Does CA5 flood?

Yes — parts of the CA5 district carry real flood risk: 31 of its 59 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CA5 postcode district covers Dalston and Burgh, Thursby, Hesket and Lazonby, close to Cummersdale, Carlisle, Skew Bridge Carlisle, and surrounding villages in Cumberland.

59 postcodes in the CA5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 31 high, 14 medium, 14 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

Free preview first · full report £19

Which CA5 postcodes are at risk?

CA5 6AA up to High CA5 6AX up to High CA5 6DN up to High CA5 6DW up to High CA5 6EE up to High CA5 6EG up to High CA5 6EH up to High CA5 6EP up to High CA5 6HB up to High CA5 6HJ up to High CA5 6HQ up to High CA5 6LH up to High CA5 6NF up to High CA5 6PX up to High CA5 7AH up to High CA5 7BX up to High CA5 7DN up to High CA5 7DP up to High CA5 7DR up to High CA5 7DS up to High CA5 7ET up to High CA5 7HB up to High CA5 7HP up to High CA5 7HR up to High CA5 7JU up to High CA5 7NH up to High CA5 7PH up to High CA5 7QH up to High CA5 7QJ up to High CA5 7QL up to High CA5 7QW up to High CA5 6AF up to Medium CA5 6AG up to Medium CA5 6DS up to Medium CA5 6HD up to Medium CA5 6JJ up to Medium CA5 6NG up to Medium CA5 6QD up to Medium CA5 6QW up to Medium CA5 7DE up to Medium CA5 7HA up to Medium CA5 7JH up to Medium CA5 7PJ up to Medium CA5 7QB up to Medium CA5 7QD up to Medium CA5 6BN up to Low CA5 6BT up to Low CA5 6DJ up to Low CA5 6QL up to Low CA5 7BH up to Low CA5 7JQ up to Low CA5 7JS up to Low CA5 7PL up to Low CA5 7QE up to Low CA5 7QF up to Low CA5 7QG up to Low CA5 7QN up to Low CA5 7QQ up to Low CA5 7QS up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near CA5

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

626 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (170 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):

🏠 Buying or renting in CA5? The full property flood-risk report covers any postcode here — the official likelihood band, every recorded flood nearby with distances, warning history year by year, how the local rivers behave, and an insurance outlook, print-ready for £19. See what's in the report →

Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

CA4 CA6 CA3 CA7 CA2 CA8 CA1 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.