Does LE1 flood?

Yes — parts of the LE1 district carry real flood risk: 2 of its 12 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LE1 postcode district covers Belgrave, Abbey, Wycliffe, close to Leicester Spinney Hills, Aylestone, Leicester Hamilton, and surrounding villages in parts of Leicestershire and City of Leicester.

12 postcodes in the LE1 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 2 high, 2 medium, 8 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

Free preview first · full report £19

Which LE1 postcodes are at risk?

LE1 2JU up to High LE1 3WU up to High LE1 2LB up to Medium LE1 3UL up to Medium LE1 2HJ up to Low LE1 2HL up to Low LE1 2HP up to Low LE1 2JW up to Low LE1 2JY up to Low LE1 2ND up to Low LE1 3EA up to Low LE1 3XQ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near LE1

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

Leicester Ash Street on the Willow Brook — 1 km away, highest on record 1.62m
Spinney Hill Park on the Evington Brook — 1.6 km away, highest on record 1.14m
Leicester Cannock Street on the Melton Brook — 3.6 km away, highest on record 1.94m
Dakyn Road Inlet on the Bushby Brook — 4.7 km away, highest on record 1.58m

455 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (194 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Thurnby January 2025 (2025) — about 1.1 km from the centre
Leicester January 2025 (2025) — about 1.1 km from the centre
Belgrave January 2024 (2024) — about 1.8 km from the centre
Rushey Mead January 2024 (2024) — about 2.2 km from the centre

🏠 Buying or renting in LE1? The full property flood-risk report covers any postcode here — the official likelihood band, every recorded flood nearby with distances, warning history year by year, how the local rivers behave, and an insurance outlook, print-ready for £19. See what's in the report →

Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

LE2 LE3 LE4 LE5 LE6 LE7 LE8 LE9

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.