Does L5 9TG flood?

Not in an at-risk area

L5 9TG has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in L5 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for L5 9TG

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
L5 9TG
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 168 official warnings since 2006.

A 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: No ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
Surface water
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Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
None within ~1 km
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 L5 9TG. 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 L5 9TG

168
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2008
67
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-09-04)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Christoph (2021, 7 warnings nearby) · Eleanor (2018, 5 warnings nearby) · 2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 5 warnings nearby) · Babet (2023, 4 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for L5 9TG

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Davis Road River Birket 6.1 km 1.19 m 3.27 m
Kirkby River Alt 8.0 km 1.30 m 2.22 m
Greasby Road Arrowe Brook 8.6 km 1.60 m 1.38 m
Acton Lane Arrowe Brook 8.8 km 1.20 m 1.61 m

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
Liverpool Wwtw River Mersey Estuary 0.5 km 150 (2024) 1,037
Liverpool Wwtw River Mersey Estuary 0.5 km 103 (2024) 1,100
Beacons Gutter Sso River Mersey Estuary 0.6 km 14 (2024) 4
Battery Lane Cso Mersey Estuary 0.7 km 10 (2024) 2

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

Flood defences

2 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~462 m (natural high ground). 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 L5 9TG — all in the L5 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. 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 L5 district.