Does WF11 flood?

Yes — parts of the WF11 district carry real flood risk: 50 of its 93 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WF11 postcode district covers Knottingley, Monk Fryston & South Milford, Osgoldcross, close to Ferrybridge, Pontefract, Beal, and surrounding villages in parts of West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire.

93 postcodes in the WF11 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 50 high, 13 medium, 24 low, 6 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 WF11 postcodes are at risk?

WF11 0BN up to High WF11 0BS up to High WF11 7TH up to High WF11 8BN up to High WF11 8DA up to High WF11 8DH up to High WF11 8DZ up to High WF11 8HG up to High WF11 8HR up to High WF11 8JY up to High WF11 8NA up to High WF11 8NB up to High WF11 8ND up to High WF11 8NE up to High WF11 8NF up to High WF11 8NG up to High WF11 8NQ up to High WF11 8PF up to High WF11 8PQ up to High WF11 8PR up to High WF11 8RD up to High WF11 8SB up to High WF11 8SQ up to High WF11 8TH up to High WF11 8UL up to High WF11 9AA up to High WF11 9AQ up to High WF11 9AR up to High WF11 9AT up to High WF11 9BJ up to High WF11 9DE up to High WF11 9DQ up to High WF11 9DR up to High WF11 9EL up to High WF11 9ER up to High WF11 9EY up to High WF11 9HF up to High WF11 9HQ up to High WF11 9JH up to High WF11 9JL up to High WF11 9JQ up to High WF11 9LN up to High WF11 9LP up to High WF11 9LR up to High WF11 9LS up to High WF11 9LU up to High WF11 9LW up to High WF11 9LX up to High WF11 9LY up to High WF11 9LZ up to High WF11 0BP up to Medium WF11 0BU up to Medium WF11 8DB up to Medium WF11 8DL up to Medium WF11 8DX up to Medium WF11 8JX up to Medium WF11 8LZ up to Medium WF11 8NJ up to Medium WF11 9DA up to Medium WF11 9HH up to Medium WF11 9HJ up to Medium WF11 9HP up to Medium WF11 9HS up to Medium WF11 0AZ up to Low WF11 0BB up to Low WF11 0BX up to Low WF11 0HU up to Low WF11 8DN up to Low WF11 8JP up to Low WF11 8JR up to Low WF11 8LX up to Low WF11 8PH up to Low WF11 9AS up to Low WF11 9AX up to Low WF11 9AY up to Low WF11 9AZ up to Low WF11 9BL up to Low WF11 9BN up to Low WF11 9BQ up to Low WF11 9BS up to Low WF11 9BY up to Low WF11 9DB up to Low WF11 9DD up to Low WF11 9DN up to Low WF11 9NL up to Low WF11 9NZ up to Low WF11 9PB up to Low WF11 8DP up to Very low WF11 8LU up to Very low WF11 8PG up to Very low WF11 8PN up to Very low WF11 8RB up to Very low WF11 9HE up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near WF11

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

158 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (95 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.