Does SK23 flood?

Yes — parts of the SK23 district carry real flood risk: 42 of its 82 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The SK23 postcode district covers Whaley Bridge, Blackbrook, Chapel East, Poynton East and Pott Shrigley, close to New Mills, Castleton, Buxton, and surrounding villages in parts of Derbyshire and Greater Manchester.

82 postcodes in the SK23 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 42 high, 12 medium, 28 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 SK23 postcodes are at risk?

SK23 0JD up to High SK23 0JQ up to High SK23 0NL up to High SK23 0NT up to High SK23 0PE up to High SK23 0QG up to High SK23 0QQ up to High SK23 0QT up to High SK23 0QW up to High SK23 0RD up to High SK23 6BF up to High SK23 6BT up to High SK23 6BW up to High SK23 6DU up to High SK23 6DX up to High SK23 6EJ up to High SK23 6EQ up to High SK23 6FH up to High SK23 6FL up to High SK23 7AA up to High SK23 7AD up to High SK23 7BJ up to High SK23 7BW up to High SK23 7DG up to High SK23 7DQ up to High SK23 7EE up to High SK23 7ER up to High SK23 7FZ up to High SK23 7GH up to High SK23 7HN up to High SK23 7HT up to High SK23 7HX up to High SK23 7HY up to High SK23 7JE up to High SK23 7JG up to High SK23 7LP up to High SK23 7NE up to High SK23 7NR up to High SK23 7PB up to High SK23 7PD up to High SK23 7QA up to High SK23 9UH up to High SK23 6EP up to Medium SK23 6EZ up to Medium SK23 7EN up to Medium SK23 7HP up to Medium SK23 7LX up to Medium SK23 7LY up to Medium SK23 7LZ up to Medium SK23 7RA up to Medium SK23 7SN up to Medium SK23 7SP up to Medium SK23 9US up to Medium SK23 9UT up to Medium SK23 0HZ up to Low SK23 0JF up to Low SK23 0PH up to Low SK23 0PQ up to Low SK23 0QF up to Low SK23 6DZ up to Low SK23 7DB up to Low SK23 7DD up to Low SK23 7ES up to Low SK23 7GE up to Low SK23 7JA up to Low SK23 7JB up to Low SK23 7JN up to Low SK23 7JQ up to Low SK23 7JW up to Low SK23 7JZ up to Low SK23 7LH up to Low SK23 7LR up to Low SK23 7LS up to Low SK23 7LU up to Low SK23 7NA up to Low SK23 7NB up to Low SK23 7NF up to Low SK23 7NT up to Low SK23 7QE up to Low SK23 7SE up to Low SK23 7SR up to Low SK23 7SW up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near SK23

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

11 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (11 at warning level or above), most recently 1 January 2025. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

SK22 SK17 SK16 SK15 SK14 SK13 SK12 SK11

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.