Does DL14 flood?

Yes — parts of the DL14 district carry real flood risk: 40 of its 117 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DL14 postcode district covers West Auckland, Bishop Auckland, Shildon & Dene Valley, Evenwood, close to Toft Hill, Witton Park, Cockfield, and surrounding villages in parts of County Durham and Darlington.

117 postcodes in the DL14 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 40 high, 12 medium, 38 low, 27 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 DL14 postcodes are at risk?

DL14 0AG up to High DL14 0AJ up to High DL14 0DQ up to High DL14 6RJ up to High DL14 6SR up to High DL14 7SD up to High DL14 7SF up to High DL14 8RS up to High DL14 8TL up to High DL14 8TP up to High DL14 8TR up to High DL14 8TT up to High DL14 8UL up to High DL14 9AN up to High DL14 9AQ up to High DL14 9BD up to High DL14 9BF up to High DL14 9BW up to High DL14 9DE up to High DL14 9DF up to High DL14 9DJ up to High DL14 9DP up to High DL14 9EB up to High DL14 9HJ up to High DL14 9HL up to High DL14 9HP up to High DL14 9HW up to High DL14 9JD up to High DL14 9JE up to High DL14 9JF up to High DL14 9JU up to High DL14 9JZ up to High DL14 9LB up to High DL14 9LD up to High DL14 9LY up to High DL14 9NT up to High DL14 9PB up to High DL14 9PQ up to High DL14 9SD up to High DL14 9SN up to High DL14 0DE up to Medium DL14 6SS up to Medium DL14 6ST up to Medium DL14 8DJ up to Medium DL14 8XG up to Medium DL14 8XQ up to Medium DL14 9BB up to Medium DL14 9BG up to Medium DL14 9BN up to Medium DL14 9BP up to Medium DL14 9JY up to Medium DL14 9PD up to Medium DL14 0LQ up to Low DL14 0NL up to Low DL14 0NU up to Low DL14 0PA up to Low DL14 0QB up to Low DL14 6RU up to Low DL14 6RY up to Low DL14 6SE up to Low DL14 6SF up to Low DL14 6SG up to Low DL14 6SH up to Low DL14 6SL up to Low DL14 6SW up to Low DL14 6TE up to Low DL14 6TF up to Low DL14 6XE up to Low DL14 6XY up to Low DL14 7PA up to Low DL14 7SY up to Low DL14 7SZ up to Low DL14 8SY up to Low DL14 8TA up to Low DL14 8UA up to Low DL14 8UJ up to Low DL14 9AD up to Low DL14 9AX up to Low DL14 9AZ up to Low DL14 9DA up to Low DL14 9DB up to Low DL14 9DQ up to Low DL14 9FF up to Low DL14 9GF up to Low DL14 9GH up to Low DL14 9JJ up to Low DL14 9JS up to Low DL14 9JX up to Low DL14 9SP up to Low DL14 9UD up to Low DL14 6DE up to Very low DL14 6FT up to Very low DL14 6SA up to Very low DL14 6TH up to Very low DL14 6XT up to Very low DL14 7QE up to Very low DL14 9EZ up to Very low DL14 9FG up to Very low DL14 9GB up to Very low DL14 9GD up to Very low DL14 9HA up to Very low DL14 9HB up to Very low DL14 9HD up to Very low DL14 9HE up to Very low DL14 9HF up to Very low DL14 9HG up to Very low DL14 9HN up to Very low DL14 9HQ up to Very low DL14 9HS up to Very low DL14 9HT up to Very low DL14 9HU up to Very low DL14 9JG up to Very low DL14 9JQ up to Very low DL14 9LS up to Very low DL14 9SL up to Very low DL14 9UB up to Very low DL14 9UL up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near DL14

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

60 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (5 at warning level or above), most recently 11 February 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

DL13 DL15 DL12 DL16 DL11 DL17 DL10 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.