Does NG8 flood?

Yes — parts of the NG8 district carry real flood risk: 29 of its 62 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The NG8 postcode district covers Leen Valley, Wollaton West, Basford, close to Lenton, Lenton Abbey, Nottingham, and surrounding villages in parts of Nottinghamshire and East Midlands.

62 postcodes in the NG8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 29 high, 12 medium, 21 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 NG8 postcodes are at risk?

NG8 1BB up to High NG8 1PL up to High NG8 1PN up to High NG8 1PQ up to High NG8 1PT up to High NG8 1PU up to High NG8 1PW up to High NG8 1PY up to High NG8 1PZ up to High NG8 1QA up to High NG8 1QB up to High NG8 1QD up to High NG8 1QE up to High NG8 2PD up to High NG8 2QQ up to High NG8 3PF up to High NG8 3PL up to High NG8 3PN up to High NG8 3PP up to High NG8 3PQ up to High NG8 3PR up to High NG8 5AF up to High NG8 5AH up to High NG8 5AZ up to High NG8 5BA up to High NG8 5BE up to High NG8 5FG up to High NG8 5FH up to High NG8 5HF up to High NG8 1AB up to Medium NG8 1AJ up to Medium NG8 1AL up to Medium NG8 1AP up to Medium NG8 1AQ up to Medium NG8 1FD up to Medium NG8 1FE up to Medium NG8 2NR up to Medium NG8 2PE up to Medium NG8 5BD up to Medium NG8 5BY up to Medium NG8 5FS up to Medium NG8 1AD up to Low NG8 1AE up to Low NG8 1AF up to Low NG8 1AN up to Low NG8 1AR up to Low NG8 1AS up to Low NG8 1EE up to Low NG8 1EG up to Low NG8 1EH up to Low NG8 1EJ up to Low NG8 1FX up to Low NG8 1FY up to Low NG8 1PH up to Low NG8 1PJ up to Low NG8 5BB up to Low NG8 5FJ up to Low NG8 5FL up to Low NG8 5FQ up to Low NG8 5FR up to Low NG8 5SP up to Low NG8 5SQ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near NG8

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

661 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (134 at warning level or above), most recently 28 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.