Does DE6 1EF flood?

No property in an EA risk band

No property in DE6 1EF appears in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset. That dataset covers one of five flood sources. It is area-level, it covers rivers and the sea only, and it is never proof a place cannot flood — surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately. See the at-risk postcodes in DE6 or get the full picture below.

The ground around DE6 1EF

The ground here sits at about 155 m above sea level and falls 59 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north, 26.9 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around DE61EF, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 155 m above sea level and falls 59 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north, 26.9 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of DE6 1EF, 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 DE6 1EF

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
DE6 1EF
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 2 recorded floods nearby; 136 official warnings since 2006.

··· 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: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
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Surface water
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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 DE6 1EF. 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 DE6 1EF

136
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
19
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-09-03)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Dec 1960 December 1960 (Upper Trent) ~1.0 km
Jan 1947 Derwent 1947 ~15.6 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, 5 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 5 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 4 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 3 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for DE6 1EF

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Ashbourne Henmore Brook 1.3 km 0.35 m 1.96 m
Agnes Meadow Henmore Brook 3.1 km 0.90 m 2.03 m
Mayfield River Dove 3.5 km 2.10 m 3.22 m
Izaak Walton River Dove 5.2 km 0.59 m 1.61 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
King Edward Street Cso Henmore Brook 1.6 km 2 (2024) 0
King Edward Street Cso Henmore Brook 1.6 km 24 (2024) 75
Ashbourne - Henmore Brook Cso Henmore Brook 1.6 km 21 (2024) 37
Manor House Farm River Dove 2.3 km 21 (2024) 234

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

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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 DE6 1EF — all in the DE6 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 DE6 district.