Does YO18 flood?

Yes — parts of the YO18 district carry real flood risk: 65 of its 97 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The YO18 postcode district covers Pickering, Thornton Dale & Wolds, Kirkbymoorside & Dales, close to Thornton le Dale, Pickering Costa Beck, Levisham, and surrounding villages in North Yorkshire.

97 postcodes in the YO18 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 65 high, 8 medium, 23 low, 1 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 YO18 postcodes are at risk?

YO18 6UE up to High YO18 7AA up to High YO18 7AE up to High YO18 7AJ up to High YO18 7BB up to High YO18 7DA up to High YO18 7DB up to High YO18 7DG up to High YO18 7DL up to High YO18 7EY up to High YO18 7JB up to High YO18 7JN up to High YO18 7JP up to High YO18 7LF up to High YO18 7LL up to High YO18 7LP up to High YO18 7LT up to High YO18 7LW up to High YO18 7NJ up to High YO18 7NN up to High YO18 7PG up to High YO18 7PH up to High YO18 7PJ up to High YO18 7QH up to High YO18 7QY up to High YO18 7RJ up to High YO18 7RN up to High YO18 7RP up to High YO18 7RR up to High YO18 7RS up to High YO18 7RT up to High YO18 7RW up to High YO18 7RZ up to High YO18 7SA up to High YO18 7SD up to High YO18 7SE up to High YO18 7SN up to High YO18 8AA up to High YO18 8BJ up to High YO18 8BL up to High YO18 8BP up to High YO18 8BS up to High YO18 8DJ up to High YO18 8DL up to High YO18 8DT up to High YO18 8DU up to High YO18 8DX up to High YO18 8DY up to High YO18 8EA up to High YO18 8ED up to High YO18 8EE up to High YO18 8ER up to High YO18 8HU up to High YO18 8JB up to High YO18 8JJ up to High YO18 8JL up to High YO18 8JU up to High YO18 8LP up to High YO18 8LU up to High YO18 8QN up to High YO18 8RA up to High YO18 8SA up to High YO18 8TA up to High YO18 8TB up to High YO18 8TS up to High YO18 7BP up to Medium YO18 7JW up to Medium YO18 8LT up to Medium YO18 8LX up to Medium YO18 8PG up to Medium YO18 8SG up to Medium YO18 8SQ up to Medium YO18 8TE up to Medium YO18 7BL up to Low YO18 7JA up to Low YO18 7LA up to Low YO18 7LB up to Low YO18 7NL up to Low YO18 7PQ up to Low YO18 7PR up to Low YO18 7QR up to Low YO18 7RA up to Low YO18 7RB up to Low YO18 8AD up to Low YO18 8AG up to Low YO18 8BN up to Low YO18 8BT up to Low YO18 8BU up to Low YO18 8DH up to Low YO18 8DP up to Low YO18 8DQ up to Low YO18 8DR up to Low YO18 8EB up to Low YO18 8EL up to Low YO18 8TH up to Low YO18 8TQ up to Low YO18 8JZ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near YO18

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

235 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (47 at warning level or above), most recently 28 February 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.