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Does S3 8EA flood?

Sheffield

Up to Low likelihood

Properties in S3 8EA sit in the Environment Agency's Low 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%00
Low0.1% – 1%20
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a low-likelihood area has a 2–22% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around S3 8EA

The ground here sits at about 49 m above sea level and falls 65 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-north-east, 35.4 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around S38EA, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 49 m above sea level and falls 65 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-north-east, 35.4 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of S3 8EA, 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 S3 8EA

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
S3 8EA
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the low likelihood band; 3 recorded floods nearby; 293 official warnings since 2006.

C 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 Low
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 S3 8EA. 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 S3 8EA

293
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2010
100
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-01-27)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 2022 2022 February Flood Incident -Storm Dudley, Eunice and Franklin ~28.4 km
Jan 2021 2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph ~55.6 km
Feb 2020 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis ~53.1 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, 26 warnings nearby) · Franklin (2022, 13 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 10 warnings nearby) · Angus (2016, 8 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for S3 8EA

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Sheffield Lady's Bridge River Don 0.9 km 2.40 m 4.47 m
Sheffield Station Porter Brook 1.7 km 0.30 m 1.09 m
Malinbridge River Loxley 2.0 km 1.20 m 3.51 m
Highfield River Sheaf 2.1 km 1.10 m 3.26 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
Alma Street Sheffield Cso River Don 0.4 km 0 (2024) 0
Gilpin Street Dvisa A22 Cso River Don 0.7 km 1 (2024) 1
Waingate Cso River Don 0.8 km 0 (2024) 0
Burgoyne Road Cso River Don 1.1 km 0 (2024) 0

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

Flood defences

32 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~108 m (wall, bridge abutment, natural high ground, flood gate). 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

S3 8AA up to Low S3 8AB up to Low S3 8AF up to Low S3 8AP up to Low S3 8AS up to Low S3 8AT up to High S3 8AU up to Low S3 8AW up to High S3 8AY up to Low S3 8AZ up to Low S3 8BB up to Low S3 8BD up to Low

At-risk postcodes near S3 8EA — all in the S3 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 S3 district.