Does NE48 flood?

Yes — parts of the NE48 district carry real flood risk: 23 of its 68 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The NE48 postcode district covers Bellingham, Humshaugh, close to Hareshaw Burn, Redesmouth, Falstone, and surrounding villages in Northumberland.

68 postcodes in the NE48 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 23 high, 20 medium, 25 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 NE48 postcodes are at risk?

NE48 1AA up to High NE48 1AT up to High NE48 1EL up to High NE48 1LF up to High NE48 1PE up to High NE48 1PP up to High NE48 2AY up to High NE48 2EZ up to High NE48 2RX up to High NE48 2RY up to High NE48 2SD up to High NE48 2SG up to High NE48 2SQ up to High NE48 3DQ up to High NE48 3HR up to High NE48 3JD up to High NE48 3LB up to High NE48 3LE up to High NE48 3LG up to High NE48 3LR up to High NE48 3LS up to High NE48 4AA up to High NE48 4BX up to High NE48 1AR up to Medium NE48 1DD up to Medium NE48 1ER up to Medium NE48 1HF up to Medium NE48 1HG up to Medium NE48 1HQ up to Medium NE48 1HT up to Medium NE48 1HU up to Medium NE48 1HX up to Medium NE48 1JZ up to Medium NE48 2AE up to Medium NE48 2AL up to Medium NE48 2AN up to Medium NE48 2AP up to Medium NE48 2AQ up to Medium NE48 2AR up to Medium NE48 2ER up to Medium NE48 3DG up to Medium NE48 3NT up to Medium NE48 3PE up to Medium NE48 1BB up to Low NE48 1BE up to Low NE48 1BS up to Low NE48 1EU up to Low NE48 1JY up to Low NE48 1LE up to Low NE48 1LJ up to Low NE48 2AG up to Low NE48 2AH up to Low NE48 2BS up to Low NE48 2HA up to Low NE48 2HD up to Low NE48 2LB up to Low NE48 2SJ up to Low NE48 3AA up to Low NE48 3BX up to Low NE48 3DU up to Low NE48 3ED up to Low NE48 3HG up to Low NE48 3LA up to Low NE48 3LD up to Low NE48 3LF up to Low NE48 3LQ up to Low NE48 3NP up to Low NE48 4AU up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near NE48

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

41 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (7 at warning level or above), most recently 12 March 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

NE47 NE49 NE46 NE45 NE44 NE43 NE42 NE41

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.