Does CA23 3BE flood?

Ennerdale Bridge, Cumberland

Up to High likelihood

Properties in CA23 3BE 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%66
Medium1% – 3.3%88
Low0.1% – 1%44
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

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 CA23 3BE

The ground here sits at about 102 m above sea level and falls 30 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north, 14.2 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around CA233BE, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 102 m above sea level and falls 30 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north, 14.2 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of CA23 3BE, 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 CA23 3BE

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
CA23 3BE
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 274 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 CA23 3BE. 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 CA23 3BE

274
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
48
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-03-24)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 2020 Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 ~31.3 km
Aug 2013 Ennerdale Bridge - August 2013 ~0.1 km
Oct 2005 Ennerdale Bridge 12_10_2005 ~0.1 km
Feb 2002 Flooding 01_02_2002 ~9.6 km
Oct 2000 Flooding 24_10_2000 ~11.5 km
Nov 1999 Flooding 05_11_1999 ~4.9 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

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 8 warnings nearby) · Desmond (2015, 3 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 2 warnings nearby) · Amy (2025, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for CA23 3BE

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
St Leonards River Keekle 6.1 km 2.60 m 3.30 m
Egremont River Ehen 7.6 km 1.50 m 3.28 m
Church View Skirting Beck 8.0 km 0.70 m 0.85 m
Scalehill Upper Lorton Valley River Cocker 9.6 km 0.97 m 3.54 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
Kirkland Stw Hawes Gill 1.5 km 55 (2024) 50
Rowrah Pumping Station Colliergate Beck 2.9 km 28 (2024) 236
Arlecdon Combined Sewer Overflow Winder Beck 3.1 km 0 (2024) 0
Arlecdon Parks Road Cso Eller Gill 3.2 km 38 (2024) 80

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

Flood defences

1 mapped flood-defence asset within 500 m — nearest ~64 m (wall). 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 CA23 3BE — all in the CA23 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 CA23 district.