Does S81 flood?

Yes — parts of the S81 district carry real flood risk: 14 of its 28 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The S81 postcode district covers Carlton, Blyth, Langold, close to Worksop, Mattersey, Ordsall, and surrounding villages in Nottinghamshire.

28 postcodes in the S81 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 14 high, 6 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 S81 postcodes are at risk?

S81 0TF up to High S81 1EY up to High S81 8DA up to High S81 8JE up to High S81 8JW up to High S81 8LR up to High S81 8LS up to High S81 9EB up to High S81 9EE up to High S81 9EF up to High S81 9EH up to High S81 9EJ up to High S81 9EL up to High S81 9EU up to High S81 0UF up to Medium S81 8BE up to Medium S81 8JG up to Medium S81 8LY up to Medium S81 8NA up to Medium S81 9ER up to Medium S81 0TU up to Low S81 8HG up to Low S81 8HL up to Low S81 8HT up to Low S81 8LU up to Low S81 8NH up to Low S81 8WE up to Low S81 9ES up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near S81

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

Worksop on the River Ryton — 4.5 km away, highest on record 2.19m
Blyth on the River Ryton — 5.6 km away, highest on record 2.32m
Mattersey on the River Idle — 11.8 km away, highest on record 2.81m
Ordsall on the River Idle — 12.8 km away, highest on record 1.79m

58 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (25 at warning level or above), most recently 8 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

2022 February Flood Incident -Storm Dudley, Eunice and Franklin (2022) — about 23.1 km from the centre
2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph (2021) — about 56.5 km from the centre
2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis (2020) — about 46.9 km from the centre
2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara (2020) — about 46.3 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

S80 S75 S74 S73 S72 S71 S70 S66

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.