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Does NE61 1UU flood?

Morpeth, Northumberland

Up to Low likelihood

Properties in NE61 1UU sit in the Environment Agency's Low flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%00
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%1414
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a low-likelihood area has a 2–22% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around NE61 1UU

The ground here sits at about 25 m above sea level and falls 39 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-south-east, 29.4 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around NE611UU, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 25 m above sea level and falls 39 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-south-east, 29.4 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of NE61 1UU, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for NE61 1UU

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
NE61 1UU
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the low likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 17 official warnings since 2006.

C Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Low
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around NE61 1UU. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near NE61 1UU

17
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2012
12
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2024
most recent warning nearby (2024-10-08)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Oct 2023 East Mill, Morpeth Storm Babet October 2023 ~0.7 km
Oct 2023 Morpeth Storm Babet October 2023 ~0.9 km
Sep 2012 Morpeth Cotting Burn 25th September 2012 ~0.9 km
Sep 2012 Morpeth Mitford Road 25th September 2012 ~1.1 km
Jan 2010 Morpeth ~1.0 km
Jul 2009 River Wansbeck, Morpeth, 2009 ~0.2 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Babet (2023, 4 warnings nearby) · 2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for NE61 1UU

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Morpeth River Wansbeck 0.9 km 25.70 m 28.05 m
Mitford River Wansbeck 3.0 km 2.00 m 4.07 m
Hartford Bridge River Blyth 6.9 km 0.55 m 2.46 m
Hartburn River Hartburn 12.2 km 0.95 m 1.54 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Bennetts Walk Cso River Wansbeck 0.2 km 20 (2024) 11
Morpeth Cso D Wansbeck 0.3 km 0 (2024) 0
Mafeking Combined Sewer Overflow Church Burn 0.3 km 6 (2024) 3
Damside And Staithes Lane Cso The Cotting Burn 0.5 km 7 (2024) 29

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

42 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~157 m (natural high ground, wall, bridge abutment, embankment). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

NE61 1AA up to Low NE61 1AE up to Low NE61 1AG up to High NE61 1AQ up to Medium NE61 1AS up to High NE61 1AU up to Low NE61 1BH up to Low NE61 1BP up to Low NE61 1BS up to Medium NE61 1BT up to Medium NE61 1BU up to Medium NE61 1BW up to Low

At-risk postcodes near NE61 1UU — all in the NE61 district.

© 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the NE61 district.