Does Acomb flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Acomb

Ordnance Survey places 22 postcodes in Acomb in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset (Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea). Each postcode is counted once, under the worst band any of its properties reaches; together they hold 98 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

This dataset covers flooding from rivers and the sea only — one of five flood sources. Surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately, so a postcode missing from it is not proof that a place cannot flood. The band describes the land around properties (allowing for defences), not any single address and not today's conditions.

Rivers and live river levels near Acomb

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Acomb watch Birkey Burn, Red Burn, River South Tyne, Cockshaw Burn, River Tyne, Wydon Burn, River North Tyne.

• Acomb Garden House
  Birkey Burn · 0.3 km away -0.03 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Acomb Millersfield
  Red Burn · 0.5 km away 0.22 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Warden Bridge End
  River South Tyne · 1.8 km away -0.02 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Hexham Tanners Row upstream
  Cockshaw Burn · 1.9 km away 0.65 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Hexham Tanners Row Downstream
  Cockshaw Burn · 1.9 km away -0.01 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Hexham
  River Tyne · 2.0 km away 31.13 mAOD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Hexham
  Cockshaw Burn · 2.3 km away 0.10 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Hexham Wydon Water
  Wydon Burn · 3.0 km away 0.01 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Chollerford
  River North Tyne · 4.5 km away 0.21 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Corbridge
  River Tyne · 6.0 km away 0.22 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Reaverhill
  River North Tyne · 7.3 km away 0.51 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Haydon Bridge
  River South Tyne · 7.3 km away 0.34 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Acomb's at-risk postcodes. Tidal and structure gauges are shown as readings only — the tide and sluice gates move them, not floods. A gauge with no recent reading shows no level.

Flood warning areas near Acomb

16 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Acomb. The EA has issued 63 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 13 Nov 2025.

• Properties at Acomb including Morrison Terrace, Tynedale Terrace, Orchard Avenue, Redburn Villas, Redburn Crescent and Alnmouth Terrace 0.1 km
• Properties including Garden House Farm, Garden House Farm Cottage and Acomb Mill 0.3 km
• Properties on the left bank from Old Bridge End to Bridge End, including Bridge End Farm, Hermitage Cottage, Hermitage Lodge and commercial premises on Tyne Green Road. 1.2 km
• Properties around Tyne Green Mews 1.5 km
• Properties around Holy Island, Glovers Place, Giles Place and Wilkinson Place
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Nov 2015 1.7 km
• Properties around Tyne Green, Burn Lane, Tyne Mills, Station Road, Tyne Green Road, Ferry Road, Hallstile Bank and Riverside Leisure Caravan Site 1.7 km
• Properties at Garden Terrace, Hebron Terrace, Ridley Terrace, Garland Place, Glovers Place, Wilkinson Place, Albion Terrace, Chareway, Gilesgate, Tyne Green Road, Tyne Court, Giles Place, Burn Lane and Haugh Lane Industrial Estate
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jun 2012 1.9 km
• Properties at Tyne Green including Hexham Canoe Club and Tyne Green Cafe 1.9 km
• Properties at South Tyne Mill, Hard Haugh, Coastley Burnfoot, Bridge End including the Boatside Inn and Bridge End Cottages, Toll House, Westboat Cottages and The Old Smithy
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Dec 2015 2.1 km
• Properties at Baddox Farm, Riverside at Coastley Burnfoot, Ferryman's Cottage, Yew Tree Cottage and the Joiner's Shop 2.6 km
• Riverside properties affected at Barrasford, Chollerford, Walk Mill and Wall Mill
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2020 4.2 km
• Properties and low lying areas around Wellbank, St. Andrews Terrace and The Mill, Corbridge
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2020 5.3 km

Recorded floods near Acomb

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Acomb, most recent first. Absence of a record does not mean a place has never flooded. See them on the map →

• 5 Dec 2015 — Storm Desmond in Hexham 5-6 December 2015 Main river
• 5 Dec 2015 — Storm Desmond in Corbridge 5-6 December 2015 Main river
• 5 Dec 2015 — Storm Desmond in Warden 5-6 December 2015 Main river
• 28 Jun 2012 — Hexham in 2012 - Fluvial and SW Ordinary watercourse
• 28 Jun 2012 — Acomb, 28 June 2012 Other
• 14 Aug 2008 — Acomb Ordinary watercourse
• 23 Jul 2007 — Halgut Burn at Hexham Sewer
• 20 Jul 2007 — Wydon Burn, Heham Sewer
• 19 Jul 2007 — Highford Lane, Hexham Sewer
• 8 Jan 2005 — Corbridge Main river
• 8 Jan 2005 — Warden Main river
• 8 Jan 2005 — Hexham Tyne Mills Main river

…and 19 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Acomb

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (2.9 km away), recorded 0.8 mm in the last 24 hours and 7.2 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 46 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Acomb

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Acomb that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.

High likelihood (9)

Medium likelihood (7)

Low likelihood (6)

Postcode districts

Sources

FloodRadar summarises public flood data. It is not a flood-risk survey of any property, and it does not replace official GOV.UK flood warnings or the GOV.UK long-term flood risk service.