Does LN5 0QY flood?

Not in an at-risk area

LN5 0QY has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in LN5 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for LN5 0QY

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
LN5 0QY
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 2 recorded floods nearby; 69 official warnings since 2006.

A 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
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Surface water
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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 LN5 0QY. 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 LN5 0QY

69
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2007
4
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-03-01)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Oct 2023 LNA_2023_10_Fluvial_River Brant ~1.6 km
Dec 2013 LNA_2013_12_Tidal_Witham_Haven ~58.2 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, 7 warnings nearby) · Chandra (2026, 1 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 1 warnings nearby) · Gerrit (2023, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for LN5 0QY

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
BRANT BROUGHTON GS 1.7 km
Brant Broughton River Brant 1.7 km 0.30 m 2.62 m
Horseshoe Bridge River Brant 5.5 km 1.99 m 3.81 m
Claypole River Witham 9.5 km 0.69 m 0.97 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
Brant Broughton Water Recycling Ctr River Brant 1.2 km 87 (2024) 1,527
Fulbeck Stw The Beck 3.0 km 95 (2024) 879
Leadenham Stw Unnamed Tributary R Brant 3.2 km 118 (2024) 2,117

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

Flood defences

2 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~445 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

At-risk postcodes near LN5 0QY — all in the LN5 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. 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 LN5 district.