Does LE3 5FB flood?

Up to Low likelihood

Properties in LE3 5FB sit in the Environment Agency's Low 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 band	Annual chance	Properties	Of which homes
High	greater than 3.3%	0	0
Medium	1% – 3.3%	0	0
Low	0.1% – 1%	23	23
Very low	below 0.1%	0	0

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a low-likelihood area has a 2–22% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around LE3 5FB

The ground here sits at about 54 m above sea level and falls 13 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west, 10.6 m higher.

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Inside the full report for LE3 5FB

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LE3 5FB

Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the low likelihood band; 3 recorded floods nearby; 380 official warnings since 2006.

C 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 Low

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

Rivers & sea likelihood · illustrative

Surface water (flash flooding) · illustrative

Flood Zones 2 & 3 (planning) · illustrative

2050s projection (climate) · illustrative

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around LE3 5FB. 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 LE3 5FB

380

flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006

125

of them full flood warnings or severe warnings

2026

most recent warning nearby (2026-08-25)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

Date	Recorded flood	Approx. distance
Jan 2025	Thurnby January 2025	~2.5 km
Jan 2025	Leicester January 2025	~2.5 km
Feb 1977	Rothley Brook 1977	~4.5 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, 18 warnings nearby) · Babet (2023, 10 warnings nearby) · 2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 9 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 6 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for LE3 5FB

Gauge	River	Distance	Typical high	Highest on record
Leicester Ash Street	Willow Brook	2.6 km	1.60 m	1.62 m
Spinney Hill Park	Evington Brook	3.1 km	0.90 m	1.14 m
Leicester Tuffleys Way	Thorpe Astley Brook	4.4 km	1.05 m	1.24 m
Glenfield	Rothley Brook	4.6 km	1.80 m	2.50 m

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

Storm overflows within 5 km

Overflow	Discharges into	Distance	Spills	Hours
Tudor Road/paget Road Cso	River Soar	0.4 km	39 (2024)	176
Leicester - Northgate/sanvey Gate (cso)	Grand Union Canal	0.4 km	52 (2024)	440
Beatrice Road/ Ruby Street Cso	Braunstone Brook	0.5 km	6 (2024)	1
Beatrice Road / Sylvan Street Cso	Braunstone Brook	0.5 km	9 (2024)	3

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

Flood defences

4 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~185 m (natural high ground). 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

LE3 5AE up to Medium LE3 5AG up to Medium LE3 5AS up to High LE3 5BD up to Low LE3 5BE up to Low LE3 5BJ up to Low LE3 5DH up to High LE3 5DL up to High LE3 5EA up to Low LE3 5EB up to Medium LE3 5ED up to Medium LE3 5EE up to Medium

At-risk postcodes near LE3 5FB — all in the LE3 district.

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