Does DE11 flood?

Yes — parts of the DE11 district carry real flood risk: 1 of its 3 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DE11 postcode district covers Woodville, Ashby Woulds, close to Ashby De La Zouch, Branston, Willington, and surrounding villages in parts of Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

3 postcodes in the DE11 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 1 high, 2 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 DE11 postcodes are at risk?

DE11 7AH up to High DE11 7AS up to Low DE11 8HA up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DE11

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

Ashby De La Zouch on the Gilwiskaw Brook — 6.4 km away, highest on record 1.10m
Drakelow on the River Trent — 7.7 km away, highest on record 3.88m
Willington on the River Trent — 8 km away, highest on record 3.71m
Egginton on the Egginton Brook — 9.6 km away, highest on record 2.21m

399 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (91 at warning level or above), most recently 15 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DE12 DE13 DE14 DE15 DE7 DE6 DE5 DE4

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.