Does CA16 flood?

Yes — parts of the CA16 district carry real flood risk: 38 of its 62 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CA16 postcode district covers Appleby and Brough, Eden and Lyvennet Vale, close to Appleby-In-Westmorland, Great Musgrave, Kirkby Stephen, and surrounding villages in Westmorland and Furness.

62 postcodes in the CA16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 38 high, 12 medium, 12 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 CA16 postcodes are at risk?

CA16 6AA up to High CA16 6AE up to High CA16 6AL up to High CA16 6BD up to High CA16 6BN up to High CA16 6BP up to High CA16 6BT up to High CA16 6EJ up to High CA16 6EP up to High CA16 6ES up to High CA16 6JG up to High CA16 6JP up to High CA16 6JZ up to High CA16 6LN up to High CA16 6LX up to High CA16 6NG up to High CA16 6NP up to High CA16 6NR up to High CA16 6PT up to High CA16 6QH up to High CA16 6QN up to High CA16 6QP up to High CA16 6QR up to High CA16 6QT up to High CA16 6QU up to High CA16 6RB up to High CA16 6RD up to High CA16 6TF up to High CA16 6UR up to High CA16 6WZ up to High CA16 6XA up to High CA16 6XB up to High CA16 6XF up to High CA16 6XL up to High CA16 6XN up to High CA16 6XP up to High CA16 6XR up to High CA16 6XS up to High CA16 6BJ up to Medium CA16 6DN up to Medium CA16 6DR up to Medium CA16 6LZ up to Medium CA16 6ND up to Medium CA16 6PA up to Medium CA16 6PD up to Medium CA16 6PF up to Medium CA16 6PL up to Medium CA16 6PU up to Medium CA16 6QW up to Medium CA16 6YA up to Medium CA16 6BU up to Low CA16 6EL up to Low CA16 6EU up to Low CA16 6EX up to Low CA16 6EZ up to Low CA16 6HD up to Low CA16 6LU up to Low CA16 6NA up to Low CA16 6PE up to Low CA16 6PS up to Low CA16 6XE up to Low CA16 6YB up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near CA16

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

267 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (44 at warning level or above), most recently 24 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

CA15 CA17 CA14 CA18 CA13 CA19 CA12 CA20

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.