Does LD8 2LW flood?

Llanandras / Presteigne, County of Herefordshire

Up to Medium likelihood

Properties in LD8 2LW 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%11
Low0.1% – 1%87
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

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 LD8 2LW

The ground here sits at about 146 m above sea level and falls 21 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-north-east, 1.8 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around LD82LW, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 146 m above sea level and falls 21 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-north-east, 1.8 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of LD8 2LW, 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 LD8 2LW

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
LD8 2LW
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 1 recorded flood nearby; 13 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 LD8 2LW. 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 LD8 2LW

13
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2019
13
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-11-14)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Apr 1947 Lugg at Presteigne & Hindwell ~0.7 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

Henk (2024, 2 warnings nearby) · Christoph (2021, 2 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 2 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for LD8 2LW

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Byton River Lugg 4.7 km 1.30 m 2.18 m
Titley Mill River Arrow 6.4 km 1.00 m 2.40 m
Knighton River Teme 8.1 km 0.98 m 2.85 m
Eardisland River Arrow 11.9 km 1.20 m 1.48 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Flood defences

12 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~177 m (natural high ground, embankment, bridge abutment, wall). 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

At-risk postcodes near LD8 2LW — all in the LD8 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 LD8 district.