Does CA17 flood?

Yes — parts of the CA17 district carry real flood risk: 33 of its 63 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CA17 postcode district covers Appleby and Brough, close to Kirkby Stephen, Great Musgrave, Appleby-In-Westmorland, and surrounding villages in parts of Westmorland and Furness and North Yorkshire.

63 postcodes in the CA17 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 33 high, 11 medium, 19 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 CA17 postcodes are at risk?

CA17 4AP up to High CA17 4BP up to High CA17 4BY up to High CA17 4DF up to High CA17 4DU up to High CA17 4DW up to High CA17 4DX up to High CA17 4EA up to High CA17 4EJ up to High CA17 4HE up to High CA17 4HG up to High CA17 4HQ up to High CA17 4JA up to High CA17 4JF up to High CA17 4JR up to High CA17 4JU up to High CA17 4JX up to High CA17 4LL up to High CA17 4LP up to High CA17 4LY up to High CA17 4NB up to High CA17 4NH up to High CA17 4NL up to High CA17 4NN up to High CA17 4PD up to High CA17 4PE up to High CA17 4PG up to High CA17 4PL up to High CA17 4PQ up to High CA17 4PR up to High CA17 4PW up to High CA17 4RU up to High CA17 4SA up to High CA17 4DE up to Medium CA17 4DS up to Medium CA17 4EG up to Medium CA17 4EW up to Medium CA17 4EY up to Medium CA17 4JH up to Medium CA17 4JT up to Medium CA17 4LJ up to Medium CA17 4LT up to Medium CA17 4PH up to Medium CA17 4PJ up to Medium CA17 4AB up to Low CA17 4AS up to Low CA17 4AX up to Low CA17 4BD up to Low CA17 4BL up to Low CA17 4BW up to Low CA17 4BX up to Low CA17 4BZ up to Low CA17 4EF up to Low CA17 4ER up to Low CA17 4JJ up to Low CA17 4JP up to Low CA17 4NT up to Low CA17 4PF up to Low CA17 4PT up to Low CA17 4RH up to Low CA17 4RT up to Low CA17 4RX up to Low CA17 4RZ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near CA17

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

223 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006, 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

CA16 CA18 CA15 CA19 CA14 CA20 CA13 CA21

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.