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Does DL12 flood?

Yes — parts of the DL12 district carry real flood risk: 22 of its 56 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DL12 postcode district covers Upper Teesdale, Lower Teesdale, Barnard Castle, close to Middleton-In-Teesdale, Boldron, Copley, and surrounding villages in County Durham.

56 postcodes in the DL12 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 22 high, 2 medium, 32 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 DL12 postcodes are at risk?

DL12 0NJ up to High DL12 0PB up to High DL12 0PW up to High DL12 0TX up to High DL12 0XH up to High DL12 8GP up to High DL12 8PE up to High DL12 8QD up to High DL12 8QW up to High DL12 8RN up to High DL12 8RP up to High DL12 8SD up to High DL12 9AT up to High DL12 9BE up to High DL12 9BN up to High DL12 9QY up to High DL12 9RL up to High DL12 9SB up to High DL12 9TS up to High DL12 9UP up to High DL12 9UU up to High DL12 9UX up to High DL12 0BD up to Medium DL12 0XQ up to Medium DL12 0AX up to Low DL12 0EQ up to Low DL12 0HE up to Low DL12 0HF up to Low DL12 0HT up to Low DL12 0HX up to Low DL12 0NR up to Low DL12 0PJ up to Low DL12 0PN up to Low DL12 0TJ up to Low DL12 0TL up to Low DL12 0TN up to Low DL12 0UJ up to Low DL12 0UZ up to Low DL12 0XE up to Low DL12 0XZ up to Low DL12 8QQ up to Low DL12 8RF up to Low DL12 9BG up to Low DL12 9BL up to Low DL12 9BP up to Low DL12 9BW up to Low DL12 9DS up to Low DL12 9EQ up to Low DL12 9QJ up to Low DL12 9QW up to Low DL12 9RH up to Low DL12 9RY up to Low DL12 9SE up to Low DL12 9SQ up to Low DL12 9TB up to Low DL12 9TR up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DL12

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

116 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (1 at warning level or above), most recently 24 March 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

DL11 DL13 DL10 DL14 DL15 DL9 DL16 DL8

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.