Does S71 flood?

Yes — parts of the S71 district carry real flood risk: 37 of its 77 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The S71 postcode district covers Monk Bretton, Royston, Cudworth, Stairfoot, close to Barnsley, Cundy Cross, Worsbrough, and surrounding villages in parts of South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.

77 postcodes in the S71 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 37 high, 20 medium, 20 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 S71 postcodes are at risk?

S71 1HR up to High S71 1HS up to High S71 1HU up to High S71 1HZ up to High S71 3HJ up to High S71 3HU up to High S71 3HZ up to High S71 3JS up to High S71 3LE up to High S71 3LG up to High S71 4AZ up to High S71 4BU up to High S71 4JJ up to High S71 4JQ up to High S71 4LF up to High S71 4NN up to High S71 4NP up to High S71 4NS up to High S71 4NW up to High S71 4NX up to High S71 5LD up to High S71 5LH up to High S71 5LP up to High S71 5LR up to High S71 5LS up to High S71 5LT up to High S71 5LU up to High S71 5LX up to High S71 5LZ up to High S71 5NA up to High S71 5NT up to High S71 5NU up to High S71 5PA up to High S71 5PR up to High S71 5PX up to High S71 5QF up to High S71 5SH up to High S71 1DL up to Medium S71 1JA up to Medium S71 1LL up to Medium S71 3JA up to Medium S71 4NL up to Medium S71 4PU up to Medium S71 5AD up to Medium S71 5AS up to Medium S71 5NE up to Medium S71 5NJ up to Medium S71 5PB up to Medium S71 5PD up to Medium S71 5PP up to Medium S71 5PS up to Medium S71 5PT up to Medium S71 5PU up to Medium S71 5PW up to Medium S71 5QE up to Medium S71 5QQ up to Medium S71 5UF up to Medium S71 1AJ up to Low S71 1HN up to Low S71 1LS up to Low S71 1LU up to Low S71 2GB up to Low S71 3ES up to Low S71 3FB up to Low S71 3FD up to Low S71 3FE up to Low S71 3FG up to Low S71 4BA up to Low S71 4FW up to Low S71 4GQ up to Low S71 4NR up to Low S71 5AE up to Low S71 5FE up to Low S71 5LF up to Low S71 5LY up to Low S71 5PH up to Low S71 5PZ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near S71

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

57 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (19 at warning level or above), most recently 5 February 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

S70 S72 S73 S74 S75 S66 S65 S64

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.