Does DE56 4FF flood?

Up to High likelihood

Properties in DE56 4FF 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%33
Medium1% – 3.3%11
Low0.1% – 1%11
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 DE56 4FF

The ground here sits at about 58 m above sea level and falls 31 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-west, 7.7 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around DE564FF, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 58 m above sea level and falls 31 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-west, 7.7 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of DE56 4FF, 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 DE56 4FF

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
DE56 4FF
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 399 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 DE56 4FF. 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 DE56 4FF

399
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
86
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 Duffield October 2023 ~0.3 km
Jan 1967 Ecclesbourne 1967 ~0.4 km
Dec 1965 Derwent December 1965 ~15.9 km
Dec 1965 1965 Derwent Duffield & Milford ~0.9 km
Dec 1965 Ecclesbourne 1965 ~1.2 km
Jan 1965 1965 Lower Trent - Duffield ~1.9 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, 29 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 12 warnings nearby) · Elin (2023, 9 warnings nearby) · Franklin (2022, 9 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for DE56 4FF

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Duffield River Ecclesbourne 2.4 km 0.90 m 2.15 m
Belper Coppice Brook 5.1 km 0.90 m 1.44 m
Smithy Houses Bottle Brook 5.8 km 0.90 m 1.51 m
Derby City River Derwent 6.9 km 1.85 m 3.58 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
Castle Orchard Pumping Station River Derwent 0.6 km 0 (2024) 0
Castle Orchard Cso River Derwent 0.6 km 0 (2024) 0
Opposite The Lodge Cso River Derwent 1.0 km 35 (2024) 103
Areas Milford & Belper/sm & Em O/f River Derwent 1.5 km 23 (2024) 21

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

Flood defences

41 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~17 m (natural high ground, wall, 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 DE56 4FF — all in the DE56 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 DE56 district.