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Does S42 6BQ flood?

Not in an at-risk area

S42 6BQ has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in S42 or get the full picture below.

The ground around S42 6BQ

The ground here sits at about 97 m above sea level and falls 37 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-south-west, 17.6 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around S426BQ, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 97 m above sea level and falls 37 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-south-west, 17.6 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of S42 6BQ, 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 S42 6BQ

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
S42 6BQ
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 3 recorded floods nearby; 90 official warnings since 2006.

A 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: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
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Surface water
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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 S42 6BQ. 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 S42 6BQ

90
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2010
41
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-08-27)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Oct 2023 October 2023 - Storm Babet - Recorded Flood Outline ~0.7 km
Dec 1965 Derwent December 1965 ~12.1 km
Jan 1947 Derwent 1947 ~12.8 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, 17 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 5 warnings nearby) · Angus (2016, 4 warnings nearby) · St Jude storm 2013 (2013, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for S42 6BQ

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Chesterfield Calow Lane Calow Brook 3.9 km 0.19 m 1.45 m
Chesterfield St Augustines River Rother 4.2 km 1.55 m 3.10 m
Hady Hill River Rother 5.0 km 2.30 m 4.20 m
Chesterfield Park Road Bridge River Hipper 5.1 km 1.25 m 2.93 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
Tupton Wwtw Redleadmill Brook 0.8 km 82 (2024) 767
North Wingfield Cso Tributary Of The River Rother 1.6 km 7 (2024) 7
Grasshill Farm Cso River Rother 1.7 km 4 (2024) 5
Hall Terrace Clay Cross & High Haze River Rother 1.9 km 52 (2024) 124

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

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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

S42 6AE up to Low S42 6AF up to Low S42 6AJ up to High S42 6BA up to High S42 6BG up to Low S42 6BU up to High S42 6DA up to High S42 6JU up to Low S42 6LH up to High S42 6RA up to High

At-risk postcodes near S42 6BQ — all in the S42 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. 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 S42 district.