Does YO26 flood?

Yes — parts of the YO26 district carry real flood risk: 39 of its 118 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The YO26 postcode district covers Holgate, Ouseburn, Rural West York, Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith, close to Beningbrough, Nether Poppleton, Rawcliffe, and surrounding villages in parts of York and North Yorkshire.

118 postcodes in the YO26 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 39 high, 10 medium, 62 low, 7 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 YO26 postcodes are at risk?

YO26 4RH up to High YO26 4XQ up to High YO26 4YS up to High YO26 5FB up to High YO26 6HS up to High YO26 6HZ up to High YO26 6LL up to High YO26 6LP up to High YO26 7PL up to High YO26 7PR up to High YO26 7QD up to High YO26 7QE up to High YO26 7QJ up to High YO26 7QL up to High YO26 7QN up to High YO26 7QR up to High YO26 7RJ up to High YO26 8DB up to High YO26 8DH up to High YO26 8DT up to High YO26 8DY up to High YO26 8EA up to High YO26 8EB up to High YO26 8EN up to High YO26 8EX up to High YO26 8EZ up to High YO26 8HB up to High YO26 8JN up to High YO26 8JU up to High YO26 9RD up to High YO26 9RY up to High YO26 9RZ up to High YO26 9SA up to High YO26 9SB up to High YO26 9SJ up to High YO26 9ST up to High YO26 9SU up to High YO26 9TG up to High YO26 9TJ up to High YO26 4XY up to Medium YO26 4ZF up to Medium YO26 4ZP up to Medium YO26 4ZZ up to Medium YO26 7QH up to Medium YO26 8AW up to Medium YO26 8EJ up to Medium YO26 8ES up to Medium YO26 8JL up to Medium YO26 8JQ up to Medium YO26 4GB up to Low YO26 4QN up to Low YO26 4QP up to Low YO26 4QR up to Low YO26 4QW up to Low YO26 4TN up to Low YO26 4UA up to Low YO26 4UD up to Low YO26 4UE up to Low YO26 4UT up to Low YO26 4UU up to Low YO26 4UX up to Low YO26 4UY up to Low YO26 4XD up to Low YO26 4XG up to Low YO26 4XH up to Low YO26 4XL up to Low YO26 4XP up to Low YO26 4XR up to Low YO26 4XS up to Low YO26 4XT up to Low YO26 4XU up to Low YO26 4XX up to Low YO26 4XZ up to Low YO26 4YA up to Low YO26 4YB up to Low YO26 4YD up to Low YO26 4YE up to Low YO26 4YG up to Low YO26 4YH up to Low YO26 4YJ up to Low YO26 4YL up to Low YO26 4YN up to Low YO26 4YP up to Low YO26 4YQ up to Low YO26 4YR up to Low YO26 4YT up to Low YO26 4YU up to Low YO26 4YW up to Low YO26 4YX up to Low YO26 4YY up to Low YO26 4YZ up to Low YO26 5RX up to Low YO26 6AU up to Low YO26 6BL up to Low YO26 6DL up to Low YO26 6JX up to Low YO26 6JY up to Low YO26 6RA up to Low YO26 6RB up to Low YO26 6RL up to Low YO26 6RS up to Low YO26 6RW up to Low YO26 7PB up to Low YO26 7RF up to Low YO26 8BU up to Low YO26 8DA up to Low YO26 8DD up to Low YO26 8ET up to Low YO26 8HN up to Low YO26 8JP up to Low YO26 8JW up to Low YO26 6AF up to Very low YO26 6RN up to Very low YO26 8HA up to Very low YO26 8JH up to Very low YO26 8JJ up to Very low YO26 8LA up to Very low YO26 9RX up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near YO26

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

580 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (292 at warning level or above), most recently 26 March 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.