Does HU16 flood?

Yes — parts of the HU16 district carry real flood risk: 8 of its 127 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The HU16 postcode district covers Cottingham North, Cottingham South, Dale, Minster and Woodmansey, close to Cottingham Hallgate, North Hull Birdsall Avenue, North Hull National Avenue, and surrounding villages in parts of East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull.

127 postcodes in the HU16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 8 high, 2 medium, 50 low, 67 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 HU16 postcodes are at risk?

HU16 4JN up to High HU16 4JQ up to High HU16 4JT up to High HU16 5QQ up to High HU16 5RW up to High HU16 5RX up to High HU16 5SB up to High HU16 5YJ up to High HU16 4JP up to Medium HU16 4LL up to Medium HU16 4AL up to Low HU16 4AP up to Low HU16 4AR up to Low HU16 4AS up to Low HU16 4AT up to Low HU16 4BG up to Low HU16 4BY up to Low HU16 4DD up to Low HU16 4DF up to Low HU16 4DL up to Low HU16 4EA up to Low HU16 4HY up to Low HU16 4JD up to Low HU16 4JE up to Low HU16 4JH up to Low HU16 4JL up to Low HU16 4JR up to Low HU16 4JS up to Low HU16 4ND up to Low HU16 4NJ up to Low HU16 4PE up to Low HU16 4PS up to Low HU16 4QD up to Low HU16 4QE up to Low HU16 4QG up to Low HU16 4QL up to Low HU16 4QN up to Low HU16 4QP up to Low HU16 4QR up to Low HU16 4QW up to Low HU16 4RR up to Low HU16 4RS up to Low HU16 4SA up to Low HU16 5AB up to Low HU16 5AG up to Low HU16 5AS up to Low HU16 5AU up to Low HU16 5BP up to Low HU16 5JS up to Low HU16 5PB up to Low HU16 5PD up to Low HU16 5PE up to Low HU16 5PF up to Low HU16 5PG up to Low HU16 5PJ up to Low HU16 5PL up to Low HU16 5QR up to Low HU16 5YE up to Low HU16 5YF up to Low HU16 5YT up to Low HU16 4BX up to Very low HU16 4DE up to Very low HU16 4DG up to Very low HU16 4DH up to Very low HU16 4EW up to Very low HU16 4HB up to Very low HU16 4HG up to Very low HU16 4HH up to Very low HU16 4HJ up to Very low HU16 4HL up to Very low HU16 4HN up to Very low HU16 4HX up to Very low HU16 4JA up to Very low HU16 4JB up to Very low HU16 4JF up to Very low HU16 4JJ up to Very low HU16 4JW up to Very low HU16 4LZ up to Very low HU16 4NH up to Very low HU16 4NL up to Very low HU16 4NN up to Very low HU16 4NP up to Very low HU16 4PB up to Very low HU16 4PD up to Very low HU16 4PF up to Very low HU16 4PJ up to Very low HU16 4PL up to Very low HU16 4PN up to Very low HU16 4PP up to Very low HU16 4PR up to Very low HU16 4PT up to Very low HU16 4PU up to Very low HU16 4PW up to Very low HU16 4QF up to Very low HU16 4QH up to Very low HU16 4QJ up to Very low HU16 4QQ up to Very low HU16 4RA up to Very low HU16 4RU up to Very low HU16 4RX up to Very low HU16 4RY up to Very low HU16 5AR up to Very low HU16 5AX up to Very low HU16 5BG up to Very low HU16 5BN up to Very low HU16 5GX up to Very low HU16 5JJ up to Very low HU16 5LP up to Very low HU16 5NF up to Very low HU16 5NH up to Very low HU16 5NQ up to Very low HU16 5NW up to Very low HU16 5PN up to Very low HU16 5PW up to Very low HU16 5QH up to Very low HU16 5QJ up to Very low HU16 5QP up to Very low HU16 5QS up to Very low HU16 5QY up to Very low HU16 5QZ up to Very low HU16 5RA up to Very low HU16 5RB up to Very low HU16 5RR up to Very low HU16 5RU up to Very low HU16 5SS up to Very low HU16 5YG up to Very low HU16 5YQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near HU16

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

281 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (124 at warning level or above), most recently 30 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

HU15 HU17 HU14 HU18 HU13 HU19 HU12 HU11

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.