Does LS21 flood?

Yes — parts of the LS21 district carry real flood risk: 51 of its 99 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LS21 postcode district covers Adel & Wharfedale, Washburn & Birstwith, close to Otley, Pool, Weeton, and surrounding villages in parts of West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire.

99 postcodes in the LS21 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 51 high, 14 medium, 34 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 LS21 postcodes are at risk?

LS21 1DZ up to High LS21 1EA up to High LS21 1EG up to High LS21 1FD up to High LS21 1FE up to High LS21 1FF up to High LS21 1FG up to High LS21 1FU up to High LS21 1FZ up to High LS21 1HL up to High LS21 1JY up to High LS21 1JZ up to High LS21 1NH up to High LS21 1NJ up to High LS21 1NQ up to High LS21 1PF up to High LS21 1QN up to High LS21 1RS up to High LS21 1TX up to High LS21 1TY up to High LS21 2AA up to High LS21 2AB up to High LS21 2AF up to High LS21 2AL up to High LS21 2AU up to High LS21 2AY up to High LS21 2BA up to High LS21 2DB up to High LS21 2DE up to High LS21 2DF up to High LS21 2EB up to High LS21 2EE up to High LS21 2EL up to High LS21 2ER up to High LS21 2FA up to High LS21 2FB up to High LS21 2FD up to High LS21 2FE up to High LS21 2FL up to High LS21 2FN up to High LS21 2HH up to High LS21 2JR up to High LS21 2QA up to High LS21 2QB up to High LS21 2SF up to High LS21 2SU up to High LS21 3AZ up to High LS21 3DN up to High LS21 3DS up to High LS21 3DW up to High LS21 3LW up to High LS21 1AX up to Medium LS21 1DY up to Medium LS21 1FH up to Medium LS21 1FJ up to Medium LS21 1FN up to Medium LS21 1SX up to Medium LS21 2BF up to Medium LS21 2ED up to Medium LS21 2NX up to Medium LS21 2PR up to Medium LS21 2PZ up to Medium LS21 2RD up to Medium LS21 3EE up to Medium LS21 3JP up to Medium LS21 1DT up to Low LS21 1DU up to Low LS21 1EX up to Low LS21 1FP up to Low LS21 1FQ up to Low LS21 1FS up to Low LS21 1FT up to Low LS21 1FX up to Low LS21 1GA up to Low LS21 1GB up to Low LS21 1GD up to Low LS21 1GE up to Low LS21 1LH up to Low LS21 1NZ up to Low LS21 1PR up to Low LS21 1SU up to Low LS21 2AW up to Low LS21 2AZ up to Low LS21 2DY up to Low LS21 2EF up to Low LS21 2EN up to Low LS21 2EP up to Low LS21 2HP up to Low LS21 2HQ up to Low LS21 2JP up to Low LS21 2PY up to Low LS21 2RG up to Low LS21 2RQ up to Low LS21 2RX up to Low LS21 2RZ up to Low LS21 2SE up to Low LS21 3DB up to Low LS21 3DT up to Low LS21 3LP up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near LS21

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

140 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (70 at warning level or above), most recently 11 February 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

LS20 LS22 LS19 LS23 LS18 LS24 LS17 LS25

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.