Does YO43 flood?

Yes — parts of the YO43 district carry real flood risk: 8 of its 52 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The YO43 postcode district covers Wolds Weighton, Howdenshire, Beverley Rural, close to Market Weighton, South Newbald, Wholsea Grange, and surrounding villages in East Riding of Yorkshire.

52 postcodes in the YO43 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 8 high, 4 medium, 8 low, 32 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 YO43 postcodes are at risk?

YO43 3PL up to High YO43 4AL up to High YO43 4BY up to High YO43 4FN up to High YO43 4LD up to High YO43 4TT up to High YO43 4UF up to High YO43 4UG up to High YO43 3HX up to Medium YO43 3QN up to Medium YO43 4BU up to Medium YO43 4SD up to Medium YO43 3FW up to Low YO43 3PA up to Low YO43 3PE up to Low YO43 4DD up to Low YO43 4EB up to Low YO43 4LA up to Low YO43 4LY up to Low YO43 4XE up to Low YO43 3AF up to Very low YO43 3AG up to Very low YO43 3AH up to Very low YO43 3AQ up to Very low YO43 3AS up to Very low YO43 3AT up to Very low YO43 3AU up to Very low YO43 3GY up to Very low YO43 3GZ up to Very low YO43 3HQ up to Very low YO43 3HU up to Very low YO43 3JJ up to Very low YO43 3JL up to Very low YO43 3JN up to Very low YO43 3JR up to Very low YO43 3JS up to Very low YO43 3JU up to Very low YO43 3JY up to Very low YO43 3ND up to Very low YO43 3NE up to Very low YO43 3NF up to Very low YO43 3NG up to Very low YO43 3NL up to Very low YO43 3NT up to Very low YO43 3NU up to Very low YO43 3QS up to Very low YO43 3QT up to Very low YO43 3QY up to Very low YO43 3RL up to Very low YO43 3RN up to Very low YO43 3RP up to Very low YO43 4LX up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near YO43

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

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

YO42 YO41 YO51 YO32 YO31 YO30 YO26 YO60

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.