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Does DE4 3DP flood?

Matlock, Derbyshire

Up to High likelihood

Properties in DE4 3DP 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%30
Medium1% – 3.3%10
Low0.1% – 1%00
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 DE4 3DP

The ground here sits at about 113 m above sea level and falls 92 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east, 20.9 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around DE43DP, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 113 m above sea level and falls 92 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east, 20.9 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of DE4 3DP, 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 DE4 3DP

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
DE4 3DP
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 133 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: Yes ⚑ 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 DE4 3DP. 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 DE4 3DP

133
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2011
46
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-28)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 1970 Derwent Feb 1970 ~1.0 km
Dec 1965 Derwent December 1965 ~1.3 km
Dec 1965 1965 Derwent Matlock & Matlock Bath ~1.0 km
Jan 1965 1965 Lower Trent - Duffield ~19.1 km
Dec 1960 Derwent Matlock Dec 1960 ~1.0 km
Mar 1947 Fluvial Trent March 1947 ~36.3 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

Babet (2023, 11 warnings nearby) · Franklin (2022, 9 warnings nearby) · Christoph (2021, 8 warnings nearby) · 2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 5 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for DE4 3DP

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Matlock River Derwent 1.7 km 2.50 m 5.18 m
Chatsworth River Derwent 9.0 km 3.30 m 5.17 m
Holymoorside River Hipper 9.7 km 0.80 m 1.54 m
Wingfield Park River Amber 10.3 km 2.00 m 2.97 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
Lime Grove Walk/bank Road Po Cso River Derwent 0.4 km 84 (2024) 65
Matlock-knowleston Place Sps Bentley Brook (river Derwent) 0.4 km 9 (2024) 7
Stoney Way Combined Sewer Overflow Bentley Brook (river Derwent) 0.4 km 16 (2024) 35
Matlock Mh79 Udc - Imperial Road Cs River Derwent 0.5 km 37 (2024) 11

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

Flood defences

27 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~240 m (engineered high ground, wall, flood gate). 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

DE4 3AP up to High DE4 3AQ up to High DE4 3AR up to High DE4 3AS up to High DE4 3AT up to High DE4 3AU up to High DE4 3AW up to Medium DE4 3AZ up to High DE4 3BN up to High DE4 3BS up to Low DE4 3BT up to High DE4 3BU up to High

At-risk postcodes near DE4 3DP — all in the DE4 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 DE4 district.