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Does CA14 5QA flood?

Workington, Cumberland

Up to High likelihood

Properties in CA14 5QA sit in the Environment Agency's High 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%1412
Medium1% – 3.3%1412
Low0.1% – 1%75
Very lowbelow 0.1%1414

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

The ground around CA14 5QA

The ground here sits at about 11 m above sea level and falls 67 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-north-west, 25.4 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around CA145QA, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 11 m above sea level and falls 67 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-north-west, 25.4 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of CA14 5QA, 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 CA14 5QA

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
CA14 5QA
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 5 recorded floods nearby; 9 official warnings since 2006.

E 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 High
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 CA14 5QA. 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 CA14 5QA

9
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2015
9
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-12-15)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Oct 2005 Harrington 12_10_2005 ~0.1 km
Feb 2002 Flooding 01_02_2002 ~21.7 km
Nov 1999 Flooding 05_11_1999 ~8.9 km
Feb 1997 Flooding 01_02_1997 ~23.9 km
Jan 1967 Parton 01_01_1967 ~18.9 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, 2 warnings nearby) · Ashley (2024, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for CA14 5QA

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Harrington Eadie Street Wyre River 0.2 km 1.10 m 1.85 m
Seaton Mill, Barepot, Workington River Derwent 4.9 km 1.50 m 2.67 m
St Leonards River Keekle 12.0 km 2.60 m 3.30 m
Kingfisher, Cockermouth River Derwent 13.7 km 1.50 m 4.54 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
Melbourne Terrace Cso Unnamed Trib Of River Wyre 0.5 km 21 (2024) 4
Mill Cottages Cso Distington Beck 2.4 km 0 (2024) 0
Common End Combined Sewer Overflow Distington Beck 3.0 km 0 (2024) 0
Hayes Castle Farm Cso (02628) Distington Beck 3.2 km 97 (2024) 437

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

Flood defences

7 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~70 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

CA14 5LB up to High CA14 5PP up to Low CA14 5PS up to Medium CA14 5PT up to Low CA14 5PU up to Low CA14 5PY up to Low CA14 5QB up to Medium CA14 5QJ up to Low CA14 5QL up to Low CA14 5QP up to High CA14 5QS up to Low CA14 5QW up to Very low

At-risk postcodes near CA14 5QA — all in the CA14 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 CA14 district.