Does DL9 flood?

Yes — parts of the DL9 district carry real flood risk: 2 of its 5 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DL9 postcode district covers Scotton & Lower Wensleydale, Hipswell & Colburn, close to Catterick Garrison, Catterick FAS Brough Park, Catterick Bridge, and surrounding villages in North Yorkshire.

5 postcodes in the DL9 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 2 high, 1 medium, 2 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 DL9 postcodes are at risk?

DL9 4LG up to High DL9 4PE up to High DL9 3PX up to Medium DL9 3LU up to Low DL9 4WA up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DL9

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

Catterick Garrison on the Sour Beck — 0.6 km away, highest on record 0.61m
Catterick Brough Park on the Brough Beck — 4.1 km away, highest on record 3.60m
Catterick Bridge on the River Swale — 4.4 km away, highest on record 3.55m
Catterick Village on the Brough Beck — 5.2 km away, highest on record 1.61m

49 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (49 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):

2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis (2020) — about 38.2 km from the centre
2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara (2020) — about 45.9 km from the centre
December 2015 Flood Event (2015) — about 53.5 km from the centre
Autumn 2000 Event (2000) — about 3.7 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DL10 DL8 DL11 DL7 DL12 DL6 DL13 DL5

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.