Does YO42 flood?

Yes — parts of the YO42 district carry real flood risk: 18 of its 106 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The YO42 postcode district covers Pocklington Provincial, Wolds Weighton, close to Hessle, Thornton Lock Bielby Beck, Sandhill Bridge, and surrounding villages in parts of East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire.

106 postcodes in the YO42 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 18 high, 30 medium, 45 low, 13 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 YO42 postcodes are at risk?

YO42 1NN up to High YO42 1NT up to High YO42 1PG up to High YO42 1RL up to High YO42 1RR up to High YO42 1SR up to High YO42 1UJ up to High YO42 2JJ up to High YO42 2XA up to High YO42 4ED up to High YO42 4EY up to High YO42 4HX up to High YO42 4JL up to High YO42 4JT up to High YO42 4LE up to High YO42 4LF up to High YO42 4QJ up to High YO42 4RH up to High YO42 1QY up to Medium YO42 1RP up to Medium YO42 1RS up to Medium YO42 1RX up to Medium YO42 2AB up to Medium YO42 2AE up to Medium YO42 2AH up to Medium YO42 2AL up to Medium YO42 2AP up to Medium YO42 2AR up to Medium YO42 2AS up to Medium YO42 2AU up to Medium YO42 2AX up to Medium YO42 2DG up to Medium YO42 2ET up to Medium YO42 2FE up to Medium YO42 2JN up to Medium YO42 2JR up to Medium YO42 2LB up to Medium YO42 2LF up to Medium YO42 2NX up to Medium YO42 2QL up to Medium YO42 2QN up to Medium YO42 2QR up to Medium YO42 2QS up to Medium YO42 2QW up to Medium YO42 2QZ up to Medium YO42 2RA up to Medium YO42 4JN up to Medium YO42 4JW up to Medium YO42 1AT up to Low YO42 1NP up to Low YO42 1NR up to Low YO42 1NW up to Low YO42 1RG up to Low YO42 1RJ up to Low YO42 1RW up to Low YO42 1SB up to Low YO42 1TW up to Low YO42 1UQ up to Low YO42 2AF up to Low YO42 2AG up to Low YO42 2AQ up to Low YO42 2BJ up to Low YO42 2BQ up to Low YO42 2JL up to Low YO42 2JP up to Low YO42 2JS up to Low YO42 2JW up to Low YO42 2LD up to Low YO42 2NH up to Low YO42 2NJ up to Low YO42 2NL up to Low YO42 2NN up to Low YO42 2PQ up to Low YO42 2QU up to Low YO42 2RB up to Low YO42 2RD up to Low YO42 2SP up to Low YO42 2SQ up to Low YO42 2ST up to Low YO42 2SU up to Low YO42 2SZ up to Low YO42 2YT up to Low YO42 4DE up to Low YO42 4HD up to Low YO42 4HN up to Low YO42 4HR up to Low YO42 4HS up to Low YO42 4HZ up to Low YO42 4JD up to Low YO42 4JP up to Low YO42 4LQ up to Low YO42 4RW up to Low YO42 4TA up to Low YO42 2AA up to Very low YO42 2BL up to Very low YO42 2BP up to Very low YO42 2BS up to Very low YO42 2FN up to Very low YO42 2GB up to Very low YO42 2GE up to Very low YO42 2GJ up to Very low YO42 2GL up to Very low YO42 2PD up to Very low YO42 2TS up to Very low YO42 2YX up to Very low YO42 4NQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near YO42

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

15 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (15 at warning level or above), most recently 5 January 2025. 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.