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Kingston upon Hull, City of Kingston upon Hull
Up to Very low likelihood
Properties in HU5 5SH sit in the Environment Agency's Very 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 band | Annual chance | Properties | Of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | greater than 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Medium | 1% – 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Low | 0.1% – 1% | 0 | 0 |
| Very low | below 0.1% | 23 | 23 |
Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a very low-likelihood area has less than a 3% chance of flooding at least once.
HU5 5SH gets about 678 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 69 mm; driest March, 41 mm). That is 42% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
A thirty-year average for the surrounding area, not a measurement at this address and not a flood risk on its own: a dry area floods when a storm sits over it, and a wet one may drain away perfectly well. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.5 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The ground here sits at about 2 m above sea level and falls 4 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east, 1.2 m higher.
Because properties in the very low likelihood band; 3 recorded flood outlines mapped nearby; 295 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around HU5 5SH. 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.
Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.
| Date | Mapped flood extent | Approx. distance |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 2020 | 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis | ~37.0 km |
| Feb 2020 | 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara | ~46.5 km |
| Nov 2019 | 2019 November Flood Incident | ~59.2 km |
These are extents the Environment Agency has mapped, not a list of every flood. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.
2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 21 warnings nearby) · Ciaran (2023, 5 warnings nearby) · Elin (2023, 5 warnings nearby) · Lilian (2024, 5 warnings nearby)
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hull Birdsall Avenue | Setting Dyke | 0.7 km | 0.49 m | 1.91 m |
| North Hull National Avenue | Setting Dyke | 1.2 km | 0.71 m | 1.95 m |
| Cottingham Hallgate | Broadlane Beck | 2.4 km | 0.25 m | 0.63 m |
| Hull Hessle Astral Close | Western Drain | 4.1 km | 3.30 m | 1.53 m |
Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.
| Overflow | Discharges into | Distance | Spills | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull Road Cso | Sand Dike | 2.8 km | 14 (2024) | 16 |
| Capstan Road Sps | River Hull | 3.8 km | 30 (2024) | 24 |
| Ings Lane Sps | Ditch To River Hull | 4.7 km | 0 (2024) | 0 |
| Skidby Stw | Tributary Of Mill Beck | 4.8 km | 18 (2024) | 119 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
4 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~456 m (natural high ground, engineered high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.
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.
At-risk postcodes near HU5 5SH — all in the HU5 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 HU5 district.