Does ST14 8LN flood?

Up to High likelihood

Properties in ST14 8LN sit in the Environment Agency's High flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%10
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%00
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.

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Inside the full report for ST14 8LN

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
ST14 8LN
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 1 recorded flood nearby; 633 official warnings since 2006.

E 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
Up to High
Surface water
···
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 ST14 8LN. 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 ST14 8LN

633
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
163
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-08-27)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Jan 1947 Derwent 1947 ~31.3 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

Christoph (2021, 20 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 16 warnings nearby) · Babet (2023, 14 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 10 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for ST14 8LN

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Marchington Marchington Brook 0.7 km 1.20 m 1.85 m
Aston Bridge River Dove 2.2 km 1.56 m 3.65 m
Doveridge River Dove 4.6 km 1.41 m 3.00 m
Horsebottoms Foston Brook 5.0 km 1.80 m 2.21 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
Silver Lane Sewage Pumping Station Ditch Tributary Of River Dove 0.6 km 27 (2024) 305
Marchington Combined Sewer Overflow Marchington Brook 0.7 km 3 (2024) 12
Marchington Stw Tributary Of River Dove 1.5 km 27 (2024) 244
School Lane Cso Trib Of River Dove 2.3 km 3 (2024) 0

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 ST14 8LN — all in the ST14 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 ST14 district.