Does Bakewell flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 53 postcodes in Bakewell 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 885 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 Bakewell

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Bakewell watch River Wye, River Derwent.

• Ashford in the Water
  River Wye · 3.7 km away 0.27 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Chatsworth
  River Derwent · 4.3 km away 1.02 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Bakewell'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 Bakewell

17 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Bakewell. The EA has issued 336 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 26 Jun 2026.

• River Wye at Wye Bank and Milford at Bakewell including Wye Bank Grove
  14 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 0.6 km
• River Wye at Bakewell including properties around Riverside Business Park, Holme Lane, Bridge Street and Haddon Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Feb 2022 1.0 km
• River Wye and tributaries from Burbage to the River Derwent at Rowsley
  171 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jun 2026 1.9 km
• River Wye at Ashford in the Water including properties around Buxton Road
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2022 2.1 km
• River Wye at Ashford in the Water around Church Street including The Duke's Drive and Court Lane
  16 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 2.5 km
• River Derwent at Chatsworth including Chatsworth Park and Home Farm
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2023 4.1 km
• Rivers Wye and Derwent at Rowsley including the Sewage Farm, the Wye Farm and the Recreational Ground
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 4.3 km
• River Wye at Chee Dale, Cressbrook and Upperdale including riverside cottages
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2022 4.6 km
• River Derwent at Baslow and Bubnell including Stanton Ford House and Sewage Farm
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 5.3 km
• River Derwent at Churchtown and Northwood including Harrison Way
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 6.6 km
• Upper River Derwent from Ladybower Reservoir to the River Wye at Rowsley
  14 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 7.1 km
• River Derwent at Calver including the Caravan Parks and the riverside farms at Froggatt
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2023 7.2 km

Recorded floods near Bakewell

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

• 16 Oct 2023 — Bakewell October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Beeley October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Rowsley October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Baslow October 2023 Main river
• 18 Jan 2021 — 2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph Main river
• 15 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis Drainage
• 7 Nov 2019 — 2019 November Flood Incident Main river
• 1 Nov 2000 — River Wye, Nov 2000 Main river
• 27 Oct 1998 — River Wye, October 1998 Main river
• 2 Feb 1984 — River Wye, February 1984 Main river
• 1 Dec 1965 — Derwent December 1965 Main river
• 1 Dec 1965 — River Wye, December 1965 Main river

…and 4 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Bakewell

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (2.2 km away), recorded 1.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 7.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 46 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Bakewell

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

High likelihood (12)

Medium likelihood (36)

Low likelihood (5)

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.