Does CA27 flood?

Yes — parts of the CA27 district carry real flood risk: 1 of its 5 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CA27 postcode district sits close to Egremont, Cleator, Braystones and surrounding villages in Cumberland.

5 postcodes in the CA27 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 1 high, 4 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 CA27 postcodes are at risk?

CA27 0BD up to High CA27 0AD up to Low CA27 0BN up to Low CA27 0DS up to Low CA27 0EU up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near CA27

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

Church View on the Skirting Beck — 4.1 km away, highest on record 0.85m
Egremont on the River Ehen — 4.5 km away, highest on record 3.28m
St Leonards on the River Keekle — 4.7 km away, highest on record 3.30m
Braystones on the River Ehen — 7 km away, highest on record 2.41m

274 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (48 at warning level or above), most recently 24 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 (2020) — about 41.6 km from the centre
Sandwith flooding 23/12/2013 (2013) — about 3 km from the centre
Sandwith 30th August 2012 (2012) — about 3 km from the centre
St Bees 30th August 2012 (2012) — about 0.3 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

CA26 CA28 CA25 CA24 CA23 CA22 CA21 CA20

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.