Does LS12 flood?

Yes — parts of the LS12 district carry real flood risk: 20 of its 38 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LS12 postcode district covers Farnley & Wortley, Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside, Little London & Woodhouse, close to Leeds, Pudsey, Kirkstall, and surrounding villages in West Yorkshire.

38 postcodes in the LS12 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 20 high, 7 medium, 11 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 LS12 postcodes are at risk?

LS12 2AG up to High LS12 4RJ up to High LS12 4RN up to High LS12 4RZ up to High LS12 4UY up to High LS12 5LT up to High LS12 5LW up to High LS12 5NJ up to High LS12 5NR up to High LS12 5NY up to High LS12 5PH up to High LS12 5PS up to High LS12 5QB up to High LS12 5QD up to High LS12 5SG up to High LS12 6BG up to High LS12 6DS up to High LS12 6EG up to High LS12 6LA up to High LS12 6LL up to High LS12 4FL up to Medium LS12 5SR up to Medium LS12 6AJ up to Medium LS12 6AQ up to Medium LS12 6FE up to Medium LS12 6LX up to Medium LS12 6NJ up to Medium LS12 1BE up to Low LS12 1FE up to Low LS12 4FH up to Low LS12 5PT up to Low LS12 6AB up to Low LS12 6AN up to Low LS12 6AP up to Low LS12 6AW up to Low LS12 6DG up to Low LS12 6DQ up to Low LS12 6DU up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near LS12

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 (97 at warning level or above), most recently 30 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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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.