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Does NG6 9AA flood?

Nottingham, City of Nottingham

Up to Medium likelihood

Properties in NG6 9AA sit in the Environment Agency's Medium 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%20
Low0.1% – 1%30
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a medium-likelihood area has a 22–57% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around NG6 9AA

The ground here sits at about 45 m above sea level and falls 21 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-north-east, 17.2 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around NG69AA, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 45 m above sea level and falls 21 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-north-east, 17.2 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of NG6 9AA, 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 NG6 9AA

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
NG6 9AA
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 455 official warnings since 2006.

D 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 Medium
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 NG6 9AA. 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 NG6 9AA

455
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
94
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-06-26)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Oct 2023 Bulwell October 2023 ~0.5 km
Nov 2000 Lower Trent - 10 Nov 2000 ~19.1 km
Jan 1979 19790101 ~2.1 km
Feb 1977 Fluvial Trent Feb 1977 ~10.6 km
Dec 1960 Leen December 1960 ~1.0 km
Mar 1947 Fluvial Trent March 1947 ~8.3 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, 17 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 8 warnings nearby) · 2007 UK floods (2007, 6 warnings nearby) · Christoph (2021, 5 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for NG6 9AA

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Bulwell River Leen 1.1 km 1.10 m 2.23 m
Day Brook Day Brook 2.6 km 0.95 m 1.36 m
Thackeray's Lane Park Day Brook 4.0 km 0.50 m 0.49 m
Hucknall Baker Lane Brook 4.6 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
Bulwell - Main Street/carey Rd Cso River Leen 0.1 km 6 (2024) 2
Main Street/ravensworth Road Cso River Leen 0.1 km 2 (2024) 0
Bulwell - Main Street/linby Street (cso) River Leen 0.1 km 1 (2024) 0
Bulwell - St Andrews Close Cso River Leen 0.3 km 22 (2024) 10

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

Flood defences

26 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~34 m (engineered high ground, wall). 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

NG6 0AA up to Low NG6 0AB up to Low NG6 0AD up to High NG6 0AE up to Medium NG6 0AF up to High NG6 0AG up to Medium NG6 0AH up to High NG6 0AJ up to High NG6 0AL up to High NG6 0AN up to High NG6 0AQ up to High NG6 0AR up to High

At-risk postcodes near NG6 9AA — all in the NG6 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 NG6 district.