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Does CA28 7JS flood?

Whitehaven, Cumberland

Up to High likelihood

Properties in CA28 7JS 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%41
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 CA28 7JS

The ground here sits at about 6 m above sea level and falls 75 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-north-east, 25.1 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around CA287JS, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 6 m above sea level and falls 75 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-north-east, 25.1 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of CA28 7JS, 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 CA28 7JS

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
CA28 7JS
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 4 recorded floods nearby; 45 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 CA28 7JS. 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 CA28 7JS

45
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2008
45
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-12-17)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Jun 2007 Whitehaven 12_06_2007 ~0.8 km
Aug 2006 Whitehaven 11_08_2006 ~0.8 km
Nov 1999 Flooding 05_11_1999 ~4.9 km
Feb 1997 Flooding 01_02_1997 ~25.3 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

Lilian (2024, 1 warnings nearby) · Frank (2015, 1 warnings nearby) · Desmond (2015, 1 warnings nearby) · 2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for CA28 7JS

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
St Leonards River Keekle 6.2 km 2.60 m 3.30 m
Harrington Eadie Street Wyre River 7.5 km 1.10 m 1.85 m
Church View Skirting Beck 8.3 km 0.70 m 0.85 m
Egremont River Ehen 8.5 km 1.50 m 3.28 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
West Strand Pumping Station Irish Sea 1.0 km 45 (2024) 44
Esk Avenue Mirehouse Cso Un-named Trib Of Pow Beck 1.2 km 17 (2024) 41
Snebra Whitehaven Cso 023b2 Trib Of Pow Beck 1.8 km 1 (2024) 0
Ribton Moorside Cso Culverted Sec Of Snebra Beck 1.8 km 1 (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

CA28 7AA up to Low CA28 7AH up to High CA28 7AL up to High CA28 7AQ up to High CA28 7AR up to High CA28 7AU up to High CA28 7AW up to High CA28 7AY up to High CA28 7BB up to Very low CA28 7BE up to High CA28 7BF up to Low CA28 7BG up to Low

At-risk postcodes near CA28 7JS — all in the CA28 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 CA28 district.