Does DE74 flood?

Yes — parts of the DE74 district carry real flood risk: 23 of its 66 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DE74 postcode district covers Daleacre Hill, Castle Donington Central, Long Whatton & Diseworth, Castle Donington Park, close to Kegworth, Shardlow, Breaston, and surrounding villages in parts of Leicestershire and Derbyshire.

66 postcodes in the DE74 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 23 high, 8 medium, 16 low, 19 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 DE74 postcodes are at risk?

DE74 2EJ up to High DE74 2EY up to High DE74 2FH up to High DE74 2FJ up to High DE74 2FQ up to High DE74 2FS up to High DE74 2FW up to High DE74 2FX up to High DE74 2FY up to High DE74 2FZ up to High DE74 2GA up to High DE74 2GB up to High DE74 2GD up to High DE74 2HL up to High DE74 2QF up to High DE74 2QJ up to High DE74 2QS up to High DE74 2RB up to High DE74 2RG up to High DE74 2RR up to High DE74 2RS up to High DE74 2XU up to High DE74 2YG up to High DE74 2AX up to Medium DE74 2FL up to Medium DE74 2FR up to Medium DE74 2RE up to Medium DE74 2RH up to Medium DE74 2SQ up to Medium DE74 2SZ up to Medium DE74 2UD up to Medium DE74 2AA up to Low DE74 2AE up to Low DE74 2AG up to Low DE74 2AQ up to Low DE74 2BT up to Low DE74 2EQ up to Low DE74 2FT up to Low DE74 2NL up to Low DE74 2QL up to Low DE74 2RD up to Low DE74 2RJ up to Low DE74 2RW up to Low DE74 2TJ up to Low DE74 2XT up to Low DE74 2YW up to Low DE74 2ZQ up to Low DE74 2AT up to Very low DE74 2BA up to Very low DE74 2HJ up to Very low DE74 2HZ up to Very low DE74 2NJ up to Very low DE74 2NN up to Very low DE74 2NP up to Very low DE74 2NQ up to Very low DE74 2NW up to Very low DE74 2NX up to Very low DE74 2PX up to Very low DE74 2PY up to Very low DE74 2QR up to Very low DE74 2QX up to Very low DE74 2TW up to Very low DE74 2UB up to Very low DE74 2UE up to Very low DE74 2US up to Very low DE74 2UT up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near DE74

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

690 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (246 at warning level or above), most recently 29 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 DE75 DE72 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.