Does WF10 flood?

Yes — parts of the WF10 district carry real flood risk: 24 of its 187 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WF10 postcode district covers Kippax & Methley, Altofts and Whitwood, Airedale and Ferry Fryston, close to Castleford, Leeds, Mickletown Ings Washland, and surrounding villages in parts of West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire.

187 postcodes in the WF10 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 24 high, 30 medium, 129 low, 4 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 WF10 postcodes are at risk?

WF10 1BX up to High WF10 1EB up to High WF10 1NG up to High WF10 1NJ up to High WF10 1NT up to High WF10 1NX up to High WF10 1PL up to High WF10 1PW up to High WF10 1QR up to High WF10 2AE up to High WF10 2AL up to High WF10 2BH up to High WF10 2BN up to High WF10 2BP up to High WF10 2BT up to High WF10 2BX up to High WF10 2DB up to High WF10 2LL up to High WF10 2PL up to High WF10 2PN up to High WF10 2SP up to High WF10 5JW up to High WF10 5PZ up to High WF10 5QJ up to High WF10 1FT up to Medium WF10 1PB up to Medium WF10 1PG up to Medium WF10 2AZ up to Medium WF10 2BU up to Medium WF10 2BY up to Medium WF10 2BZ up to Medium WF10 2DA up to Medium WF10 2DE up to Medium WF10 2DG up to Medium WF10 2DH up to Medium WF10 2DL up to Medium WF10 2DQ up to Medium WF10 2JT up to Medium WF10 2JU up to Medium WF10 2JZ up to Medium WF10 2LX up to Medium WF10 2PG up to Medium WF10 2SB up to Medium WF10 2SF up to Medium WF10 2SG up to Medium WF10 5DY up to Medium WF10 5HA up to Medium WF10 5HH up to Medium WF10 5HY up to Medium WF10 5HZ up to Medium WF10 5JA up to Medium WF10 5JB up to Medium WF10 5JD up to Medium WF10 5LQ up to Medium WF10 1AF up to Low WF10 1AR up to Low WF10 1AY up to Low WF10 1BH up to Low WF10 1BJ up to Low WF10 1BN up to Low WF10 1BQ up to Low WF10 1BS up to Low WF10 1BT up to Low WF10 1BU up to Low WF10 1BY up to Low WF10 1DT up to Low WF10 1ED up to Low WF10 1EP up to Low WF10 1ER up to Low WF10 1EU up to Low WF10 1FB up to Low WF10 1FD up to Low WF10 1FF up to Low WF10 1FG up to Low WF10 1FH up to Low WF10 1FJ up to Low WF10 1FL up to Low WF10 1FN up to Low WF10 1FP up to Low WF10 1FQ up to Low WF10 1FS up to Low WF10 1FU up to Low WF10 1HF up to Low WF10 1HG up to Low WF10 1HH up to Low WF10 1HQ up to Low WF10 1HY up to Low WF10 1JJ up to Low WF10 1JL up to Low WF10 1JP up to Low WF10 1JS up to Low WF10 1LB up to Low WF10 1LL up to Low WF10 1LN up to Low WF10 1LP up to Low WF10 1LU up to Low WF10 1LW up to Low WF10 1LX up to Low WF10 1NA up to Low WF10 1NB up to Low WF10 1ND up to Low WF10 1NE up to Low WF10 1NF up to Low WF10 1NL up to Low WF10 1NP up to Low WF10 1NR up to Low WF10 1NS up to Low WF10 1NW up to Low WF10 1NY up to Low WF10 1NZ up to Low WF10 1PA up to Low WF10 1PD up to Low WF10 1PE up to Low WF10 1PF up to Low WF10 1PH up to Low WF10 1QX up to Low WF10 1RB up to Low WF10 2AA up to Low WF10 2AJ up to Low WF10 2AP up to Low WF10 2AT up to Low WF10 2AX up to Low WF10 2BW up to Low WF10 2DD up to Low WF10 2DF up to Low WF10 2DJ up to Low WF10 2DN up to Low WF10 2DP up to Low WF10 2DR up to Low WF10 2DS up to Low WF10 2DW up to Low WF10 2EW up to Low WF10 2FA up to Low WF10 2FD up to Low WF10 2GL up to Low WF10 2GQ up to Low WF10 2JA up to Low WF10 2JD up to Low WF10 2JJ up to Low WF10 2JL up to Low WF10 2JP up to Low WF10 2JW up to Low WF10 2LA up to Low WF10 2LB up to Low WF10 2LF up to Low WF10 2LG up to Low WF10 2LN up to Low WF10 2LP up to Low WF10 2LR up to Low WF10 2LS up to Low WF10 2LT up to Low WF10 2LU up to Low WF10 2LW up to Low WF10 2LY up to Low WF10 2PJ up to Low WF10 2QH up to Low WF10 2RJ up to Low WF10 2RL up to Low WF10 2RN up to Low WF10 2RP up to Low WF10 2RR up to Low WF10 2RS up to Low WF10 2RT up to Low WF10 2RU up to Low WF10 2RW up to Low WF10 2RY up to Low WF10 2SD up to Low WF10 2SE up to Low WF10 5NW up to Low WF10 5PD up to Low WF10 5PG up to Low WF10 5PT up to Low WF10 5PU up to Low WF10 5PX up to Low WF10 5PY up to Low WF10 5QD up to Low WF10 5QH up to Low WF10 5UX up to Low WF10 5UY up to Low WF10 5WF up to Low WF10 5WG up to Low WF10 5WL up to Low WF10 5ZD up to Low WF10 2GH up to Very low WF10 2JB up to Very low WF10 2JH up to Very low WF10 2RH up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near WF10

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

112 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (81 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.