Does LS26 flood?

Yes — parts of the LS26 district carry real flood risk: 9 of its 93 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LS26 postcode district covers Kippax & Methley, Rothwell, Garforth & Swillington, close to Oulton Lemonroyd, Oulton St Aidans, Oulton, and surrounding villages in parts of West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire.

93 postcodes in the LS26 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 9 high, 3 medium, 44 low, 37 very 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 LS26 postcodes are at risk?

LS26 8PZ up to High LS26 8UD up to High LS26 9AG up to High LS26 9AJ up to High LS26 9AL up to High LS26 9AT up to High LS26 9JH up to High LS26 9JJ up to High LS26 9JR up to High LS26 9AQ up to Medium LS26 9AS up to Medium LS26 9AU up to Medium LS26 0AU up to Low LS26 0EG up to Low LS26 0QL up to Low LS26 0SX up to Low LS26 8AB up to Low LS26 8AE up to Low LS26 8DG up to Low LS26 8FZ up to Low LS26 8GJ up to Low LS26 8GQ up to Low LS26 8JQ up to Low LS26 8JU up to Low LS26 8JX up to Low LS26 8LB up to Low LS26 8LD up to Low LS26 8PJ up to Low LS26 8PU up to Low LS26 8WP up to Low LS26 8WQ up to Low LS26 8WR up to Low LS26 8WT up to Low LS26 8WU up to Low LS26 8WW up to Low LS26 8WX up to Low LS26 8WY up to Low LS26 8WZ up to Low LS26 9AA up to Low LS26 9AB up to Low LS26 9AR up to Low LS26 9BT up to Low LS26 9BU up to Low LS26 9BX up to Low LS26 9BY up to Low LS26 9BZ up to Low LS26 9DA up to Low LS26 9DD up to Low LS26 9DE up to Low LS26 9DF up to Low LS26 9EU up to Low LS26 9HQ up to Low LS26 9JA up to Low LS26 9JE up to Low LS26 9LH up to Low LS26 9LJ up to Low LS26 9AE up to Very low LS26 9AF up to Very low LS26 9AP up to Very low LS26 9AW up to Very low LS26 9AX up to Very low LS26 9AY up to Very low LS26 9BA up to Very low LS26 9BB up to Very low LS26 9BD up to Very low LS26 9BJ up to Very low LS26 9BQ up to Very low LS26 9DB up to Very low LS26 9DG up to Very low LS26 9DH up to Very low LS26 9DJ up to Very low LS26 9DL up to Very low LS26 9DQ up to Very low LS26 9DU up to Very low LS26 9DX up to Very low LS26 9FS up to Very low LS26 9HL up to Very low LS26 9HN up to Very low LS26 9HS up to Very low LS26 9HT up to Very low LS26 9HU up to Very low LS26 9HX up to Very low LS26 9HZ up to Very low LS26 9JF up to Very low LS26 9JN up to Very low LS26 9JT up to Very low LS26 9JU up to Very low LS26 9LA up to Very low LS26 9LB up to Very low LS26 9LD up to Very low LS26 9LE up to Very low LS26 9LF up to Very low LS26 9LG up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near LS26

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

318 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (124 at warning level or above), most recently 4 September 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

LS25 LS27 LS24 LS28 LS23 LS29 LS22 LS21

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.