Does NG17 flood?

Yes — parts of the NG17 district carry real flood risk: 2 of its 6 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The NG17 postcode district covers Skegby, Huthwaite & Brierley, Sutton Central & New Cross, Kirkby Cross & Portland, close to Mansfield, Pleasley, Pinxton, and surrounding villages in parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

6 postcodes in the NG17 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 2 high, 2 medium, 2 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 NG17 postcodes are at risk?

NG17 3DF up to High NG17 3DX up to High NG17 3DA up to Medium NG17 3DW up to Medium NG17 2JL up to Low NG17 9LE up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near NG17

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

Field Mill on the River Maun — 4.2 km away, highest on record 1.79m
Mansfield Pleasley on the River Meden — 4.7 km away, highest on record 3.34m
Pinxton on the River Erewash — 7 km away, highest on record 2.65m
Mansfield The Dykes on the River Maun — 7.5 km away, highest on record 1.63m

11 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (11 at warning level or above), most recently 28 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Kirkby in Ashfield October 2023 (2023) — about 2.4 km from the centre
Lower Trent - 10 Nov 2000 (2000) — about 25.4 km from the centre
Fluvial Trent March 1947 (1947) — about 21.3 km from the centre
034_FEVENTS_HFM_Torne (1947) — about 20.8 km from the centre

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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.