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Does DE7 4RF flood?

Ilkeston, Derbyshire

Up to High likelihood

Properties in DE7 4RF 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%10
Medium1% – 3.3%20
Low0.1% – 1%00
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 DE7 4RF

The ground here sits at about 47 m above sea level and falls 19 m across the surrounding 800 m. The ground contributing surface water to this point lies to the north-north-east.

Shaded relief map of the ground around DE74RF, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 47 m above sea level and falls 19 m across the surrounding 800 m. The ground contributing surface water to this point lies to the north-north-east.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of DE7 4RF, 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 DE7 4RF

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
DE7 4RF
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 4 recorded floods nearby; 666 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 DE7 4RF. 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 DE7 4RF

666
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
168
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-08-27)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Nov 2000 Lower Trent - 10 Nov 2000 ~27.5 km
Jan 1978 Erewash 1978 ~1.4 km
Feb 1977 Erewash 26th Feb 1977 ~5.7 km
Feb 1977 Erewash 25th Feb 1977 ~6.1 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, 36 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 20 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 15 warnings nearby) · Christoph (2021, 12 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for DE7 4RF

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Trowell Boundary Brook 2.2 km 0.80 m 1.45 m
Sandiacre River Erewash 3.6 km 1.30 m 2.60 m
Wollaton Tottle Brook 5.3 km 1.30 m 0.93 m
Breaston Golden Brook 5.7 km 1.50 m 1.85 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
Kirk Hallam - Western Outfall Tank (sso) Nut Brook 1.0 km 31 (2024) 384
Gallows Inn Combined Sewer Overflow River Erewash 1.0 km 51 (2024) 575
Manholes River Erewash 1.1 km 21 (2024) 12
Ilkeston (hallam Fields) Wwtw River Erewash 1.5 km 95 (2024) 1,196

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

Flood defences

12 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~131 m (natural high ground, 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

DE7 4AW up to Medium DE7 4AZ up to High DE7 4BG up to Medium DE7 4BU up to High DE7 4LY up to Low DE7 4QS up to Low DE7 4QU up to Low DE7 4RG up to Low DE7 4SE up to Medium DE7 4SH up to Low

At-risk postcodes near DE7 4RF — all in the DE7 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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 DE7 district.