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Does CA27 0BD flood?

St Bees, Cumberland

Up to High likelihood

Properties in CA27 0BD 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%55
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%00
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 CA27 0BD

The ground here sits at about 14 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, 41.3 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around CA270BD, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 14 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, 41.3 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of CA27 0BD, 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 0BD

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
CA27 0BD
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 3 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: No ⚑ 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 CA27 0BD. 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 0BD

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 ~0.9 km
Nov 1999 Flooding 05_11_1999 ~7.8 km
Feb 1997 Flooding 01_02_1997 ~27.2 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 0BD

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Church View Skirting Beck 3.9 km 0.70 m 0.85 m
Egremont River Ehen 4.3 km 1.50 m 3.28 m
St Leonards River Keekle 4.9 km 2.60 m 3.30 m
Braystones River Ehen 6.3 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 0.4 km 47 (2024) 461
Linethwaite Pumping Station Needless Beck 3.6 km 1 (2024) 0
St Bridgets Lane Cso Culv't'd Sect Of Skirting Beck 3.9 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 0BN up to Low CA27 0DS up to Low CA27 0EU up to Low

At-risk postcodes near CA27 0BD — 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. 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 CA27 district.