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Does LA23 3PL flood?

Not in an at-risk area

LA23 3PL 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 LA23 or get the full picture below.

The ground around LA23 3PL

The ground here sits at about 57 m above sea level and falls 113 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-east, 7.6 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around LA233PL, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 57 m above sea level and falls 113 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-east, 7.6 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of LA23 3PL, 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 LA23 3PL

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
LA23 3PL
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 6 recorded floods nearby; 235 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
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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 LA23 3PL. 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 LA23 3PL

235
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
7
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-03-24)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 2020 Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 ~22.4 km
Dec 2015 Windermere (inc. Ambleside) 05_12_2015 ~5.2 km
Nov 2009 Windermere November 2009 Flooding ~3.1 km
Feb 2002 Flooding 01_02_2002 ~30.7 km
Jan 1999 Flooding 05_01_1999b ~12.1 km
Feb 1997 Flooding 01_02_1997 ~33.5 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, 6 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 2 warnings nearby) · Desmond (2015, 2 warnings nearby) · Floris (2025, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for LA23 3PL

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Eel House Bridge Cunsey Beck 3.4 km 1.00 m 1.85 m
Far Sawrey Windermere 4.7 km 1.00 m 2.90 m
Newby Bridge River Leven 5.1 km 1.40 m 2.54 m
Calgarth Trout Beck 8.9 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.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Near Sawrey Wwtw Nears Cunsey Beck 4.6 km 86 (2024) 1,617

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

LA23 3BF up to Low LA23 3BN up to Low LA23 3DN up to High LA23 3DS up to Low LA23 3HE up to Low LA23 3JG up to Low LA23 3JH up to Low LA23 3LB up to Low LA23 3LF up to Low LA23 3LH up to Low LA23 3LJ up to Low LA23 3LL up to Low

At-risk postcodes near LA23 3PL — all in the LA23 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 LA23 district.