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Does DL5 flood?

Yes — parts of the DL5 district carry real flood risk: 3 of its 31 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DL5 postcode district covers Aycliffe South, Aycliffe North & Middridge, Heighington & Coniscliffe, Sedgefield, close to Aycliffe Village, Bishop Auckland, Darlington Faverdale, and surrounding villages in parts of County Durham and Darlington.

31 postcodes in the DL5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 3 high, 3 medium, 25 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 DL5 postcodes are at risk?

DL5 4YD up to High DL5 6AL up to High DL5 6QG up to High DL5 4YH up to Medium DL5 7DB up to Medium DL5 7DL up to Medium DL5 4EY up to Low DL5 4EZ up to Low DL5 4HA up to Low DL5 4HB up to Low DL5 4HE up to Low DL5 4HF up to Low DL5 4ST up to Low DL5 4YF up to Low DL5 6JH up to Low DL5 7AP up to Low DL5 7AQ up to Low DL5 7AT up to Low DL5 7AX up to Low DL5 7AY up to Low DL5 7DA up to Low DL5 7DD up to Low DL5 7DE up to Low DL5 7DJ up to Low DL5 7DN up to Low DL5 7DP up to Low DL5 7DR up to Low DL5 7DS up to Low DL5 7DT up to Low DL5 7DU up to Low DL5 7DW up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DL5

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

80 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 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

DL4 DL6 DL3 DL7 DL2 DL8 DL1 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.