Does DE6 flood?

Yes — parts of the DE6 district carry real flood risk: 48 of its 96 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DE6 postcode district covers Brailsford, Dovedale, Parwich & Brassington, Norbury, close to Mayfield, Ashbourne, Agnes Meadow Bridge, Ashbourne, and surrounding villages in parts of Staffordshire and Derbyshire.

96 postcodes in the DE6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 48 high, 13 medium, 20 low, 15 very 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 DE6 postcodes are at risk?

DE6 1LA up to High DE6 1LU up to High DE6 1NP up to High DE6 1PB up to High DE6 1QJ up to High DE6 1QL up to High DE6 1QR up to High DE6 1QW up to High DE6 2AA up to High DE6 2AG up to High DE6 2AH up to High DE6 2AQ up to High DE6 2AZ up to High DE6 2BJ up to High DE6 2BL up to High DE6 2BN up to High DE6 2BW up to High DE6 2EA up to High DE6 2ED up to High DE6 2GA up to High DE6 2GG up to High DE6 2GJ up to High DE6 2GL up to High DE6 2GR up to High DE6 2HD up to High DE6 2HE up to High DE6 2HF up to High DE6 2HP up to High DE6 2JZ up to High DE6 3AQ up to High DE6 3BL up to High DE6 3DT up to High DE6 3EP up to High DE6 3FN up to High DE6 3GR up to High DE6 5AA up to High DE6 5AB up to High DE6 5BJ up to High DE6 5BU up to High DE6 5GX up to High DE6 5HR up to High DE6 5HT up to High DE6 5HX up to High DE6 5JP up to High DE6 5JW up to High DE6 5LH up to High DE6 5NS up to High DE6 5QU up to High DE6 1AE up to Medium DE6 1LB up to Medium DE6 2AB up to Medium DE6 2AW up to Medium DE6 2AY up to Medium DE6 2EE up to Medium DE6 2FG up to Medium DE6 2GB up to Medium DE6 3BH up to Medium DE6 3BU up to Medium DE6 3DR up to Medium DE6 3DS up to Medium DE6 5HZ up to Medium DE6 1AA up to Low DE6 1AQ up to Low DE6 1BW up to Low DE6 1BX up to Low DE6 1GF up to Low DE6 1LF up to Low DE6 1LN up to Low DE6 1TY up to Low DE6 2DE up to Low DE6 2EP up to Low DE6 2GQ up to Low DE6 2GY up to Low DE6 2JL up to Low DE6 2JN up to Low DE6 2JP up to Low DE6 2JQ up to Low DE6 2LH up to Low DE6 3AR up to Low DE6 5AD up to Low DE6 5BQ up to Low DE6 1AN up to Very low DE6 1AW up to Very low DE6 1DA up to Very low DE6 1DY up to Very low DE6 1DZ up to Very low DE6 1EJ up to Very low DE6 1FN up to Very low DE6 1FP up to Very low DE6 1GA up to Very low DE6 1GD up to Very low DE6 1GE up to Very low DE6 1GH up to Very low DE6 1GN up to Very low DE6 1PF up to Very low DE6 1RT up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near DE6

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

251 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (32 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

DE5 DE7 DE4 DE3 DE1 DE11 DE12 DE13

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.