Does DE45 1PG flood?

Up to Low likelihood

Properties in DE45 1PG sit in the Environment Agency's Low 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%00
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%31
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a low-likelihood area has a 2–22% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around DE45 1PG

The ground here sits at about 111 m above sea level and falls 26 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west, 7.7 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around DE451PG, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 111 m above sea level and falls 26 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west, 7.7 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of DE45 1PG, 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 DE45 1PG

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
DE45 1PG
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the low likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 341 official warnings since 2006.

C 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 Low
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 DE45 1PG. 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 DE45 1PG

341
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
110
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-06-26)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Oct 2023 Baslow October 2023 ~0.6 km
Jan 2021 2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph ~74.7 km
Feb 2020 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis ~72.3 km
Nov 2019 2019 November Flood Incident ~43.4 km
Feb 1984 River Wye, February 1984 ~10.1 km
Dec 1965 Derwent December 1965 ~13.6 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, 20 warnings nearby) · Franklin (2022, 17 warnings nearby) · Christoph (2021, 12 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 10 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for DE45 1PG

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Chatsworth River Derwent 3.5 km 3.30 m 5.17 m
Ashford in the Water River Wye 7.3 km 0.75 m 1.56 m
Holymoorside River Hipper 9.0 km 0.80 m 1.54 m
Mytham Bridge River Derwent 11.1 km 3.20 m 4.41 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
Baslow Stw River Derwent 0.0 km 116 (2024) 1,316
Baslow-church Lane(car Park) Sps Bar Brook 0.6 km 5 (2024) 32
Endsor Sewage P S River Derwent 2.2 km 9 (2024) 7
Riddings Lane Cso River Derwent 3.9 km 113 (2024) 640

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

Flood defences

2 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~59 m (engineered 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

At-risk postcodes near DE45 1PG — all in the DE45 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 DE45 district.