Does WF4 flood?

Yes — parts of the WF4 district carry real flood risk: 22 of its 101 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WF4 postcode district covers Crofton, Ryhill and Walton, Kirkburton, close to Horbury, Hedon Westlands Drain, Wakefield, and surrounding villages in parts of West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.

101 postcodes in the WF4 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 22 high, 27 medium, 42 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 WF4 postcodes are at risk?

WF4 2HD up to High WF4 2HG up to High WF4 2HZ up to High WF4 2NA up to High WF4 3DS up to High WF4 3DT up to High WF4 3ER up to High WF4 3ET up to High WF4 3JL up to High WF4 4AG up to High WF4 4DA up to High WF4 4HD up to High WF4 4NN up to High WF4 4PZ up to High WF4 5EU up to High WF4 5NH up to High WF4 5NN up to High WF4 5NW up to High WF4 5QT up to High WF4 5QY up to High WF4 5RB up to High WF4 5RW up to High WF4 2HQ up to Medium WF4 3DH up to Medium WF4 5BL up to Medium WF4 5BR up to Medium WF4 5BS up to Medium WF4 5BT up to Medium WF4 5EB up to Medium WF4 5ET up to Medium WF4 5NJ up to Medium WF4 5NR up to Medium WF4 5NS up to Medium WF4 5NT up to Medium WF4 5NU up to Medium WF4 5NX up to Medium WF4 5PA up to Medium WF4 5PB up to Medium WF4 5PE up to Medium WF4 5PF up to Medium WF4 5PG up to Medium WF4 5PH up to Medium WF4 5PL up to Medium WF4 5PP up to Medium WF4 5PR up to Medium WF4 5PS up to Medium WF4 5PT up to Medium WF4 5PW up to Medium WF4 5PX up to Medium WF4 1DZ up to Low WF4 1RS up to Low WF4 2AL up to Low WF4 2EG up to Low WF4 2PD up to Low WF4 2QB up to Low WF4 3BJ up to Low WF4 3DN up to Low WF4 3DP up to Low WF4 3DW up to Low WF4 4DB up to Low WF4 4DD up to Low WF4 4RT up to Low WF4 4RX up to Low WF4 4SU up to Low WF4 5BU up to Low WF4 5DY up to Low WF4 5EA up to Low WF4 5EH up to Low WF4 5ER up to Low WF4 5EW up to Low WF4 5FD up to Low WF4 5FF up to Low WF4 5FH up to Low WF4 5HS up to Low WF4 5HX up to Low WF4 5LD up to Low WF4 5NF up to Low WF4 5NP up to Low WF4 5PN up to Low WF4 5PQ up to Low WF4 5PU up to Low WF4 5QA up to Low WF4 5QB up to Low WF4 5QD up to Low WF4 5QP up to Low WF4 5QR up to Low WF4 5QU up to Low WF4 5RD up to Low WF4 6AJ up to Low WF4 6HB up to Low WF4 6HJ up to Low WF4 3AZ up to Very low WF4 3BA up to Very low WF4 3BB up to Very low WF4 3BD up to Very low WF4 3BN up to Very low WF4 3FL up to Very low WF4 3GH up to Very low WF4 3NB up to Very low WF4 3PN up to Very low WF4 3PW up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near WF4

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

273 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (117 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.