Does DH8 flood?

Yes — parts of the DH8 district carry real flood risk: 8 of its 20 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DH8 postcode district covers Benfieldside, South Tynedale, Weardale, Consett South, close to Muddleswick, Blackhall Mill, Stocksfield Ridley Mill, and surrounding villages in parts of County Durham and Northumberland.

20 postcodes in the DH8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 8 high, 5 medium, 7 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 DH8 postcodes are at risk?

DH8 0GZ up to High DH8 0JE up to High DH8 0JF up to High DH8 8SF up to High DH8 9EL up to High DH8 9SR up to High DH8 9TY up to High DH8 9UB up to High DH8 8SG up to Medium DH8 9JD up to Medium DH8 9PZ up to Medium DH8 9SP up to Medium DH8 9UU up to Medium DH8 0NY up to Low DH8 8JS up to Low DH8 9EJ up to Low DH8 9JB up to Low DH8 9LZ up to Low DH8 9NF up to Low DH8 9NG up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DH8

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

Eddys Bridge on the River Derwent — 0.8 km away, highest on record 3.21m
Blackhall Mill on the River Derwent — 9.2 km away, highest on record 2.57m
Stocksfield Ridley Mill on the Stocksfield Burn — 9.6 km away, highest on record 1.75m
Bywell on the River Tyne — 10.6 km away, highest on record 6.96m

30 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006, most recently 20 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

River Derwent Rural (2008) — about 9.1 km from the centre
River Wear (1995) — about 17.8 km from the centre

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

DH7 DH9 DH6 DH5 DH4 DH3 DH2 DH1

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.