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Does LA9 6HF flood?

Up to Medium likelihood

Properties in LA9 6HF 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 bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%00
Medium1% – 3.3%22
Low0.1% – 1%64
Very lowbelow 0.1%11

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a medium-likelihood area has a 22–57% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around LA9 6HF

The ground here sits at about 49 m above sea level and falls 14 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-north-east, 5.3 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around LA96HF, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 49 m above sea level and falls 14 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-north-east, 5.3 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of LA9 6HF, 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 LA9 6HF

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
LA9 6HF
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 287 official warnings since 2006.

D 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: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Medium
Surface water
···
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 LA9 6HF. 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 LA9 6HF

287
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
64
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 Stockbeck Storm Ciara 09-02-2020 ~0.5 km
Feb 2020 Kendal Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 ~0.7 km
Feb 2020 Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 ~16.8 km
Feb 2020 Storm Ciara Kentrigg and Carus 09-02-2020 ~1.2 km
Dec 2015 Kendal 05_12_2015 surface ~0.9 km
Dec 2015 Kendal 05_12_2015 ~1.2 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.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Desmond (2015, 20 warnings nearby) · Eva (2015, 7 warnings nearby) · Ciara (2020, 5 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 5 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for LA9 6HF

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Stock Beck, Jewsons Yard Stock Beck 0.6 km 0.60 m 3.03 m
Mint Bridge River Mint 0.8 km 1.20 m 2.69 m
Victoria Bridge River Kent 0.8 km 2.00 m 3.86 m
Whitbarrow Close Stock Beck 1.1 km 0.50 m 1.26 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
Highgate / Lowther Street Cso (399kl) River Kent 1.4 km 0 (2024) 0
Kendal Waste Water Treatment Works The River Kent 3.0 km 73 (2024) 655
Kendal Waste Water Treatment Works The River Kent 3.0 km 74 (2024) 268

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

1 mapped flood-defence asset within 500 m — nearest ~423 m (embankment). 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

LA9 6AA up to High LA9 6BD up to High LA9 6BE up to Very low LA9 6BJ up to Very low LA9 6BL up to Low LA9 6BT up to Low LA9 6BW up to Very low LA9 6BX up to Very low LA9 6BZ up to Medium LA9 6DB up to Medium LA9 6DD up to Low LA9 6DE up to Low

At-risk postcodes near LA9 6HF — all in the LA9 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 LA9 district.