Does LE16 flood?

Yes — parts of the LE16 district carry real flood risk: 19 of its 115 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LE16 postcode district covers Nevill, close to Little Bowden, Market Harborough, Medbourne, and surrounding villages in parts of Leicestershire and North Northamptonshire.

115 postcodes in the LE16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 19 high, 22 medium, 61 low, 13 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 LE16 postcodes are at risk?

LE16 7EZ up to High LE16 7RB up to High LE16 7SS up to High LE16 7TG up to High LE16 7UQ up to High LE16 7UX up to High LE16 8AY up to High LE16 8DR up to High LE16 8EZ up to High LE16 8FU up to High LE16 8LH up to High LE16 8LW up to High LE16 8RP up to High LE16 8RS up to High LE16 8RU up to High LE16 8YA up to High LE16 9HF up to High LE16 9HL up to High LE16 9NW up to High LE16 7DU up to Medium LE16 7FN up to Medium LE16 7PT up to Medium LE16 7SQ up to Medium LE16 7TQ up to Medium LE16 7UG up to Medium LE16 8AX up to Medium LE16 8AZ up to Medium LE16 8BG up to Medium LE16 8DN up to Medium LE16 8DT up to Medium LE16 8DX up to Medium LE16 8EB up to Medium LE16 8EE up to Medium LE16 8RJ up to Medium LE16 8RT up to Medium LE16 8SF up to Medium LE16 8SG up to Medium LE16 8SJ up to Medium LE16 8SU up to Medium LE16 8UD up to Medium LE16 8UL up to Medium LE16 7BA up to Low LE16 7DR up to Low LE16 7DS up to Low LE16 7DT up to Low LE16 7DX up to Low LE16 7FE up to Low LE16 7FF up to Low LE16 7FH up to Low LE16 7GL up to Low LE16 7GR up to Low LE16 7LT up to Low LE16 7NB up to Low LE16 7NE up to Low LE16 7NJ up to Low LE16 7PA up to Low LE16 7PD up to Low LE16 7PE up to Low LE16 7PS up to Low LE16 7PX up to Low LE16 7QD up to Low LE16 7QE up to Low LE16 7QF up to Low LE16 7QL up to Low LE16 7TB up to Low LE16 7TH up to Low LE16 7UJ up to Low LE16 8AD up to Low LE16 8AS up to Low LE16 8BD up to Low LE16 8BF up to Low LE16 8BH up to Low LE16 8BX up to Low LE16 8DG up to Low LE16 8DL up to Low LE16 8DP up to Low LE16 8DW up to Low LE16 8ES up to Low LE16 8JU up to Low LE16 8LE up to Low LE16 8LR up to Low LE16 8LS up to Low LE16 8SL up to Low LE16 8SR up to Low LE16 8TB up to Low LE16 8TZ up to Low LE16 8UB up to Low LE16 9BL up to Low LE16 9BP up to Low LE16 9BT up to Low LE16 9BX up to Low LE16 9BY up to Low LE16 9BZ up to Low LE16 9DP up to Low LE16 9DR up to Low LE16 9FX up to Low LE16 9FY up to Low LE16 9HB up to Low LE16 9HE up to Low LE16 9HG up to Low LE16 9QE up to Low LE16 9QZ up to Low LE16 8AA up to Very low LE16 8AE up to Very low LE16 8AJ up to Very low LE16 8AN up to Very low LE16 8AW up to Very low LE16 8BZ up to Very low LE16 8EW up to Very low LE16 8LJ up to Very low LE16 9RJ up to Very low LE16 9RW up to Very low LE16 9RX up to Very low LE16 9TA up to Very low LE16 9TJ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near LE16

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

13 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (13 at warning level or above), most recently 24 November 2024. 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

LE15 LE17 LE14 LE18 LE13 LE19 LE12 LE11

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.