Does HD6 flood?

Yes — parts of the HD6 district carry real flood risk: 65 of its 127 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The HD6 postcode district covers Brighouse, Rastrick, Hipperholme and Lightcliffe, close to Bailiff Bridge, Elland, Mirfield, and surrounding villages in West Yorkshire.

127 postcodes in the HD6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 65 high, 21 medium, 41 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 HD6 postcodes are at risk?

HD6 1AP up to High HD6 1AR up to High HD6 1BL up to High HD6 1DU up to High HD6 1EA up to High HD6 1EB up to High HD6 1ED up to High HD6 1EF up to High HD6 1EJ up to High HD6 1EL up to High HD6 1EP up to High HD6 1ES up to High HD6 1EY up to High HD6 1JL up to High HD6 1JN up to High HD6 1JR up to High HD6 1JX up to High HD6 1JY up to High HD6 1LL up to High HD6 1LT up to High HD6 1LU up to High HD6 1LY up to High HD6 1LZ up to High HD6 1NB up to High HD6 1NE up to High HD6 1NL up to High HD6 1NR up to High HD6 1PA up to High HD6 1PB up to High HD6 1PD up to High HD6 1PE up to High HD6 1PF up to High HD6 1PG up to High HD6 1PN up to High HD6 1PP up to High HD6 1PR up to High HD6 1PS up to High HD6 1PT up to High HD6 1PU up to High HD6 1PW up to High HD6 1PY up to High HD6 1PZ up to High HD6 1QA up to High HD6 1QF up to High HD6 1RW up to High HD6 1RZ up to High HD6 1SL up to High HD6 1SN up to High HD6 1XF up to High HD6 2QR up to High HD6 2QS up to High HD6 2RG up to High HD6 2RN up to High HD6 2RW up to High HD6 2SD up to High HD6 3EL up to High HD6 3SJ up to High HD6 4AA up to High HD6 4DJ up to High HD6 4EN up to High HD6 4FA up to High HD6 4FQ up to High HD6 4FS up to High HD6 4FT up to High HD6 4HA up to High HD6 1HT up to Medium HD6 1JP up to Medium HD6 1JW up to Medium HD6 1NJ up to Medium HD6 1NN up to Medium HD6 1NW up to Medium HD6 1NX up to Medium HD6 1NY up to Medium HD6 1PL up to Medium HD6 1QG up to Medium HD6 1RH up to Medium HD6 1RL up to Medium HD6 2HF up to Medium HD6 2RA up to Medium HD6 2RF up to Medium HD6 4AH up to Medium HD6 4FD up to Medium HD6 4HD up to Medium HD6 4JJ up to Medium HD6 4JQ up to Medium HD6 4LX up to Medium HD6 1AB up to Low HD6 1AD up to Low HD6 1AF up to Low HD6 1AQ up to Low HD6 1AZ up to Low HD6 1BD up to Low HD6 1DN up to Low HD6 1HA up to Low HD6 1JH up to Low HD6 1JJ up to Low HD6 1JZ up to Low HD6 1LJ up to Low HD6 1LQ up to Low HD6 1ND up to Low HD6 1NG up to Low HD6 1NQ up to Low HD6 1PQ up to Low HD6 1QH up to Low HD6 1QL up to Low HD6 1QQ up to Low HD6 1QZ up to Low HD6 1XE up to Low HD6 2RB up to Low HD6 2RE up to Low HD6 2SP up to Low HD6 3AA up to Low HD6 3AG up to Low HD6 3DH up to Low HD6 3EG up to Low HD6 3HF up to Low HD6 3HR up to Low HD6 4AB up to Low HD6 4AF up to Low HD6 4BP up to Low HD6 4BW up to Low HD6 4DF up to Low HD6 4DN up to Low HD6 4DP up to Low HD6 4DW up to Low HD6 4DX up to Low HD6 4DY up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near HD6

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

311 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (211 at warning level or above), most recently 27 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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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.