Does DN37 9FD flood?

Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire

Up to Low likelihood

Properties in DN37 9FD sit in the Environment Agency's Low flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%00
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%87
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a low-likelihood area has a 2–22% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around DN37 9FD

The ground here sits at about 3 m above sea level and falls 10 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south, 4.4 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around DN379FD, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 3 m above sea level and falls 10 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south, 4.4 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of DN37 9FD, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for DN37 9FD

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
DN37 9FD
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the low likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 75 official warnings since 2006.

C Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Low
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around DN37 9FD. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near DN37 9FD

75
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
27
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-10-22)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 2020 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis ~59.0 km
Feb 2020 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara ~69.1 km
Nov 2019 2019 November Flood Incident ~73.0 km
Dec 2013 LNA_2013_12_Tidal_Witham_Haven ~16.7 km
Jun 2007 LNA_2007_06_River Freshney ~1.0 km
Jan 1953 LNA_1953_01_Lincolnshire Coastline ~26.5 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 19 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 7 warnings nearby) · Emma (2018, 2 warnings nearby) · Ashley (2024, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for DN37 9FD

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
River Freshney Grimsby Laceby Beck 1.0 km 0.78 m 1.20 m
Laceby Laceby Beck 4.2 km 0.55 m 1.44 m
LACEBY BECK GS 4.2 km
BRIGSLEY WAITHE BECK GS 9.1 km

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Great Coates Station Road Ps Towns Croft Drain 0.6 km 12 (2024) 12
Healing - Poplar Road Sso Old Fleet Drain 2.6 km 12 (2024) 52
Stallingborough-s Marsh Lane Sps Un-named Trib Old Fleet Drain 3.4 km 0 (2024) 0
Laceby Water Recycling Centre The Laceby Beck 4.2 km 113 (2024) 1,198

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near DN37 9FD — all in the DN37 district.

© 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the DN37 district.