Does S26 flood?

Parts of the S26 district carry moderate flood risk: 4 of its 6 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's Medium likelihood band. The S26 postcode district covers Aston & Todwick, Wales, close to Meadowgate Regulator, Killamarsh, Woodhouse Mill Regulator, and surrounding villages in parts of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.

6 postcodes in the S26 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 4 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 S26 postcodes are at risk?

S26 2FR up to Medium S26 2FX up to Medium S26 5PQ up to Medium S26 6RP up to Medium S26 2GF up to Low S26 6PB up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near S26

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

Rother Valley Lake on the Rother Washlands — 3.3 km away, highest on record 1.32m
Killamarsh on the River Rother — 3.9 km away, highest on record 4.36m
Woodhouse Mill Regulator on the River Rother — 4.7 km away, highest on record 5.82m
Woodhouse Mill on the River Rother — 4.8 km away, highest on record 4.46m

142 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (52 at warning level or above), most recently 30 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

October 2023 - Storm Babet - Recorded Flood Outline (2023) — about 3.2 km from the centre
2022 February Flood Incident -Storm Dudley, Eunice and Franklin (2022) — about 24.7 km from the centre
2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph (2021) — about 56.9 km from the centre
2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis (2020) — about 50.4 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

S25 S21 S20 S32 S33 S18 S17 S35

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.