Does YO21 flood?

Yes — parts of the YO21 district carry real flood risk: 34 of its 76 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The YO21 postcode district covers Danby & Mulgrave, Esk Valley & Coast, close to Briggswath, Whitby, Lealholm, and surrounding villages in parts of North Yorkshire and Redcar and Cleveland.

76 postcodes in the YO21 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 34 high, 10 medium, 29 low, 3 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 YO21 postcodes are at risk?

YO21 1AR up to High YO21 1BD up to High YO21 1BP up to High YO21 1BW up to High YO21 1DH up to High YO21 1DL up to High YO21 1DN up to High YO21 1EU up to High YO21 1NJ up to High YO21 1PG up to High YO21 1RL up to High YO21 1RP up to High YO21 1RR up to High YO21 1TQ up to High YO21 1YL up to High YO21 1YN up to High YO21 2AG up to High YO21 2AP up to High YO21 2AQ up to High YO21 2AR up to High YO21 2EY up to High YO21 2HG up to High YO21 2HN up to High YO21 2JL up to High YO21 2JN up to High YO21 2JQ up to High YO21 2JZ up to High YO21 2NJ up to High YO21 2SB up to High YO21 2SF up to High YO21 3PW up to High YO21 3PY up to High YO21 3SU up to High YO21 3SZ up to High YO21 1LY up to Medium YO21 1NH up to Medium YO21 1NL up to Medium YO21 1RS up to Medium YO21 1RU up to Medium YO21 1TA up to Medium YO21 1TB up to Medium YO21 1XE up to Medium YO21 2LN up to Medium YO21 2QL up to Medium YO21 1BH up to Low YO21 1BL up to Low YO21 1BN up to Low YO21 1DA up to Low YO21 1DB up to Low YO21 1DU up to Low YO21 1DX up to Low YO21 1DY up to Low YO21 1EA up to Low YO21 1EZ up to Low YO21 1FA up to Low YO21 1HB up to Low YO21 1JZ up to Low YO21 1QH up to Low YO21 1QJ up to Low YO21 1QL up to Low YO21 1QP up to Low YO21 1QW up to Low YO21 1RQ up to Low YO21 1UZ up to Low YO21 1YW up to Low YO21 2AH up to Low YO21 2AJ up to Low YO21 2PF up to Low YO21 2PZ up to Low YO21 3PU up to Low YO21 3ST up to Low YO21 3SY up to Low YO21 3TE up to Low YO21 3PR up to Very low YO21 3PX up to Very low YO21 3PZ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near YO21

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

429 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (129 at warning level or above), most recently 6 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.