Does ST10 2HX flood?

Not in an at-risk area

ST10 2HX 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 ST10 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for ST10 2HX

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
ST10 2HX
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 1 recorded flood nearby; 506 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 ST10 2HX. 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 ST10 2HX

506
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
98
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-03-12)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode since 1946

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Dec 1964 River Churnet Dec ~2.9 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

Dennis (2020, 10 warnings nearby) · Christoph (2021, 10 warnings nearby) · Babet (2023, 9 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 9 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for ST10 2HX

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Froghall River Churnet 3.0 km 2.10 m 2.98 m
Waterhouses River Hamps 3.8 km 0.47 m 3.06 m
Quixhill River Churnet 7.2 km 0.79 m 2.83 m
Flint Mill River Churnet 9.2 km 1.90 m 3.37 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
Froghall Sewage Treatment Works River Churnet 2.8 km 85 (2024) 1,055
Froghall Sewage Treatment Works River Churnet 2.8 km 79 (2024) 340
Oakamoor-church Bank Terminal Ps River Churnet 3.0 km 1 (2024) 0
Ipstones Pumping Station Ipstones Brook 3.2 km 26 (2024) 49

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

At-risk postcodes near ST10 2HX — all in the ST10 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 ST10 district.