Does CA23 3FA flood?

Up to High likelihood

Properties in CA23 3FA 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 band	Annual chance	Properties
High	greater than 3.3%	1
Medium	1% – 3.3%	0
Low	0.1% – 1%	4
Very low	below 0.1%	0

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 3FA

The ground here sits at about 61 m above sea level and falls 84 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-south-east, 56.6 m higher.

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Inside the full report for CA23 3FA

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report

CA23 3FA

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

Rivers & sea likelihood · illustrative

Surface water (flash flooding) · illustrative

Flood Zones 2 & 3 (planning) · illustrative

2050s projection (climate) · illustrative

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around CA23 3FA. 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 3FA

274

flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006

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

Date	Recorded flood	Approx. distance
Feb 2020	Storm Ciara 09_02_2020	~36.3 km
Oct 2017	11/10/2017 Fluvial Flood Event - Cleator Moor	~0.4 km
Aug 2017	14 August 2017 - Cleator Moor	~1.0 km
Aug 2012	Egremont 30th August 2012	~3.1 km
Nov 2009	Cleator November 2009 Flooding	~0.4 km
Nov 2009	Cleator November 2009 Sewer Flooding	~0.4 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 3FA

Gauge	River	Distance	Typical high	Highest on record
St Leonards	River Keekle	0.8 km	2.60 m	3.30 m
Egremont	River Ehen	3.0 km	1.50 m	3.28 m
Church View	Skirting Beck	3.2 km	0.70 m	0.85 m
Braystones	River Ehen	7.8 km	1.70 m	2.41 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

Overflow	Discharges into	Distance	Spills	Hours
Brookside Cso	River Ehen	0.2 km	80 (2024)	343
Kiln Brow Pumping Station	River Ehen	0.6 km	5 (2024)	1
Kiln Brow Combined Sewer Overflow	River Ehen	0.6 km	1 (2024)	0
Cleator Wwtw	River Keekle	1.0 km	9 (2024)	1

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

Flood defences

4 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~81 m (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

CA23 3AA up to High CA23 3AD up to High CA23 3AE up to High CA23 3AF up to High CA23 3AN up to Low CA23 3AR up to High CA23 3AS up to High CA23 3AZ up to High CA23 3BD up to High CA23 3BE up to High CA23 3BZ up to High CA23 3DA up to High

At-risk postcodes near CA23 3FA — all in the CA23 district.

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