Does YO23 7EF flood?

Up to High likelihood

Properties in YO23 7EF sit in the Environment Agency's High flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%1111
Medium1% – 3.3%22
Low0.1% – 1%11
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around YO23 7EF

The ground here sits at about 8 m above sea level and falls 9 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-north-west, 1.0 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around YO237EF, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 8 m above sea level and falls 9 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-north-west, 1.0 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of YO23 7EF, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for YO23 7EF

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
YO23 7EF
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 3 recorded floods nearby; 506 official warnings since 2006.

E Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to High
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around YO23 7EF. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near YO23 7EF

506
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2011
338
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-03-14)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 2022 2022 February Flood Incident -Storm Dudley, Eunice and Franklin ~26.1 km
Jan 2021 2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph ~37.7 km
Feb 2020 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis ~18.0 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 21 warnings nearby) · Franklin (2022, 12 warnings nearby) · Christoph (2021, 9 warnings nearby) · Georgina (2018, 6 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for YO23 7EF

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Bolton Percy River Wharfe 2.2 km 7.45 m 8.32 m
Cock Beck Sluices River Wharfe 5.9 km 7.30 m 12.84 m
Tadcaster River Wharfe 7.7 km 2.50 m 4.51 m
York Foss Barrier River Ouse 10.5 km 7.90 m 10.20 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Anson Grove Sewage Pumping Station Unnamed Trib Of Tidal Ouse 4.4 km 0 (2024) 0
Bishop Dike Sewage Pumping Station Bishop Dike 4.9 km 16 (2024) 59

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

2 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~328 m (natural high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near YO23 7EF — all in the YO23 district.

© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the YO23 district.