Does YO22 flood?

Yes — parts of the YO22 district carry real flood risk: 37 of its 67 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The YO22 postcode district covers Esk Valley & Coast, close to Briggswath, Whitby, and surrounding villages in North Yorkshire.

67 postcodes in the YO22 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 37 high, 3 medium, 27 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

Free preview first · full report £19

Which YO22 postcodes are at risk?

YO22 4AB up to High YO22 4AE up to High YO22 4AG up to High YO22 4AL up to High YO22 4AN up to High YO22 4AP up to High YO22 4AS up to High YO22 4AU up to High YO22 4AW up to High YO22 4BA up to High YO22 4BE up to High YO22 4DB up to High YO22 4DD up to High YO22 4DE up to High YO22 4DH up to High YO22 4DJ up to High YO22 4DN up to High YO22 4DX up to High YO22 4EF up to High YO22 4EQ up to High YO22 4EW up to High YO22 4FD up to High YO22 4NY up to High YO22 4SF up to High YO22 4SH up to High YO22 4SJ up to High YO22 4SN up to High YO22 4SP up to High YO22 4SW up to High YO22 5AF up to High YO22 5AR up to High YO22 5AX up to High YO22 5BD up to High YO22 5HL up to High YO22 5LN up to High YO22 5QJ up to High YO22 5QQ up to High YO22 5AD up to Medium YO22 5AG up to Medium YO22 5HN up to Medium YO22 4AA up to Low YO22 4AR up to Low YO22 4AT up to Low YO22 4BG up to Low YO22 4DG up to Low YO22 4EG up to Low YO22 4FE up to Low YO22 4FF up to Low YO22 4FG up to Low YO22 4FH up to Low YO22 4FJ up to Low YO22 4FL up to Low YO22 4JE up to Low YO22 4NE up to Low YO22 5AE up to Low YO22 5AJ up to Low YO22 5DP up to Low YO22 5DX up to Low YO22 5EP up to Low YO22 5HA up to Low YO22 5JA up to Low YO22 5LD up to Low YO22 5LE up to Low YO22 5NF up to Low YO22 5NH up to Low YO22 5QF up to Low YO22 5QL up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near YO22

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

317 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (110 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):

🏠 Buying or renting in YO22? The full property flood-risk report covers any postcode here — the official likelihood band, every recorded flood nearby with distances, warning history year by year, how the local rivers behave, and an insurance outlook, print-ready for £19. See what's in the report →

Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

YO21 YO23 YO24 YO19 YO25 YO18 YO26 YO17

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.