Does S40 flood?

Yes — parts of the S40 district carry real flood risk: 35 of its 92 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The S40 postcode district covers Brampton West & Loundsley Green, Brampton East & Boythorpe, Rother, Spire, close to Walton, Chesterfield, Chesterfield Avenue Washlands, and surrounding villages in parts of Derbyshire and South Yorkshire.

92 postcodes in the S40 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 35 high, 16 medium, 39 low, 2 very 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 S40 postcodes are at risk?

S40 2AX up to High S40 2BY up to High S40 2BZ up to High S40 2DH up to High S40 2DQ up to High S40 2DT up to High S40 2EP up to High S40 2TZ up to High S40 3AD up to High S40 3AE up to High S40 3AF up to High S40 3AG up to High S40 3AH up to High S40 3AJ up to High S40 3AL up to High S40 3AQ up to High S40 3BD up to High S40 3BL up to High S40 3BQ up to High S40 3DL up to High S40 3FJ up to High S40 3LH up to High S40 3PF up to High S40 3PG up to High S40 3QA up to High S40 3QB up to High S40 3QD up to High S40 3QG up to High S40 3QY up to High S40 3QZ up to High S40 3RG up to High S40 3SJ up to High S40 3SL up to High S40 3SN up to High S40 3SU up to High S40 1DN up to Medium S40 1TB up to Medium S40 2AB up to Medium S40 2AY up to Medium S40 2BH up to Medium S40 2ED up to Medium S40 2EE up to Medium S40 2EF up to Medium S40 2EG up to Medium S40 2EQ up to Medium S40 2QT up to Medium S40 2TU up to Medium S40 2UB up to Medium S40 2UT up to Medium S40 2WG up to Medium S40 3PQ up to Medium S40 1AX up to Low S40 1BN up to Low S40 1DW up to Low S40 1NJ up to Low S40 1SZ up to Low S40 1TA up to Low S40 2AH up to Low S40 2AJ up to Low S40 2AR up to Low S40 2AS up to Low S40 2AT up to Low S40 2AU up to Low S40 2BA up to Low S40 2BD up to Low S40 2BE up to Low S40 2BF up to Low S40 2BG up to Low S40 2BL up to Low S40 2BN up to Low S40 2EH up to Low S40 2EN up to Low S40 2EW up to Low S40 2EZ up to Low S40 2FB up to Low S40 2FD up to Low S40 2FW up to Low S40 2GD up to Low S40 2JX up to Low S40 2NF up to Low S40 2UR up to Low S40 2UU up to Low S40 2UY up to Low S40 3BG up to Low S40 3DN up to Low S40 3DP up to Low S40 3PJ up to Low S40 3SH up to Low S40 4AH up to Low S40 4AX up to Low S40 2GB up to Very low S40 2WB up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near S40

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

106 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (57 at warning level or above), most recently 27 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

S41 S42 S43 S36 S44 S35 S45 S33

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.