Does LA7 flood?

Yes — parts of the LA7 district carry real flood risk: 22 of its 40 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LA7 postcode district covers Kent Estuary, Levens and Crooklands, Kendal South, close to Beetham, Sedgwick, Capernwray, and surrounding villages in parts of Westmorland and Furness and Lancashire.

40 postcodes in the LA7 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 22 high, 3 medium, 10 low, 5 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 LA7 postcodes are at risk?

LA7 7AD up to High LA7 7AE up to High LA7 7AF up to High LA7 7AP up to High LA7 7BJ up to High LA7 7BP up to High LA7 7FG up to High LA7 7FH up to High LA7 7HH up to High LA7 7HW up to High LA7 7HX up to High LA7 7NG up to High LA7 7NL up to High LA7 7NN up to High LA7 7NR up to High LA7 7NU up to High LA7 7NW up to High LA7 7NY up to High LA7 7NZ up to High LA7 7QP up to High LA7 7QR up to High LA7 7RE up to High LA7 7FP up to Medium LA7 7LR up to Medium LA7 7NQ up to Medium LA7 7AG up to Low LA7 7AL up to Low LA7 7DN up to Low LA7 7EZ up to Low LA7 7HN up to Low LA7 7HP up to Low LA7 7NS up to Low LA7 7PH up to Low LA7 7PQ up to Low LA7 7RJ up to Low LA7 7JU up to Very low LA7 7JX up to Very low LA7 7JY up to Very low LA7 7LB up to Very low LA7 7LE up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near LA7

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

674 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (12 at warning level or above), most recently 15 August 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

LA6 LA8 LA5 LA9 LA10 LA4 LA11 LA3

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.