Does DL3 flood?

Yes — parts of the DL3 district carry real flood risk: 4 of its 18 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DL3 postcode district covers Cockerton, Brinkburn & Faverdale, Northgate, Hummersknott, close to Darlington Faverdale, Darlington, Low Coniscliffe, and surrounding villages in parts of County Durham and Darlington.

18 postcodes in the DL3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 4 high, 4 medium, 10 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 DL3 postcodes are at risk?

DL3 0GB up to High DL3 6TD up to High DL3 8TA up to High DL3 8TF up to High DL3 0GG up to Medium DL3 0GQ up to Medium DL3 0XN up to Medium DL3 9EG up to Medium DL3 0GF up to Low DL3 0SP up to Low DL3 0SR up to Low DL3 6AP up to Low DL3 6PJ up to Low DL3 9AF up to Low DL3 9DU up to Low DL3 9EU up to Low DL3 9EX up to Low DL3 9HQ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DL3

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

Darlington Faverdale on the West Beck — 0.4 km away, highest on record 0.64m
John St Darlington on the River Skerne — 2 km away, highest on record 2.18m
Broken Scar on the River Tees — 2.7 km away, highest on record 3.28m
South Park on the River Skerne — 3.3 km away, highest on record 1.35m

10 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (10 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):

30,BURTREE LANE,DARLINGTON, (2007) — about 2.6 km from the centre
CORNMILL SHOPPING CENTRE,TUBWELL ROW,TOWN CENTRE,D (2007) — about 2.2 km from the centre
Central Darlington (2007) — about 2.1 km from the centre
Autumn 2000 Event (2000) — about 2.9 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DL2 DL4 DL1 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.