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Does CA4 0PD flood?

Ivegill, Westmorland and Furness

Up to High likelihood

Properties in CA4 0PD 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%10
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%10
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 CA4 0PD

The ground here sits at about 116 m above sea level and falls 36 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-north-east, 18.1 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around CA40PD, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 116 m above sea level and falls 36 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-north-east, 18.1 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of CA4 0PD, 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 CA4 0PD

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
CA4 0PD
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 208 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 CA4 0PD. 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 CA4 0PD

208
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
5
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
Feb 2020 Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 ~26.0 km
Jul 2002 Flooding 30_07_2002 ~14.3 km
Feb 2002 Flooding 01_02_2002 ~43.8 km
Oct 2001 Flooding 08_10_2001 ~9.6 km
Oct 2000 Flooding 28_10_2000 ~7.5 km
Jan 2000 Flooding 11_01_2000 ~18.7 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, 11 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 2 warnings nearby) · Lilian (2024, 2 warnings nearby) · Ciara (2020, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for CA4 0PD

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Stockdalewath Roe Beck 3.4 km 1.00 m 3.31 m
Sebergham River Caldew 5.5 km 1.60 m 3.55 m
Newbiggin Bridge River Petteril 8.3 km 1.50 m 2.85 m
Cummersdale River Caldew 9.8 km 1.60 m 3.39 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
Southwaite Ps Trib River Petteril 3.9 km 20 (2024) 110
Southwaite Wwtw River Petteril 4.6 km 15 (2024) 51
Low Hesket Stw River Petteril 5.0 km 10 (2024) 43

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

CA4 0EL up to Low CA4 0EU up to High CA4 0HA up to Medium CA4 0HB up to Low CA4 0HG up to Low CA4 0HH up to Low CA4 0HN up to Low CA4 0JJ up to Medium CA4 0LX up to High CA4 0NG up to High CA4 0PE up to Low CA4 0PJ up to Low

At-risk postcodes near CA4 0PD — all in the CA4 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 CA4 district.