Does DE56 flood?

Yes — parts of the DE56 district carry real flood risk: 67 of its 141 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DE56 postcode district covers Duffield & Quarndon, Heage & Ambergate, close to Belper, Windley, Smithy Houses, and surrounding villages in parts of Derbyshire and Derby.

141 postcodes in the DE56 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 67 high, 26 medium, 48 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 DE56 postcodes are at risk?

DE56 0LQ up to High DE56 0NG up to High DE56 0NH up to High DE56 0QU up to High DE56 0RA up to High DE56 0RU up to High DE56 0SS up to High DE56 1BA up to High DE56 1BE up to High DE56 1JJ up to High DE56 1NR up to High DE56 1TZ up to High DE56 1UR up to High DE56 1UT up to High DE56 1UU up to High DE56 1WH up to High DE56 1WN up to High DE56 1XH up to High DE56 1YD up to High DE56 2EA up to High DE56 2EF up to High DE56 2EJ up to High DE56 2EL up to High DE56 2EU up to High DE56 2EW up to High DE56 2EX up to High DE56 2GD up to High DE56 2HE up to High DE56 2HF up to High DE56 2HG up to High DE56 2HN up to High DE56 2HP up to High DE56 2JP up to High DE56 2JT up to High DE56 2JW up to High DE56 2LP up to High DE56 2LS up to High DE56 2SH up to High DE56 2UA up to High DE56 2UB up to High DE56 2UW up to High DE56 4AP up to High DE56 4AQ up to High DE56 4BA up to High DE56 4BD up to High DE56 4BJ up to High DE56 4EG up to High DE56 4EH up to High DE56 4EJ up to High DE56 4EN up to High DE56 4EQ up to High DE56 4ER up to High DE56 4EZ up to High DE56 4FF up to High DE56 4FH up to High DE56 4FL up to High DE56 4FQ up to High DE56 4GD up to High DE56 4GE up to High DE56 4GG up to High DE56 4GH up to High DE56 4GN up to High DE56 4GR up to High DE56 4GT up to High DE56 4HG up to High DE56 4HJ up to High DE56 4HL up to High DE56 0HD up to Medium DE56 0HJ up to Medium DE56 0QG up to Medium DE56 0RR up to Medium DE56 1BH up to Medium DE56 1BJ up to Medium DE56 1JS up to Medium DE56 1WJ up to Medium DE56 1YA up to Medium DE56 2DB up to Medium DE56 2EP up to Medium DE56 2JE up to Medium DE56 2NF up to Medium DE56 2UN up to Medium DE56 4AR up to Medium DE56 4AU up to Medium DE56 4BE up to Medium DE56 4DG up to Medium DE56 4ET up to Medium DE56 4FY up to Medium DE56 4GJ up to Medium DE56 4GL up to Medium DE56 4GS up to Medium DE56 4GY up to Medium DE56 4JB up to Medium DE56 4JD up to Medium DE56 0HB up to Low DE56 0HE up to Low DE56 0HU up to Low DE56 0LL up to Low DE56 0QF up to Low DE56 0QW up to Low DE56 0RN up to Low DE56 0RP up to Low DE56 0RW up to Low DE56 0RY up to Low DE56 0RZ up to Low DE56 0SA up to Low DE56 0UL up to Low DE56 0UP up to Low DE56 0UQ up to Low DE56 1AB up to Low DE56 1AY up to Low DE56 1HY up to Low DE56 1JD up to Low DE56 1JL up to Low DE56 1NP up to Low DE56 1RY up to Low DE56 1SW up to Low DE56 1WL up to Low DE56 2BY up to Low DE56 2EN up to Low DE56 2GE up to Low DE56 2GX up to Low DE56 2HH up to Low DE56 2HR up to Low DE56 2JB up to Low DE56 2JL up to Low DE56 2JQ up to Low DE56 2LF up to Low DE56 2LH up to Low DE56 4AT up to Low DE56 4BG up to Low DE56 4FR up to Low DE56 4FX up to Low DE56 4GF up to Low DE56 4GP up to Low DE56 4GQ up to Low DE56 4GU up to Low DE56 4GW up to Low DE56 4HD up to Low DE56 4HE up to Low DE56 4HF up to Low DE56 4HP up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DE56

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

484 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 27 August 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

DE55 DE65 DE45 DE72 DE73 DE74 DE75 DE24

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.