Does CA2 5RZ flood?

Not in an at-risk area

CA2 5RZ has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in CA2 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for CA2 5RZ

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
CA2 5RZ
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 6 recorded floods nearby; 439 official warnings since 2006.

A 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
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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 CA2 5RZ. 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 CA2 5RZ

439
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
186
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-03-25)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 2020 Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 ~39.1 km
Feb 2020 Carlisle Storm Ciara 09-02-2020 ~1.5 km
Dec 2015 Carlisle (including Crosby-on-Eden) 05_12_2015 ~3.0 km
Nov 2009 Carlisle Cricket Club November 2009 Flooding ~0.7 km
Jan 2005 2005 Carlisle Event ~1.9 km
Jan 2005 Carlisle (drainage) 08_01_2005 ~1.3 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, 43 warnings nearby) · 2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 17 warnings nearby) · Ciara (2020, 13 warnings nearby) · Isha (2024, 7 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for CA2 5RZ

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Little Caldew Maltings Little Caldew 0.3 km 2.00 m 2.41 m
Sheepmount River Eden 0.7 km 3.45 m 7.65 m
Carlisle Raffles Avenue Parham Beck 1.1 km 1.20 m 1.14 m
Sands Centre, Carlisle River Eden 1.2 km 2.50 m 7.91 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
Infirmary Street Carlisle Cso Leeds/liverpool Canal 0.3 km 21 (2024) 28
Carlisle Wwtw River Eden 0.6 km 25 (2024) 119
Carlisle Wwtw River Eden 0.6 km 4 (2024) 55
Etterby Terrace Cso River Eden 0.8 km 44 (2024) 78

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

Flood defences

43 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~168 m (natural high ground, wall, flood gate, 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

At-risk postcodes near CA2 5RZ — all in the CA2 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 CA2 district.