Does YO16 flood?

Yes — parts of the YO16 district carry real flood risk: 15 of its 55 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The YO16 postcode district sits close to Bridlington, Boynton, Lissett New Bridge and surrounding villages in East Riding of Yorkshire.

55 postcodes in the YO16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 15 high, 11 medium, 29 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 YO16 postcodes are at risk?

YO16 4AY up to High YO16 4HD up to High YO16 4HH up to High YO16 4HJ up to High YO16 4ND up to High YO16 4NG up to High YO16 4NH up to High YO16 4NJ up to High YO16 4NQ up to High YO16 4NS up to High YO16 4NT up to High YO16 4NU up to High YO16 4PB up to High YO16 4PG up to High YO16 4XG up to High YO16 4LZ up to Medium YO16 4NL up to Medium YO16 4NP up to Medium YO16 4NR up to Medium YO16 4NX up to Medium YO16 4PD up to Medium YO16 4PE up to Medium YO16 4SG up to Medium YO16 4SQ up to Medium YO16 4XF up to Medium YO16 4XJ up to Medium YO16 4AA up to Low YO16 4AB up to Low YO16 4AD up to Low YO16 4AE up to Low YO16 4BF up to Low YO16 4DB up to Low YO16 4EF up to Low YO16 4EG up to Low YO16 4EN up to Low YO16 4EQ up to Low YO16 4ET up to Low YO16 4EU up to Low YO16 4HA up to Low YO16 4HB up to Low YO16 4HE up to Low YO16 4HF up to Low YO16 4HG up to Low YO16 4HL up to Low YO16 4HN up to Low YO16 4HQ up to Low YO16 4JS up to Low YO16 4NA up to Low YO16 4NW up to Low YO16 4PA up to Low YO16 4SD up to Low YO16 4SF up to Low YO16 4SH up to Low YO16 4SJ up to Low YO16 4ST up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near YO16

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

938 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (153 at warning level or above), most recently 11 April 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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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.