Does DE7 flood?

Yes — parts of the DE7 district carry real flood risk: 19 of its 38 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DE7 postcode district covers Larklands, Hallam Fields, Awsworth, Cossall & Trowell, Kirk Hallam & Stanton-by-Dale, close to Trowell, Shipley, Sandiacre, and surrounding villages in parts of Derbyshire and East Midlands.

38 postcodes in the DE7 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 19 high, 7 medium, 11 low, 1 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 DE7 postcodes are at risk?

DE7 4AZ up to High DE7 4BU up to High DE7 4RF up to High DE7 5BP up to High DE7 5BX up to High DE7 5EE up to High DE7 5EP up to High DE7 5RF up to High DE7 5TE up to High DE7 5TF up to High DE7 5TG up to High DE7 5TJ up to High DE7 5TN up to High DE7 5TS up to High DE7 5TT up to High DE7 5UA up to High DE7 6BN up to High DE7 6HZ up to High DE7 8JF up to High DE7 4AW up to Medium DE7 4BG up to Medium DE7 4SE up to Medium DE7 5EQ up to Medium DE7 5UD up to Medium DE7 6NZ up to Medium DE7 8JT up to Medium DE7 4LY up to Low DE7 4QS up to Low DE7 4QU up to Low DE7 4RG up to Low DE7 4SH up to Low DE7 5BN up to Low DE7 5HX up to Low DE7 5TB up to Low DE7 5TD up to Low DE7 5UE up to Low DE7 6HE up to Low DE7 2NP up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near DE7

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

Trowell on the Boundary Brook — 3.1 km away, highest on record 1.45m
Shipley Gate on the River Erewash — 4.4 km away, highest on record 3.25m
Sandiacre on the River Erewash — 4.9 km away, highest on record 2.60m
Wollaton on the Tottle Brook — 5.8 km away, highest on record 0.93m

758 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (152 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Ilkeston October 2023 (2023) — about 1.6 km from the centre
Stapleford October 2023 (2023) — about 3.9 km from the centre
Cossall October 2023 (2023) — about 2.3 km from the centre
Lower Trent - 10 Nov 2000 (2000) — about 27.2 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DE6 DE5 DE4 DE11 DE3 DE12 DE1 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.