Does DL4 flood?

Yes — parts of the DL4 district carry real flood risk: 8 of its 10 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DL4 postcode district covers Shildon & Dene Valley, close to Bishop Auckland, West Auckland, Aycliffe Village, and surrounding villages in parts of County Durham and Darlington.

10 postcodes in the DL4 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 8 high, 2 medium. 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 DL4 postcodes are at risk?

DL4 1NJ up to High DL4 1NL up to High DL4 1PE up to High DL4 1PG up to High DL4 1PJ up to High DL4 1PP up to High DL4 2QD up to High DL4 2QN up to High DL4 1NN up to Medium DL4 2RE up to Medium

Rivers and flooding history near DL4

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

South Church on the River Gaunless — 2.9 km away, highest on record 2.47m
Dovecote Hill on the River Gaunless — 3.1 km away, highest on record 2.79m
West Auckland on the River Gaunless — 5.1 km away, highest on record 1.63m
Oakley Cross Beck on the Oakley Cross Beck — 5.5 km away, highest on record 1.02m

83 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (6 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):

Bishop Auckland (2007) — about 3.9 km from the centre
84,COCKTON HILL ROAD,BISHOP AUCKLAND, (2007) — about 3.8 km from the centre
PREMIER CARE,88,COCKTON HILL ROAD,BISHOP AUCKLAND, (2007) — about 3.8 km from the centre
19,PRICE AVENUE,WOODHOUSE CLOSE,BISHOP AUCKLAND, (2007) — about 3.6 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DL3 DL5 DL2 DL6 DL1 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.