Does NG16 flood?

Yes — parts of the NG16 district carry real flood risk: 49 of its 76 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The NG16 postcode district covers Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar, Ironville & Riddings, Pinxton, close to Eastwood, Shipley, Smithy Houses, and surrounding villages in parts of Nottinghamshire and East Midlands.

76 postcodes in the NG16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 49 high, 7 medium, 20 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 NG16 postcodes are at risk?

NG16 2HH up to High NG16 2TA up to High NG16 3DL up to High NG16 3DW up to High NG16 3JE up to High NG16 3RU up to High NG16 3TD up to High NG16 4AA up to High NG16 4AD up to High NG16 4AE up to High NG16 4AF up to High NG16 4AN up to High NG16 4AQ up to High NG16 4AR up to High NG16 4AW up to High NG16 4ED up to High NG16 4EE up to High NG16 4EF up to High NG16 4EG up to High NG16 4EH up to High NG16 4EW up to High NG16 4FA up to High NG16 4HY up to High NG16 4JE up to High NG16 5HS up to High NG16 5HT up to High NG16 5HX up to High NG16 5LR up to High NG16 5NA up to High NG16 5NE up to High NG16 5NU up to High NG16 5NW up to High NG16 5NX up to High NG16 5PF up to High NG16 5PR up to High NG16 5QB up to High NG16 5QD up to High NG16 5QE up to High NG16 6FF up to High NG16 6FH up to High NG16 6GJ up to High NG16 6HW up to High NG16 6NS up to High NG16 6NT up to High NG16 6PJ up to High NG16 6PL up to High NG16 6PN up to High NG16 6PP up to High NG16 6RA up to High NG16 2RW up to Medium NG16 3DN up to Medium NG16 3DP up to Medium NG16 3DZ up to Medium NG16 3PY up to Medium NG16 4AY up to Medium NG16 5JA up to Medium NG16 2RP up to Low NG16 2RZ up to Low NG16 2UZ up to Low NG16 3BE up to Low NG16 3DH up to Low NG16 3DJ up to Low NG16 3DS up to Low NG16 3RY up to Low NG16 4AJ up to Low NG16 4BE up to Low NG16 4BG up to Low NG16 4BN up to Low NG16 4BR up to Low NG16 4EL up to Low NG16 4HP up to Low NG16 5BJ up to Low NG16 5JB up to Low NG16 5JW up to Low NG16 5NF up to Low NG16 5QF up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near NG16

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

300 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (59 at warning level or above), most recently 27 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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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.