Does Askam in Furness flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Askam in Furness

Ordnance Survey places 33 postcodes in Askam in Furness 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 240 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 Askam in Furness

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Askam in Furness watch Poaka Beck, The Yarl, Town Beck, Dragley Beck.

• Butts Beck James Terrace
  Poaka Beck · 3.4 km away 0.02 m
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago
• Bow Bridge Abbey Road Structure
  Poaka Beck · 3.7 km away 0.12 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 37 min ago
• Dalton Cricket Club
  The Yarl · 3.9 km away 0.14 m
  below normal · steady · 37 min ago
• Town Beck Debris Screen Structure
  Town Beck · 6.8 km away 0.02 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 37 min ago
• Allotments
  Town Beck · 7.6 km away 0.08 m
  normal range · rising · 37 min ago
• Fitz Bridge
  Dragley Beck · 7.7 km away 0.06 m
  below normal · steady · 37 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Askam in Furness'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 Askam in Furness

10 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Askam in Furness. The EA has issued 99 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 4 Apr 2026.

• Duddon estuary including Haverigg, Arnaby Marsh, Foxfield Farm, Sandside and Dunnerholme
  11 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2023 3.6 km
• Areas of the town adjacent to the Cricket Ground, Football Club, Bow Bridge and Goose Green including Ulverston Road, Queen Street, Littlefields, Beckside Road, Station Road, Market Street, Glenfield and Garden Lea
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2024 3.7 km
• Butts Beck, Fire Station, King Street, Prince Street, Dale Terrace, Nursery Gardens, Meadow Grove, Beckside Rd, Chapel Street, Rawlinson Street, Underwood Terrace at Goose Green
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2019 3.7 km
• Duddon estuary including Haverigg, Millom Marsh, Foxfield, Sandside and Dunnerholme
  50 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2026 4.1 km
• Duddon estuary including Haverigg, Port Haverigg Holiday Village, Millom, Millom Marsh, Foxfield, Sandside and Dunnerholme
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2023 6.1 km
• Low lying areas and properties in the town adjacent to Town Beck. Areas likely to be affected are the Gill, parts of Upper Brook Street, Buxton Place, Union Street, The Ellers area and the Recycling Centre
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 7.1 km
• The Allotment Gardens, Lund Terrace, Morecambe Road, North Lonsdale Terrace, Kingsway, Dale Street and William Street areas
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2024 7.7 km
• Low lying areas and property adjacent to Dragley and Lund Becks at Rydal Road, Watery Lane, Fitz Bridge, Morecambe Road, Rope Walk and parts of South Ulverston at Low Mill Bridge, South View Farm and Outcast
  20 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2025 8.1 km
• Low lying areas and property adjacent to Dragley and Lund Becks at South Ulverston, including Steel Street, North Lonsdale Road, Cross Lane and Kennedy Street areas
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2025 8.6 km
• Barrow in Furness including West Shore Park, Biggar Bank Road, Tummer Hill Marshes, Rampside, Roa Island, Vickerstown, Cavendish and Ramsden Docks, Salthouse Mills and Roosecote Power Station
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 9.5 km

Recorded floods near Askam in Furness

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

• 30 Sep 2017 — Millom Flooding - 30 September 2017 Other
• 22 Nov 2012 — King Street, Dalton 22_11_2012 Main river
• 28 Jun 2012 — Beck Side, Kirkby-in-Furness Other
• 19 Nov 2009 — Soutergate Sewage November 2009 Flooding Sewer
• 19 Nov 2009 — Dalton in Furness November 2009 flooding Main river
• 19 Nov 2009 — Beck Side Kirkby in Furness November 2009 Flooding Main river
• 1 Feb 2002 — Flooding 01_02_2002
• 24 Oct 2000 — Flooding 24_10_2000
• 1 Feb 1997 — Flooding 01_02_1997 Main river

Rainfall near Askam in Furness

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (2.5 km away), recorded 3.8 mm in the last 24 hours and 47.3 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 37 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Askam in Furness

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Askam in Furness 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 (4)

Low likelihood (20)

Postcode districts

Sources

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