Does DN20 flood?

Yes — parts of the DN20 district carry real flood risk: 36 of its 102 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DN20 postcode district covers Broughton & Scawby, Ridge, close to Brigg, Brandy Wharf, Scotter, and surrounding villages in parts of Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire.

102 postcodes in the DN20 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 36 high, 15 medium, 37 low, 14 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 DN20 postcodes are at risk?

DN20 0BF up to High DN20 0BN up to High DN20 0QH up to High DN20 8AR up to High DN20 8FB up to High DN20 8FF up to High DN20 8FG up to High DN20 8FR up to High DN20 8FS up to High DN20 8FT up to High DN20 8FW up to High DN20 8LD up to High DN20 8LN up to High DN20 8LW up to High DN20 8NA up to High DN20 8NF up to High DN20 8NL up to High DN20 8NQ up to High DN20 8NR up to High DN20 8NS up to High DN20 8NY up to High DN20 8PD up to High DN20 8UJ up to High DN20 8UN up to High DN20 9EG up to High DN20 9HP up to High DN20 9HW up to High DN20 9JP up to High DN20 9JZ up to High DN20 9LB up to High DN20 9LD up to High DN20 9LQ up to High DN20 9LT up to High DN20 9PF up to High DN20 9RE up to High DN20 9RG up to High DN20 0BZ up to Medium DN20 8FD up to Medium DN20 8FE up to Medium DN20 8FL up to Medium DN20 8LP up to Medium DN20 8LR up to Medium DN20 8LS up to Medium DN20 8LT up to Medium DN20 8LX up to Medium DN20 8ND up to Medium DN20 9HR up to Medium DN20 9LG up to Medium DN20 9PE up to Medium DN20 9PJ up to Medium DN20 9QD up to Medium DN20 0BW up to Low DN20 0LS up to Low DN20 8AH up to Low DN20 8AL up to Low DN20 8AN up to Low DN20 8AS up to Low DN20 8AU up to Low DN20 8AW up to Low DN20 8AY up to Low DN20 8AZ up to Low DN20 8BB up to Low DN20 8BL up to Low DN20 8EQ up to Low DN20 8FQ up to Low DN20 8FX up to Low DN20 8JS up to Low DN20 8LA up to Low DN20 8LY up to Low DN20 8LZ up to Low DN20 8NJ up to Low DN20 8NP up to Low DN20 8NX up to Low DN20 9BF up to Low DN20 9FL up to Low DN20 9FN up to Low DN20 9FP up to Low DN20 9JH up to Low DN20 9JN up to Low DN20 9JW up to Low DN20 9LJ up to Low DN20 9LL up to Low DN20 9PG up to Low DN20 9PQ up to Low DN20 9RB up to Low DN20 9RD up to Low DN20 9RF up to Low DN20 9SY up to Low DN20 0NB up to Very low DN20 8BA up to Very low DN20 8BD up to Very low DN20 8SG up to Very low DN20 9DR up to Very low DN20 9EA up to Very low DN20 9EB up to Very low DN20 9ED up to Very low DN20 9EF up to Very low DN20 9EQ up to Very low DN20 9JU up to Very low DN20 9PH up to Very low DN20 9RA up to Very low DN20 9SQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near DN20

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

84 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (28 at warning level or above), most recently 13 March 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

DN19 DN21 DN18 DN22 DN17 DN16 DN15 DN14

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.