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Does DE12 flood?

Yes — parts of the DE12 district carry real flood risk: 10 of its 29 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DE12 postcode district covers Seales, Appleby, Ashby Woulds, Measham South, close to Ashby De La Zouch, Branston, Polesworth, and surrounding villages in parts of Staffordshire and Leicestershire.

29 postcodes in the DE12 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 10 high, 4 medium, 15 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 DE12 postcodes are at risk?

DE12 6BB up to High DE12 6BP up to High DE12 6BW up to High DE12 7AA up to High DE12 7AG up to High DE12 7AQ up to High DE12 7BY up to High DE12 7EH up to High DE12 8DB up to High DE12 8NA up to High DE12 6BL up to Medium DE12 6BX up to Medium DE12 6LX up to Medium DE12 7AE up to Medium DE12 6BA up to Low DE12 6BN up to Low DE12 6JD up to Low DE12 6JT up to Low DE12 6JX up to Low DE12 7AD up to Low DE12 7BB up to Low DE12 7DS up to Low DE12 7GD up to Low DE12 7GE up to Low DE12 7PR up to Low DE12 8AU up to Low DE12 8LL up to Low DE12 8LN up to Low DE12 8NP up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DE12

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

162 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (82 at warning level or above), most recently 2 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

DE11 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.