Does LA20 flood?

Yes — parts of the LA20 district carry real flood risk: 21 of its 34 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LA20 postcode district covers High Furness, Millom Without, close to Beckfoot, Hall Dunnerdale, Coniston, and surrounding villages in parts of Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland.

34 postcodes in the LA20 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 21 high, 4 medium, 9 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 LA20 postcodes are at risk?

LA20 6AJ up to High LA20 6AY up to High LA20 6BU up to High LA20 6BX up to High LA20 6BY up to High LA20 6DR up to High LA20 6DU up to High LA20 6DZ up to High LA20 6EB up to High LA20 6ED up to High LA20 6EE up to High LA20 6EG up to High LA20 6EQ up to High LA20 6ER up to High LA20 6ES up to High LA20 6ET up to High LA20 6EZ up to High LA20 6HB up to High LA20 6HS up to High LA20 6HW up to High LA20 6HX up to High LA20 6DJ up to Medium LA20 6DX up to Medium LA20 6EU up to Medium LA20 6HJ up to Medium LA20 6AL up to Low LA20 6AX up to Low LA20 6BS up to Low LA20 6BT up to Low LA20 6EA up to Low LA20 6HD up to Low LA20 6HN up to Low LA20 6HP up to Low LA20 6HQ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near LA20

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

321 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (18 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

LA19 LA21 LA18 LA22 LA17 LA23 LA16 LA15

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.