Does WF13 flood?

Yes — parts of the WF13 district carry real flood risk: 37 of its 165 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WF13 postcode district covers Batley East, close to Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, Batley Savile Street, and surrounding villages in parts of West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.

165 postcodes in the WF13 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 37 high, 31 medium, 87 low, 10 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 WF13 postcodes are at risk?

WF13 2AB up to High WF13 2AT up to High WF13 2AZ up to High WF13 2BE up to High WF13 2BJ up to High WF13 2EB up to High WF13 2EG up to High WF13 2ES up to High WF13 2ET up to High WF13 2EW up to High WF13 2EX up to High WF13 2EY up to High WF13 2HA up to High WF13 2HD up to High WF13 2HE up to High WF13 2HF up to High WF13 2HN up to High WF13 2HR up to High WF13 3DT up to High WF13 3EL up to High WF13 3EN up to High WF13 3EP up to High WF13 3ER up to High WF13 3ES up to High WF13 3EW up to High WF13 3JD up to High WF13 3JE up to High WF13 3JF up to High WF13 3JH up to High WF13 3JL up to High WF13 3JQ up to High WF13 3JS up to High WF13 3JW up to High WF13 3LN up to High WF13 3LX up to High WF13 3NA up to High WF13 3RD up to High WF13 1AA up to Medium WF13 1AE up to Medium WF13 1BW up to Medium WF13 1DL up to Medium WF13 1DN up to Medium WF13 1DQ up to Medium WF13 1DW up to Medium WF13 1EN up to Medium WF13 1NH up to Medium WF13 1PT up to Medium WF13 1PU up to Medium WF13 1QD up to Medium WF13 1QE up to Medium WF13 1QG up to Medium WF13 1QH up to Medium WF13 1QQ up to Medium WF13 1QY up to Medium WF13 2AJ up to Medium WF13 2BD up to Medium WF13 2DR up to Medium WF13 2DU up to Medium WF13 2HP up to Medium WF13 3ET up to Medium WF13 3JR up to Medium WF13 3JY up to Medium WF13 3LG up to Medium WF13 3LL up to Medium WF13 3LU up to Medium WF13 3SG up to Medium WF13 3SX up to Medium WF13 3SZ up to Medium WF13 1AB up to Low WF13 1DD up to Low WF13 1DF up to Low WF13 1DH up to Low WF13 1EH up to Low WF13 1EL up to Low WF13 1FF up to Low WF13 1JF up to Low WF13 1JQ up to Low WF13 1LB up to Low WF13 1NL up to Low WF13 1QX up to Low WF13 1XH up to Low WF13 1XL up to Low WF13 2AD up to Low WF13 2EF up to Low WF13 3AB up to Low WF13 3AD up to Low WF13 3AE up to Low WF13 3AN up to Low WF13 3AP up to Low WF13 3AR up to Low WF13 3AS up to Low WF13 3AT up to Low WF13 3AU up to Low WF13 3AW up to Low WF13 3AX up to Low WF13 3AY up to Low WF13 3BA up to Low WF13 3BB up to Low WF13 3BD up to Low WF13 3BE up to Low WF13 3BG up to Low WF13 3BH up to Low WF13 3BJ up to Low WF13 3BL up to Low WF13 3BN up to Low WF13 3BS up to Low WF13 3BT up to Low WF13 3BW up to Low WF13 3BX up to Low WF13 3BY up to Low WF13 3DA up to Low WF13 3DB up to Low WF13 3DD up to Low WF13 3DE up to Low WF13 3DF up to Low WF13 3EX up to Low WF13 3EY up to Low WF13 3EZ up to Low WF13 3FA up to Low WF13 3HA up to Low WF13 3HB up to Low WF13 3HD up to Low WF13 3HE up to Low WF13 3HF up to Low WF13 3HG up to Low WF13 3HH up to Low WF13 3HL up to Low WF13 3HN up to Low WF13 3HP up to Low WF13 3HQ up to Low WF13 3HS up to Low WF13 3HU up to Low WF13 3HW up to Low WF13 3HX up to Low WF13 3HY up to Low WF13 3HZ up to Low WF13 3JA up to Low WF13 3JU up to Low WF13 3JX up to Low WF13 3LA up to Low WF13 3LB up to Low WF13 3LD up to Low WF13 3LE up to Low WF13 3LF up to Low WF13 3LJ up to Low WF13 3LP up to Low WF13 3LQ up to Low WF13 3LR up to Low WF13 3LS up to Low WF13 3LT up to Low WF13 3LW up to Low WF13 3LY up to Low WF13 3LZ up to Low WF13 3NB up to Low WF13 3TH up to Low WF13 1BL up to Very low WF13 1HN up to Very low WF13 1JH up to Very low WF13 1JJ up to Very low WF13 1JS up to Very low WF13 1JU up to Very low WF13 2HG up to Very low WF13 3DG up to Very low WF13 3DH up to Very low WF13 3DQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near WF13

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

478 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (223 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.