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Does CW5 6DX flood?

Not in an at-risk area

CW5 6DX has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in CW5 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for CW5 6DX

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
CW5 6DX
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 74 official warnings since 2006.

A 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: No ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
None within ~1 km
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 CW5 6DX. 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 CW5 6DX

74
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2012
74
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-01-06)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Babet (2023, 9 warnings nearby) · Christoph (2021, 6 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 5 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 5 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for CW5 6DX

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Ashbrook River Weaver 3.9 km 3.20 m 4.42 m
Marshfield Bridge Valley Brook 4.8 km 0.55 m 2.32 m
Shrewbridge River Weaver 7.9 km 1.50 m 3.23 m
Wheelock Crewe Road River Wheelock 9.5 km 1.45 m 1.75 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
Crewe Wwtw River Weaver 2.7 km 111 (2024) 1,333
Frank Webb Avenue Cso Leighton Brook 4.7 km 8 (2024) 10

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

4 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~442 m (natural high ground). 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

CW5 6AH up to High CW5 6AU up to Medium CW5 6AY up to Medium CW5 6DU up to Low CW5 6EA up to High CW5 6NE up to Low CW5 6NF up to Low CW5 6XG up to Low CW5 6XH up to High

At-risk postcodes near CW5 6DX — all in the CW5 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. 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 CW5 district.