Does WF1 flood?

Yes — parts of the WF1 district carry real flood risk: 12 of its 100 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WF1 postcode district sits close to Wakefield, Wakefield Brooks Bank, Hedon Westlands Drain and surrounding villages in parts of West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.

100 postcodes in the WF1 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 12 high, 25 medium, 45 low, 18 very 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 WF1 postcodes are at risk?

WF1 2AS up to High WF1 2BU up to High WF1 4JB up to High WF1 5AW up to High WF1 5DB up to High WF1 5DF up to High WF1 5DG up to High WF1 5DJ up to High WF1 5DL up to High WF1 5DR up to High WF1 5QW up to High WF1 5RL up to High WF1 5DT up to Medium WF1 5DY up to Medium WF1 5FG up to Medium WF1 5FP up to Medium WF1 5FS up to Medium WF1 5FU up to Medium WF1 5FY up to Medium WF1 5GA up to Medium WF1 5GD up to Medium WF1 5GE up to Medium WF1 5JU up to Medium WF1 5PE up to Medium WF1 5PF up to Medium WF1 5PH up to Medium WF1 5QR up to Medium WF1 5QS up to Medium WF1 5RD up to Medium WF1 5RF up to Medium WF1 5RG up to Medium WF1 5RH up to Medium WF1 5RN up to Medium WF1 5RQ up to Medium WF1 5RR up to Medium WF1 5RS up to Medium WF1 5RT up to Medium WF1 1AJ up to Low WF1 1AL up to Low WF1 1DZ up to Low WF1 1HP up to Low WF1 1HR up to Low WF1 1JG up to Low WF1 1NP up to Low WF1 1NR up to Low WF1 1NU up to Low WF1 1RE up to Low WF1 1RF up to Low WF1 1RN up to Low WF1 1RX up to Low WF1 1TY up to Low WF1 1UF up to Low WF1 4EJ up to Low WF1 4HB up to Low WF1 4HF up to Low WF1 4JA up to Low WF1 5DH up to Low WF1 5DP up to Low WF1 5DW up to Low WF1 5ED up to Low WF1 5FH up to Low WF1 5FJ up to Low WF1 5FN up to Low WF1 5FR up to Low WF1 5GB up to Low WF1 5JH up to Low WF1 5JX up to Low WF1 5PJ up to Low WF1 5PL up to Low WF1 5PN up to Low WF1 5PQ up to Low WF1 5QA up to Low WF1 5QJ up to Low WF1 5QN up to Low WF1 5QU up to Low WF1 5QX up to Low WF1 5QY up to Low WF1 5QZ up to Low WF1 5RE up to Low WF1 5RW up to Low WF1 5RX up to Low WF1 5SL up to Low WF1 1EA up to Very low WF1 1RH up to Very low WF1 1RS up to Very low WF1 1UW up to Very low WF1 5BG up to Very low WF1 5BH up to Very low WF1 5BJ up to Very low WF1 5BQ up to Very low WF1 5BY up to Very low WF1 5BZ up to Very low WF1 5DA up to Very low WF1 5FW up to Very low WF1 5HF up to Very low WF1 5PS up to Very low WF1 5PZ up to Very low WF1 5QB up to Very low WF1 5QD up to Very low WF1 5QE up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near WF1

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

231 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (75 at warning level or above), most recently 30 August 2026. 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

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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.