Does S42 flood?

Yes — parts of the S42 district carry real flood risk: 10 of its 22 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The S42 postcode district covers Brampton & Walton, Tupton, North Wingfield Central, Wingerworth, close to Chesterfield Avenue Washlands, Walton, Holymoorside, and surrounding villages in Derbyshire.

22 postcodes in the S42 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 10 high, 4 medium, 8 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 S42 postcodes are at risk?

S42 5EA up to High S42 6AJ up to High S42 6BA up to High S42 6BU up to High S42 6DA up to High S42 6LH up to High S42 6RA up to High S42 7EN up to High S42 7EW up to High S42 7HU up to High S42 7DR up to Medium S42 7DS up to Medium S42 7EQ up to Medium S42 7EU up to Medium S42 5HR up to Low S42 5QH up to Low S42 6AE up to Low S42 6AF up to Low S42 6BG up to Low S42 6JU up to Low S42 7EF up to Low S42 7ET up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near S42

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

Chesterfield St Augustines on the River Rother — 3.1 km away, highest on record 3.10m
Chesterfield on the River Hipper — 3.4 km away, highest on record 3.59m
Holymoorside on the River Hipper — 3.5 km away, highest on record 1.54m
Chesterfield Park Road Bridge on the River Hipper — 3.7 km away, highest on record 2.93m

90 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (41 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):

October 2023 - Storm Babet - Recorded Flood Outline (2023) — about 3.1 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

S41 S43 S40 S44 S45 S36 S35 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.