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Ambleside, Westmorland and Furness
Up to Medium likelihood
Properties in LA22 0EA sit in the Environment Agency's Medium 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% | 3 | 1 |
| Low | 0.1% – 1% | 0 | 0 |
| Very low | below 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a medium-likelihood area has a 22–57% chance of flooding at least once.
The ground here sits at about 48 m above sea level and falls 76 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-north-east, 63.5 m higher.
Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 245 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around LA22 0EA. 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 | Recorded flood | Approx. distance |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 2020 | Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 | ~13.0 km |
| Feb 2020 | Storm Ciara Ambleside 09-02-2020 | ~0.6 km |
| Dec 2015 | Windermere (inc. Ambleside) 05_12_2015 | ~8.1 km |
| Nov 2010 | Ambleside November 2010 flooding | ~0.6 km |
| Nov 2009 | Windermere November 2009 Flooding | ~10.3 km |
| Nov 2009 | Ambleside November 2009 flooding | ~0.2 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.
2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 6 warnings nearby) · Amy (2025, 3 warnings nearby) · Debi (2023, 2 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 2 warnings nearby)
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Bridge House | River Rothay | 0.4 km | 1.70 m | 3.71 m |
| Ambleside Rydal Road | Stock Ghyll | 0.4 km | 1.40 m | 1.80 m |
| Jeffy Knotts | River Brathay | 1.8 km | 1.75 m | 4.50 m |
| Calgarth | Trout Beck | 4.8 km | 1.50 m | 2.23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambleside Wwtw | River Rothay | 0.5 km | 43 (2024) | 496 |
| Grasmere Wwtw | Grasmere Lake | 4.4 km | 115 (2024) | 1,248 |
| Elterwater Pumping Station | Great Langdale Beck | 4.8 km | 32 (2024) | 291 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
13 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~340 m (natural high ground, wall, embankment, 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 LA22 0EA — all in the LA22 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 LA22 district.