Does LN2 5EB flood?

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Up to Medium likelihood

Properties in LN2 5EB 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%22
Low0.1% – 1%00
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 LN2 5EB

The ground here sits at about 5 m above sea level and falls 47 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-north-west, 1.5 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around LN25EB, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 5 m above sea level and falls 47 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-north-west, 1.5 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of LN2 5EB, 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 LN2 5EB

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
LN2 5EB
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 147 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 LN2 5EB. 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 LN2 5EB

147
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2007
23
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-03-13)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Jan 2025 LNA_2025_01_Fluvial_Lincoln ~0.2 km
Jan 2025 LNA_2025_01_Fluvial_South_Delph ~1.4 km
Jan 2024 LNA_2024_01_Fluvial_South Delph ~1.0 km
Jan 2024 LNA_2024_01_Fluvial_River Witham and South Delph ~0.8 km
Oct 2023 LNA_2023_10_Fluvial_South Delph ~0.8 km
Oct 2023 LNA_2023_10_Fluvial_Upper River Witham ~0.6 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

2007 UK floods (2007, 14 warnings nearby) · Babet (2023, 6 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 5 warnings nearby) · Christoph (2021, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for LN2 5EB

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Lincoln Monson Street Sincil Dyke 1.3 km 2.96 m 3.28 m
Brayford Pool River Witham 1.4 km 0.79 m 1.36 m
SEWELLS WALK LINCOLN GS 1.5 km
Fosdyke Jetty Fosdyke Canal 2.1 km 1.90 m 2.43 m

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

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Lincoln Sincil Bank Combined Sew Ov Sincil Dyke 1.1 km 3 (2024) 1
Canwick Water Recycling Centre The South Delph 1.3 km 29 (2024) 392
Lincoln Brayford Way Ps Brayford Pool 1.5 km 7 (2024) 8
Lincoln Outer Circle Road Cso Greetwell Beck 1.8 km 2 (2024) 1

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

Flood defences

35 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~204 m (natural high ground, embankment, wall, bridge abutment). 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 LN2 5EB — all in the LN2 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 LN2 district.