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Does CA2 5WD flood?

Carlisle, Cumberland

Up to Low likelihood

Properties in CA2 5WD sit in the Environment Agency's Low 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%00
Low0.1% – 1%1919
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a low-likelihood area has a 2–22% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around CA2 5WD

The ground here sits at about 15 m above sea level and falls 17 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-south-west, 1.2 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around CA25WD, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 15 m above sea level and falls 17 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-south-west, 1.2 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of CA2 5WD, 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 CA2 5WD

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

Because properties in the low likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 439 official warnings since 2006.

C 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 Low
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 CA2 5WD. 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 5WD

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 Carlisle Storm Dennis 15-02-20 ~2.1 km
Feb 2020 Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 ~38.3 km
Feb 2020 Carlisle Storm Ciara 09-02-2020 ~1.3 km
Dec 2015 Carlisle (including Crosby-on-Eden) 05_12_2015 ~2.9 km
Nov 2009 Carlisle Cricket Club November 2009 Flooding ~1.1 km
Oct 2005 Carlisle 12_10_2005 ~0.5 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 5WD

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Skew Bridge River Caldew 0.4 km 3.00 m 5.34 m
Little Caldew Maltings Little Caldew 0.7 km 2.00 m 2.41 m
Denton Holme River Caldew 0.8 km 2.20 m 4.56 m
Sands Centre, Carlisle River Eden 1.1 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
Crown Street (town Dyke Orchard River Caldew 0.2 km 38 (2024) 37
Finn Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow Dow Beck Culvert 0.3 km 5 (2024) 10
Lime Street Sps River Caldew 0.5 km 0 (2024) 0
B&q Cso (101c4) River Caldew 0.7 km 3 (2024) 8

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

Flood defences

38 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~172 m (wall, flood gate, engineered high ground, 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

CA2 5AA up to Medium CA2 5AB up to Low CA2 5AD up to Low CA2 5AE up to Low CA2 5AF up to Low CA2 5AG up to Low CA2 5AH up to Low CA2 5AJ up to Low CA2 5AN up to Low CA2 5AP up to Low CA2 5AQ up to Low CA2 5AS up to Low

At-risk postcodes near CA2 5WD — 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. 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 CA2 district.