Does LU7 flood?

Yes — parts of the LU7 district carry real flood risk: 26 of its 106 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LU7 postcode district covers Leighton-Linslade South, Leighton-Linslade North, Leighton-Linslade West, Heath & Reach, close to Leighton Buzzard, Water Eaton, Rowsham, and surrounding villages in parts of Central Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

106 postcodes in the LU7 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 26 high, 22 medium, 57 low, 1 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 LU7 postcodes are at risk?

LU7 0DU up to High LU7 0QB up to High LU7 0QU up to High LU7 1AB up to High LU7 3JN up to High LU7 3JU up to High LU7 3LS up to High LU7 3LT up to High LU7 3LU up to High LU7 3NH up to High LU7 3NT up to High LU7 3NU up to High LU7 3PG up to High LU7 3PH up to High LU7 3PR up to High LU7 3PS up to High LU7 3PY up to High LU7 3RH up to High LU7 3UL up to High LU7 3XG up to High LU7 3XQ up to High LU7 9BP up to High LU7 9HL up to High LU7 9JH up to High LU7 9LL up to High LU7 9RX up to High LU7 0DS up to Medium LU7 0EB up to Medium LU7 0PX up to Medium LU7 0PY up to Medium LU7 0QA up to Medium LU7 1SF up to Medium LU7 2TA up to Medium LU7 3DP up to Medium LU7 3LR up to Medium LU7 3NY up to Medium LU7 3PA up to Medium LU7 3TT up to Medium LU7 3XE up to Medium LU7 3XR up to Medium LU7 3XW up to Medium LU7 3XZ up to Medium LU7 3YN up to Medium LU7 4QE up to Medium LU7 4SB up to Medium LU7 4TG up to Medium LU7 4UH up to Medium LU7 9LA up to Medium LU7 0DR up to Low LU7 0DZ up to Low LU7 0JY up to Low LU7 0PG up to Low LU7 1LA up to Low LU7 1LB up to Low LU7 1LE up to Low LU7 1LH up to Low LU7 1NR up to Low LU7 1RX up to Low LU7 1TS up to Low LU7 1WB up to Low LU7 1WS up to Low LU7 2AE up to Low LU7 2AF up to Low LU7 2LA up to Low LU7 2LT up to Low LU7 2UN up to Low LU7 2UP up to Low LU7 2UR up to Low LU7 2UT up to Low LU7 2UW up to Low LU7 3FL up to Low LU7 3FN up to Low LU7 3FS up to Low LU7 3FX up to Low LU7 3LA up to Low LU7 3LJ up to Low LU7 3LQ up to Low LU7 3PD up to Low LU7 3PJ up to Low LU7 3QJ up to Low LU7 3UJ up to Low LU7 3UR up to Low LU7 3UT up to Low LU7 3UU up to Low LU7 3XF up to Low LU7 3XS up to Low LU7 3YB up to Low LU7 3YG up to Low LU7 3YW up to Low LU7 4GP up to Low LU7 4PZ up to Low LU7 4QJ up to Low LU7 4QX up to Low LU7 4SE up to Low LU7 4SX up to Low LU7 4TH up to Low LU7 9DF up to Low LU7 9HJ up to Low LU7 9LF up to Low LU7 9ND up to Low LU7 9NF up to Low LU7 9NH up to Low LU7 9NS up to Low LU7 9SQ up to Low LU7 9TA up to Low LU7 3PT up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near LU7

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

57 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (37 at warning level or above), most recently 18 December 2025. 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

LU6 LU5 LU4 LU3 LU2 LU1

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.