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Does LA14 4TL flood?

Not in an at-risk area

LA14 4TL 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 LA14 or get the full picture below.

The ground around LA14 4TL

The ground here sits at about 23 m above sea level and falls 37 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-north-east, 4.0 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around LA144TL, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 23 m above sea level and falls 37 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-north-east, 4.0 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of LA14 4TL, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for LA14 4TL

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
LA14 4TL
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 2 recorded floods nearby; 267 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: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
Surface water
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Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
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 LA14 4TL. 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 LA14 4TL

267
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
28
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-04-04)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 2002 Flooding 01_02_2002 ~37.4 km
Feb 1997 Flooding 01_02_1997 ~48.5 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 13 warnings nearby) · Ashley (2024, 12 warnings nearby) · Eleanor (2018, 8 warnings nearby) · Lilian (2024, 6 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for LA14 4TL

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Dalton Cricket Club The Yarl 4.5 km 1.00 m 0.61 m
Butts Beck James Terrace Poaka Beck 4.5 km 1.90 m 0.73 m
Fitz Bridge Dragley Beck 11.5 km 0.40 m 0.84 m
Allotments Town Beck 11.5 km 0.95 m 1.00 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
Palace Nook Sewage Pumping Station Walney Channel 0.6 km 59 (2024) 360
Schneider Road Cso Ormsgill Reservoir 1.2 km 1 (2024) 0
Romney Road/titchfield Street Cso Crofts Bank Brook 1.5 km 12 (2024) 96
Ainslie Street/newport St Cso 041a7 Ormsgill Res 1.5 km 0 (2024) 0

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

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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

LA14 2AE up to Low LA14 2AG up to Low LA14 2AL up to Low LA14 2AN up to Medium LA14 2AP up to Low LA14 2AS up to Low LA14 2AT up to Low LA14 2AU up to Low LA14 2AW up to Low LA14 2AX up to Low LA14 2AY up to Low LA14 2BA up to Low

At-risk postcodes near LA14 4TL — all in the LA14 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 LA14 district.