Does LA8 flood?

Yes — parts of the LA8 district carry real flood risk: 49 of its 126 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LA8 postcode district covers Upper Kent, Bowness and Lyth, Levens and Crooklands, Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale, close to Kendal, Victoria Bridge, Kendal, Burneside, and surrounding villages in Westmorland and Furness.

126 postcodes in the LA8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 49 high, 28 medium, 45 low, 4 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 LA8 postcodes are at risk?

LA8 0AT up to High LA8 0BD up to High LA8 0BP up to High LA8 0HJ up to High LA8 0HW up to High LA8 0JZ up to High LA8 0LH up to High LA8 0LQ up to High LA8 0LY up to High LA8 0LZ up to High LA8 0NF up to High LA8 0NH up to High LA8 0NJ up to High LA8 0NN up to High LA8 0PB up to High LA8 0PD up to High LA8 8AA up to High LA8 8AX up to High LA8 8AZ up to High LA8 8BS up to High LA8 8DB up to High LA8 8DJ up to High LA8 8DN up to High LA8 8DP up to High LA8 8DQ up to High LA8 8EH up to High LA8 8EJ up to High LA8 8EQ up to High LA8 8ET up to High LA8 8HG up to High LA8 8HL up to High LA8 8HQ up to High LA8 8LD up to High LA8 8LE up to High LA8 8LP up to High LA8 8LR up to High LA8 8NX up to High LA8 8PL up to High LA8 8PQ up to High LA8 9AG up to High LA8 9BL up to High LA8 9HD up to High LA8 9JJ up to High LA8 9JW up to High LA8 9JZ up to High LA8 9LP up to High LA8 9ND up to High LA8 9PY up to High LA8 9QF up to High LA8 0DU up to Medium LA8 0LF up to Medium LA8 0LG up to Medium LA8 8DH up to Medium LA8 8DL up to Medium LA8 8EL up to Medium LA8 8EN up to Medium LA8 8EP up to Medium LA8 8ES up to Medium LA8 8EW up to Medium LA8 8HJ up to Medium LA8 8PJ up to Medium LA8 9AN up to Medium LA8 9AZ up to Medium LA8 9JF up to Medium LA8 9LN up to Medium LA8 9LR up to Medium LA8 9LU up to Medium LA8 9LW up to Medium LA8 9LY up to Medium LA8 9LZ up to Medium LA8 9NA up to Medium LA8 9NB up to Medium LA8 9NF up to Medium LA8 9NW up to Medium LA8 9PL up to Medium LA8 9QJ up to Medium LA8 9QQ up to Medium LA8 0BL up to Low LA8 0BW up to Low LA8 0LE up to Low LA8 0LT up to Low LA8 0PA up to Low LA8 8BL up to Low LA8 8ED up to Low LA8 8EG up to Low LA8 8ER up to Low LA8 8HX up to Low LA8 8JN up to Low LA8 9AB up to Low LA8 9BE up to Low LA8 9BS up to Low LA8 9DL up to Low LA8 9DX up to Low LA8 9EW up to Low LA8 9HJ up to Low LA8 9HL up to Low LA8 9HN up to Low LA8 9HQ up to Low LA8 9HX up to Low LA8 9HY up to Low LA8 9JL up to Low LA8 9JQ up to Low LA8 9LE up to Low LA8 9LG up to Low LA8 9LT up to Low LA8 9LX up to Low LA8 9NE up to Low LA8 9NG up to Low LA8 9NS up to Low LA8 9NT up to Low LA8 9NU up to Low LA8 9NX up to Low LA8 9NZ up to Low LA8 9PA up to Low LA8 9PB up to Low LA8 9PF up to Low LA8 9PS up to Low LA8 9PZ up to Low LA8 9QH up to Low LA8 9QR up to Low LA8 9QW up to Low LA8 9QZ up to Low LA8 8EU up to Very low LA8 9AQ up to Very low LA8 9JG up to Very low LA8 9PQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near LA8

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

290 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (67 at warning level or above), most recently 24 March 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

LA7 LA9 LA10 LA6 LA11 LA5 LA12 LA4

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.