Does DL13 flood?

Yes — parts of the DL13 district carry real flood risk: 29 of its 93 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DL13 postcode district covers Weardale, Evenwood, Deerness, Lower Teesdale, close to Stanhope, Eastgate, Hamsterley, and surrounding villages in County Durham.

93 postcodes in the DL13 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 29 high, 26 medium, 37 low, 1 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 DL13 postcodes are at risk?

DL13 1AP up to High DL13 1DF up to High DL13 1JE up to High DL13 1SJ up to High DL13 1SL up to High DL13 2DB up to High DL13 2EP up to High DL13 2HH up to High DL13 2LQ up to High DL13 2LU up to High DL13 2LY up to High DL13 2PE up to High DL13 2PG up to High DL13 2PP up to High DL13 2PQ up to High DL13 2PU up to High DL13 2SJ up to High DL13 2SN up to High DL13 2TA up to High DL13 2UH up to High DL13 2UT up to High DL13 2YL up to High DL13 3ES up to High DL13 3ET up to High DL13 3NR up to High DL13 3RQ up to High DL13 4PN up to High DL13 5HU up to High DL13 5HX up to High DL13 1AR up to Medium DL13 1JN up to Medium DL13 1SN up to Medium DL13 2BG up to Medium DL13 2DD up to Medium DL13 2HW up to Medium DL13 2JR up to Medium DL13 2PW up to Medium DL13 2QE up to Medium DL13 2WX up to Medium DL13 2YR up to Medium DL13 2YS up to Medium DL13 3BL up to Medium DL13 3EX up to Medium DL13 3JG up to Medium DL13 3JH up to Medium DL13 3JX up to Medium DL13 3NL up to Medium DL13 3PE up to Medium DL13 4QH up to Medium DL13 5AP up to Medium DL13 5HA up to Medium DL13 5HT up to Medium DL13 5JU up to Medium DL13 5NL up to Medium DL13 5SA up to Medium DL13 1AA up to Low DL13 1DB up to Low DL13 1DD up to Low DL13 1EQ up to Low DL13 1FB up to Low DL13 1JD up to Low DL13 1JL up to Low DL13 1LJ up to Low DL13 1RX up to Low DL13 1SG up to Low DL13 2AE up to Low DL13 2AF up to Low DL13 2BN up to Low DL13 2DA up to Low DL13 2HP up to Low DL13 2HR up to Low DL13 2JX up to Low DL13 2LJ up to Low DL13 2LL up to Low DL13 2PF up to Low DL13 2SH up to Low DL13 2SS up to Low DL13 2SY up to Low DL13 2UA up to Low DL13 2UG up to Low DL13 2UQ up to Low DL13 2YP up to Low DL13 2YT up to Low DL13 2YU up to Low DL13 3AZ up to Low DL13 3BA up to Low DL13 3BP up to Low DL13 3EU up to Low DL13 3EY up to Low DL13 3JU up to Low DL13 4PU up to Low DL13 5AW up to Low DL13 2UE up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near DL13

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

27 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (3 at warning level or above), most recently 13 November 2025. 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

DL12 DL14 DL11 DL15 DL10 DL16 DL17 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.