Does DE72 flood?

Yes — parts of the DE72 district carry real flood risk: 20 of its 68 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DE72 postcode district covers Aston, Ockbrook & Borrowash, Breaston, Draycott & Risley, close to Shardlow, Sandiacre, Kegworth, and surrounding villages in parts of Derbyshire and Leicestershire.

68 postcodes in the DE72 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 20 high, 2 medium, 30 low, 16 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 DE72 postcodes are at risk?

DE72 2BH up to High DE72 2GL up to High DE72 2GS up to High DE72 2HF up to High DE72 2HJ up to High DE72 2HL up to High DE72 2HN up to High DE72 2HP up to High DE72 3EF up to High DE72 3EN up to High DE72 3ET up to High DE72 3EU up to High DE72 3FF up to High DE72 3LJ up to High DE72 3QE up to High DE72 3QF up to High DE72 3QG up to High DE72 3QH up to High DE72 3QL up to High DE72 3RD up to High DE72 3RP up to Medium DE72 3WA up to Medium DE72 2GA up to Low DE72 2GH up to Low DE72 2GP up to Low DE72 2GX up to Low DE72 2HA up to Low DE72 2HD up to Low DE72 2HE up to Low DE72 2HG up to Low DE72 2HH up to Low DE72 2HS up to Low DE72 2WE up to Low DE72 3DA up to Low DE72 3DB up to Low DE72 3DD up to Low DE72 3DE up to Low DE72 3DG up to Low DE72 3DH up to Low DE72 3DJ up to Low DE72 3FL up to Low DE72 3FN up to Low DE72 3FW up to Low DE72 3GD up to Low DE72 3GU up to Low DE72 3GW up to Low DE72 3LX up to Low DE72 3LY up to Low DE72 3NN up to Low DE72 3RL up to Low DE72 3UB up to Low DE72 3WG up to Low DE72 2GE up to Very low DE72 2GQ up to Very low DE72 2GR up to Very low DE72 2GU up to Very low DE72 2GW up to Very low DE72 2GY up to Very low DE72 2GZ up to Very low DE72 2NP up to Very low DE72 2WA up to Very low DE72 3ES up to Very low DE72 3GH up to Very low DE72 3HH up to Very low DE72 3QP up to Very low DE72 3QY up to Very low DE72 3RT up to Very low DE72 3UP up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near DE72

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

756 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (211 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

DE73 DE74 DE75 DE65 DE56 DE55 DE45 DE24

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.