Does HG3 flood?

Yes — parts of the HG3 district carry real flood risk: 59 of its 133 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The HG3 postcode district covers Masham & Fountains, Washburn & Birstwith, Oatlands & Pannal, close to Birstwith, Pateley Bridge, Wath, and surrounding villages in North Yorkshire.

133 postcodes in the HG3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 59 high, 19 medium, 51 low, 4 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 HG3 postcodes are at risk?

HG3 1AB up to High HG3 1BA up to High HG3 1BZ up to High HG3 1JN up to High HG3 1JU up to High HG3 1JY up to High HG3 1JZ up to High HG3 1LB up to High HG3 1PD up to High HG3 1RS up to High HG3 2PP up to High HG3 2QP up to High HG3 2QW up to High HG3 2XL up to High HG3 3AF up to High HG3 3AS up to High HG3 3BH up to High HG3 3HJ up to High HG3 3HR up to High HG3 3HU up to High HG3 3HZ up to High HG3 3JB up to High HG3 3NE up to High HG3 3NR up to High HG3 3NX up to High HG3 3PQ up to High HG3 3QN up to High HG3 3QP up to High HG3 3QU up to High HG3 3QW up to High HG3 3RD up to High HG3 3RE up to High HG3 3RQ up to High HG3 3SZ up to High HG3 3TA up to High HG3 3TD up to High HG3 4BU up to High HG3 4DD up to High HG3 4EB up to High HG3 4ED up to High HG3 4EN up to High HG3 4LA up to High HG3 5AB up to High HG3 5AD up to High HG3 5BT up to High HG3 5BW up to High HG3 5EP up to High HG3 5HL up to High HG3 5HS up to High HG3 5NA up to High HG3 5QF up to High HG3 5QQ up to High HG3 5QW up to High HG3 5RG up to High HG3 5RH up to High HG3 5RL up to High HG3 5RS up to High HG3 5RW up to High HG3 5SD up to High HG3 1LH up to Medium HG3 2EJ up to Medium HG3 2ER up to Medium HG3 2EZ up to Medium HG3 2FS up to Medium HG3 2HB up to Medium HG3 2NN up to Medium HG3 3BA up to Medium HG3 3HP up to Medium HG3 3JF up to Medium HG3 3NH up to Medium HG3 3PR up to Medium HG3 3QQ up to Medium HG3 4DJ up to Medium HG3 5AG up to Medium HG3 5BD up to Medium HG3 5ES up to Medium HG3 5PP up to Medium HG3 5QH up to Medium HG3 1DT up to Low HG3 1EL up to Low HG3 1LZ up to Low HG3 1PB up to Low HG3 1PG up to Low HG3 2AE up to Low HG3 2AQ up to Low HG3 2BA up to Low HG3 2EP up to Low HG3 2EY up to Low HG3 2JW up to Low HG3 2NP up to Low HG3 2PY up to Low HG3 2QH up to Low HG3 2QQ up to Low HG3 2TQ up to Low HG3 3AA up to Low HG3 3AU up to Low HG3 3EB up to Low HG3 3HY up to Low HG3 3NJ up to Low HG3 3TE up to Low HG3 3TU up to Low HG3 4BB up to Low HG3 4DH up to Low HG3 4DL up to Low HG3 4DQ up to Low HG3 4DY up to Low HG3 4EA up to Low HG3 4EE up to Low HG3 5AF up to Low HG3 5AP up to Low HG3 5AQ up to Low HG3 5AR up to Low HG3 5AT up to Low HG3 5AU up to Low HG3 5AW up to Low HG3 5AX up to Low HG3 5AY up to Low HG3 5BA up to Low HG3 5EN up to Low HG3 5ET up to Low HG3 5HG up to Low HG3 5HQ up to Low HG3 5JA up to Low HG3 5JB up to Low HG3 5JS up to Low HG3 5JT up to Low HG3 5JW up to Low HG3 5PZ up to Low HG3 5RZ up to Low HG3 1AL up to Very low HG3 5AZ up to Very low HG3 5DA up to Very low HG3 5LR up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near HG3

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

17 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (17 at warning level or above), most recently 1 January 2025. 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

HG2 HG4 HG1 HG5

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.