Does DH1 flood?

Yes — parts of the DH1 district carry real flood risk: 39 of its 85 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DH1 postcode district covers Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe, Neville's Cross, Brandon, Belmont, close to Durham, Sunderland Bridge, Chester-Le-Street, and surrounding villages in parts of County Durham and Tyne and Wear.

85 postcodes in the DH1 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 39 high, 13 medium, 30 low, 3 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 DH1 postcodes are at risk?

DH1 1JY up to High DH1 1QL up to High DH1 1SL up to High DH1 1SQ up to High DH1 1TB up to High DH1 2LY up to High DH1 2SE up to High DH1 2SU up to High DH1 3AA up to High DH1 3AF up to High DH1 3AG up to High DH1 3AH up to High DH1 3AQ up to High DH1 3BL up to High DH1 3BN up to High DH1 3BW up to High DH1 3DA up to High DH1 3ET up to High DH1 3JU up to High DH1 3PJ up to High DH1 3RA up to High DH1 3RP up to High DH1 3SB up to High DH1 3SE up to High DH1 3SG up to High DH1 3SJ up to High DH1 3SL up to High DH1 3SN up to High DH1 3SP up to High DH1 3SQ up to High DH1 4FS up to High DH1 4FT up to High DH1 4FX up to High DH1 4FY up to High DH1 4PW up to High DH1 4SL up to High DH1 4SW up to High DH1 4TH up to High DH1 5TA up to High DH1 1BW up to Medium DH1 1LB up to Medium DH1 1LE up to Medium DH1 1LH up to Medium DH1 1SG up to Medium DH1 1SZ up to Medium DH1 2NB up to Medium DH1 2ST up to Medium DH1 3HN up to Medium DH1 3JN up to Medium DH1 3NP up to Medium DH1 3SR up to Medium DH1 5TE up to Medium DH1 1JX up to Low DH1 1SW up to Low DH1 2NA up to Low DH1 2NE up to Low DH1 2NF up to Low DH1 2NG up to Low DH1 3DG up to Low DH1 3EB up to Low DH1 3EE up to Low DH1 3EN up to Low DH1 3EQ up to Low DH1 3ER up to Low DH1 3EW up to Low DH1 3HJ up to Low DH1 3HL up to Low DH1 3JJ up to Low DH1 3JT up to Low DH1 3LA up to Low DH1 3RJ up to Low DH1 3RN up to Low DH1 3RU up to Low DH1 3RX up to Low DH1 3RY up to Low DH1 3SA up to Low DH1 3SF up to Low DH1 3SS up to Low DH1 4TF up to Low DH1 5SY up to Low DH1 5SZ up to Low DH1 5TL up to Low DH1 1LA up to Very low DH1 1NU up to Very low DH1 4DB up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near DH1

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

64 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (18 at warning level or above), most recently 19 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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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.