Does S8 flood?

Yes — parts of the S8 district carry real flood risk: 22 of its 57 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The S8 postcode district covers Nether Edge and Sharrow, Graves Park, Beauchief and Greenhill, Ecclesall, close to Sheffield, Sheffield Meersbrook, Dore, and surrounding villages in parts of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.

57 postcodes in the S8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 22 high, 16 medium, 19 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 S8 postcodes are at risk?

S8 0DB up to High S8 0DD up to High S8 0JX up to High S8 0PH up to High S8 0SU up to High S8 0UF up to High S8 0UH up to High S8 0UJ up to High S8 0UR up to High S8 0UT up to High S8 0UU up to High S8 0UX up to High S8 0UY up to High S8 0XA up to High S8 0XJ up to High S8 0XY up to High S8 0YD up to High S8 0ZB up to High S8 0ZS up to High S8 7BG up to High S8 7BH up to High S8 9UB up to High S8 0AW up to Medium S8 0GT up to Medium S8 0GU up to Medium S8 0LA up to Medium S8 0ND up to Medium S8 0TZ up to Medium S8 0UQ up to Medium S8 0US up to Medium S8 0XH up to Medium S8 0XL up to Medium S8 0XQ up to Medium S8 0XZ up to Medium S8 0YA up to Medium S8 0ZF up to Medium S8 7TA up to Medium S8 7TG up to Medium S8 0AS up to Low S8 0BF up to Low S8 0JB up to Low S8 0JD up to Low S8 0JG up to Low S8 0JL up to Low S8 0JR up to Low S8 0PA up to Low S8 0PJ up to Low S8 0UP up to Low S8 0XF up to Low S8 0XN up to Low S8 0XT up to Low S8 0YX up to Low S8 0ZT up to Low S8 0ZU up to Low S8 7BE up to Low S8 8FN up to Low S8 8FX up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near S8

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

174 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (68 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

S7 S9 S10 S6 S11 S5 S12 S4

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.