Does LA18 flood?

Yes — parts of the LA18 district carry real flood risk: 32 of its 67 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LA18 postcode district covers Millom Without, Millom, close to Beckfoot, Dalton In Furness, Dalton, and surrounding villages in parts of Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland.

67 postcodes in the LA18 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 32 high, 7 medium, 16 low, 12 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 LA18 postcodes are at risk?

LA18 4AY up to High LA18 4ER up to High LA18 4ES up to High LA18 4ET up to High LA18 4EU up to High LA18 4EX up to High LA18 4FB up to High LA18 4FH up to High LA18 4GY up to High LA18 4HN up to High LA18 4HW up to High LA18 4NF up to High LA18 4NN up to High LA18 4PT up to High LA18 5EZ up to High LA18 5GY up to High LA18 5HA up to High LA18 5HP up to High LA18 5HQ up to High LA18 5HR up to High LA18 5HZ up to High LA18 5JA up to High LA18 5JB up to High LA18 5JD up to High LA18 5JQ up to High LA18 5JS up to High LA18 5JX up to High LA18 5LN up to High LA18 5LP up to High LA18 5LU up to High LA18 5LX up to High LA18 5LY up to High LA18 4EY up to Medium LA18 4NU up to Medium LA18 5HG up to Medium LA18 5HL up to Medium LA18 5HS up to Medium LA18 5HX up to Medium LA18 5JE up to Medium LA18 4AP up to Low LA18 4AS up to Low LA18 4AT up to Low LA18 4AU up to Low LA18 4AW up to Low LA18 4AZ up to Low LA18 4BA up to Low LA18 4BW up to Low LA18 4HA up to Low LA18 4HD up to Low LA18 4NW up to Low LA18 5AF up to Low LA18 5EX up to Low LA18 5HJ up to Low LA18 5HN up to Low LA18 5JG up to Low LA18 4AR up to Very low LA18 4EN up to Very low LA18 4EP up to Very low LA18 4EW up to Very low LA18 4FE up to Very low LA18 4HB up to Very low LA18 4HT up to Very low LA18 4LG up to Very low LA18 4NG up to Very low LA18 5AH up to Very low LA18 5EY up to Very low LA18 5LJ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near LA18

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

70 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (20 at warning level or above), most recently 4 April 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

LA17 LA19 LA16 LA20 LA15 LA21 LA14 LA22

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.