Derwent 1.8 km 104 (2024) 1,284

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

Flood defences

96 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~198 m (natural high ground, flood gate, wall, embankment). 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

CA13 9DU up to High CA13 9EU up to Low CA13 9FF up to Medium CA13 9FL up to Medium CA13 9GX up to Low CA13 9GY up to Medium CA13 9GZ up to Low CA13 9HX up to High CA13 9JL up to High CA13 9JQ up to High CA13 9JS up to Medium CA13 9JX up to Low

At-risk postcodes near CA13 9RT — all in the CA13 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 CA13 district.