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Does Blaby flood?

Leicestershire
22postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
12river gauges within 10 km
4years with a mapped flood record within 5 km
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What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Blaby

Ordnance Survey places 22 postcodes in Blaby 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 262 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High230
Medium74943
Low13210126
Very low000
All bands22262169

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 Blaby

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Blaby watch River Sence, River Soar, Whetstone Brook, Thorpe Astley Brook, Wash Brook, Evington Brook, Willow Brook, Rothley Brook, Bushby Brook.

Distances are from the middle of Blaby'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.

The watercourse nearest Blaby

The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Sence, about 400 m from the middle of Blaby's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Soar about 2.2 km downstream.

A gauge downstream shows water that has already passed this point; one upstream sees it first. Distances along the river are from the point on the River Sence nearest the middle of Blaby's at-risk postcodes. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Flood warning areas near Blaby

23 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Blaby. The EA has issued 523 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 29 Aug 2026.

Recorded floods near Blaby

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Blaby, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

…and 9 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Blaby

Blaby gets about 651 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month July, 66 mm; driest March, 41 mm). That is 44% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.0 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (2.8 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 34.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 1 h ago).

At-risk postcodes in Blaby

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

High likelihood (2)

LE8 4FELE8 4GB

Medium likelihood (7)

LE8 4FJLE8 4FWLE8 4GQLE8 4GRLE8 4GULE8 4GXLE8 4HW

Low likelihood (13)

LE8 4EZLE8 4FALE8 4FDLE8 4FHLE8 4FLLE8 4FULE8 4GELE8 4GHLE8 4GTLE8 4GYLE8 4GZLE8 4HULE8 4HX

Postcode districts

LE8 · 22

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.

Flood-risk bands: © 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.

Recorded Flood Outlines, flood warning areas and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

River levels and rainfall: Environment Agency real-time flood-monitoring data, updated every 15 minutes (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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