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Does CA27 0BB flood?

Not in an at-risk area

CA27 0BB 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 CA27 or get the full picture below.

The ground around CA27 0BB

The ground here sits at about 23 m above sea level and falls 83 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-north-east, 21.3 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around CA270BB, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 23 m above sea level and falls 83 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-north-east, 21.3 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of CA27 0BB, 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 CA27 0BB

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
CA27 0BB
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 3 recorded floods nearby; 274 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: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
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 CA27 0BB. 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 CA27 0BB

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
Aug 2012 St Bees 30th August 2012 ~0.6 km
Nov 1999 Flooding 05_11_1999 ~7.5 km
Feb 1997 Flooding 01_02_1997 ~27.0 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 CA27 0BB

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Church View Skirting Beck 3.9 km 0.70 m 0.85 m
Egremont River Ehen 4.4 km 1.50 m 3.28 m
St Leonards River Keekle 4.8 km 2.60 m 3.30 m
Braystones River Ehen 6.5 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

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
St Bees Pumping Station Pow Beck 0.2 km 47 (2024) 461
Linethwaite Pumping Station Needless Beck 3.4 km 1 (2024) 0
St Bridgets Lane Cso Culv't'd Sect Of Skirting Beck 4.0 km 0 (2024) 0
Wyndham Terrace Cso River Ehen 4.2 km 4 (2024) 0

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

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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

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

At-risk postcodes near CA27 0BB — all in the CA27 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 CA27 district.