Does NG16 1HX flood?

Not in an at-risk area

NG16 1HX has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in NG16 or get the full picture below.

The ground around NG16 1HX

The ground here sits at about 114 m above sea level and falls 32 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west, 2.6 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around NG161HX, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 114 m above sea level and falls 32 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west, 2.6 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of NG16 1HX, 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 NG16 1HX

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
NG16 1HX
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 4 recorded floods nearby; 438 official warnings since 2006.

A 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: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
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Surface water
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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 NG16 1HX. 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 NG16 1HX

438
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
63
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-09-03)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Nov 2000 Lower Trent - 10 Nov 2000 ~22.6 km
Jan 1978 Erewash 1978 ~6.6 km
Feb 1977 Erewash 26th Feb 1977 ~3.9 km
Feb 1977 Erewash 25th Feb 1977 ~3.8 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, 18 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 6 warnings nearby) · Angus (2016, 5 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 5 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for NG16 1HX

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Shipley Gate River Erewash 4.0 km 2.80 m 3.25 m
Bulwell River Leen 4.1 km 1.10 m 2.23 m
Eastwood Beauvale Brook 4.4 km 2.20 m 2.03 m
Hucknall Baker Lane Brook 4.9 km 1.00 m 1.47 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
Giltway - Nottingham Road Cso Gilt Brook 1.9 km 13 (2024) 8
Barlow Cottages Cso Gilt Brook 2.4 km 17 (2024) 11
Newtons Lane Junction Cso Tributary Of River Erewash 2.6 km 7 (2024) 1
Newthorpe Sewage Treatment Works Gilt Brook 2.7 km 69 (2024) 767

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

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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

At-risk postcodes near NG16 1HX — all in the NG16 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. 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 NG16 district.