Does CA3 flood?

Yes — parts of the CA3 district carry real flood risk: 9 of its 46 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CA3 postcode district covers Castle, Stanwix Urban, Houghton and Irthington, Belah, close to Sands Centre, Carlisle, Carlisle, Skew Bridge Carlisle, and surrounding villages in Cumberland.

46 postcodes in the CA3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 9 high, 11 medium, 26 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 CA3 postcodes are at risk?

CA3 8AU up to High CA3 8UL up to High CA3 8UZ up to High CA3 8XL up to High CA3 9AA up to High CA3 9NA up to High CA3 9NS up to High CA3 9PQ up to High CA3 9QX up to High CA3 0FH up to Medium CA3 0QG up to Medium CA3 8AJ up to Medium CA3 8AN up to Medium CA3 8AX up to Medium CA3 8EZ up to Medium CA3 9BF up to Medium CA3 9JE up to Medium CA3 9JQ up to Medium CA3 9ND up to Medium CA3 9NF up to Medium CA3 0BF up to Low CA3 0FG up to Low CA3 0PE up to Low CA3 0PF up to Low CA3 0QZ up to Low CA3 8DX up to Low CA3 8PY up to Low CA3 8QG up to Low CA3 8QH up to Low CA3 8QJ up to Low CA3 8QP up to Low CA3 8QT up to Low CA3 8QW up to Low CA3 8RH up to Low CA3 8UY up to Low CA3 8XA up to Low CA3 8XB up to Low CA3 8XD up to Low CA3 8XP up to Low CA3 9ER up to Low CA3 9HN up to Low CA3 9HU up to Low CA3 9JD up to Low CA3 9JH up to Low CA3 9JJ up to Low CA3 9JW up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near CA3

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

439 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (186 at warning level or above), most recently 25 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

CA2 CA4 CA1 CA5 CA6 CA7 CA8 CA9

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.