Does DL1 flood?

Yes — parts of the DL1 district carry real flood risk: 13 of its 87 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DL1 postcode district covers Park East, Northgate, Haughton & Springfield, Stephenson, close to Darlington, Darlington Faverdale, Stapleton, and surrounding villages in parts of Darlington and County Durham.

87 postcodes in the DL1 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 13 high, 28 medium, 46 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 DL1 postcodes are at risk?

DL1 1PY up to High DL1 1QG up to High DL1 1QN up to High DL1 1RD up to High DL1 1UL up to High DL1 2BG up to High DL1 2BP up to High DL1 2BQ up to High DL1 2DA up to High DL1 2FX up to High DL1 3JG up to High DL1 3LU up to High DL1 5LN up to High DL1 1AA up to Medium DL1 1GY up to Medium DL1 1LF up to Medium DL1 1LG up to Medium DL1 1PB up to Medium DL1 1PT up to Medium DL1 1QE up to Medium DL1 1QF up to Medium DL1 1QL up to Medium DL1 1QQ up to Medium DL1 1RQ up to Medium DL1 1RR up to Medium DL1 1RS up to Medium DL1 1RU up to Medium DL1 1RX up to Medium DL1 1TB up to Medium DL1 1TD up to Medium DL1 1TE up to Medium DL1 2BJ up to Medium DL1 2XQ up to Medium DL1 5DB up to Medium DL1 5JQ up to Medium DL1 5JS up to Medium DL1 5LB up to Medium DL1 5LP up to Medium DL1 5LR up to Medium DL1 5LS up to Medium DL1 5LW up to Medium DL1 1GB up to Low DL1 1LU up to Low DL1 1NU up to Low DL1 1PD up to Low DL1 1QZ up to Low DL1 1RF up to Low DL1 1SH up to Low DL1 1TJ up to Low DL1 1UF up to Low DL1 1UJ up to Low DL1 1UN up to Low DL1 1UP up to Low DL1 1UQ up to Low DL1 1UW up to Low DL1 2AQ up to Low DL1 2BH up to Low DL1 2BL up to Low DL1 2EB up to Low DL1 2ED up to Low DL1 2JA up to Low DL1 2LE up to Low DL1 2LG up to Low DL1 2SB up to Low DL1 2SE up to Low DL1 2SG up to Low DL1 2SQ up to Low DL1 2TL up to Low DL1 2TP up to Low DL1 2XA up to Low DL1 3JL up to Low DL1 3JQ up to Low DL1 3JW up to Low DL1 3SE up to Low DL1 3SG up to Low DL1 3SH up to Low DL1 3SJ up to Low DL1 5DF up to Low DL1 5JA up to Low DL1 5JD up to Low DL1 5JE up to Low DL1 5JP up to Low DL1 5JR up to Low DL1 5JU up to Low DL1 5JX up to Low DL1 5JY up to Low DL1 5LF up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DL1

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

13 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (13 at warning level or above), most recently 9 February 2020. 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

DL2 DL3 DL4 DL5 DL6 DL7 DL8 DL9

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.