Does LE9 flood?

Yes — parts of the LE9 district carry real flood risk: 31 of its 70 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LE9 postcode district covers Broughton Astley-Primethorpe & Sutton, Cosby & South Whetstone, Fosse Stoney Cove, Kirby Muxloe, close to Littlethorpe, Whetstone, Leicester Braunstone, and surrounding villages in parts of Leicestershire and City of Leicester.

70 postcodes in the LE9 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 31 high, 8 medium, 31 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 LE9 postcodes are at risk?

LE9 1RG up to High LE9 1RQ up to High LE9 1UU up to High LE9 2AX up to High LE9 2BJ up to High LE9 2EL up to High LE9 2EQ up to High LE9 3EG up to High LE9 3GB up to High LE9 3GP up to High LE9 3GR up to High LE9 4JA up to High LE9 6PR up to High LE9 6PT up to High LE9 6QD up to High LE9 6QF up to High LE9 6RB up to High LE9 6RD up to High LE9 6SN up to High LE9 6XS up to High LE9 7RH up to High LE9 7SB up to High LE9 7SG up to High LE9 7SR up to High LE9 7TB up to High LE9 7TG up to High LE9 7TJ up to High LE9 7TR up to High LE9 9FL up to High LE9 9FP up to High LE9 9GN up to High LE9 1RN up to Medium LE9 1TT up to Medium LE9 1UD up to Medium LE9 1UW up to Medium LE9 2EN up to Medium LE9 3GF up to Medium LE9 3HE up to Medium LE9 6PQ up to Medium LE9 1RB up to Low LE9 1RL up to Low LE9 1RR up to Low LE9 1TD up to Low LE9 1TR up to Low LE9 2AP up to Low LE9 2AW up to Low LE9 2DH up to Low LE9 2EP up to Low LE9 3AU up to Low LE9 3EF up to Low LE9 3EQ up to Low LE9 3GQ up to Low LE9 3GX up to Low LE9 3HG up to Low LE9 6HF up to Low LE9 6HZ up to Low LE9 6PA up to Low LE9 6PE up to Low LE9 6PF up to Low LE9 6PG up to Low LE9 6PL up to Low LE9 6PN up to Low LE9 6RE up to Low LE9 6RN up to Low LE9 6SP up to Low LE9 7NU up to Low LE9 7RE up to Low LE9 7RJ up to Low LE9 7TS up to Low LE9 9FN up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near LE9

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

307 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (41 at warning level or above), most recently 12 March 2026. 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

LE10 LE8 LE11 LE7 LE12 LE6 LE13 LE5

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.