Does Brayton flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 69 postcodes in Brayton 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 1,106 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 Brayton

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Brayton watch Selby Dam, River Ouse, River Aire, Wheelan Dyke, Roall Dyke, West Bank Pond, River Derwent, Gowdall Ings.

• Selby Dam Pumping Station Structure
  Selby Dam · 2.4 km away 2.05 mAOD
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 35 min ago
• Selby Westmill Tidal
  River Ouse · 2.5 km away 0.29 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 35 min ago
• Chapel Haddlesey
  River Aire · 5.0 km away 0.05 m
  normal range · rising · 35 min ago
• Birkin Holme Washlands
  River Aire · 5.6 km away 0.58 m
  normal range · rising · 35 min ago
• Hensall Ings Tidal
  Wheelan Dyke · 6.5 km away -0.58 m
  rises and falls with the tide · 35 min ago
• Roall Ings
  Roall Dyke · 6.5 km away 0.79 m
  normal range · rising · 35 min ago
• West Marsh Washlands
  West Bank Pond · 7.0 km away 0.23 m
  normal range · steady · 35 min ago
• Cawood Tidal
  River Ouse · 7.7 km away 1.53 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 50 min ago
• Barmby
  River Derwent · 8.1 km away 2.62 mAOD
  normal range · steady · 35 min ago
• Beal Weir Bridge Structure
  River Aire · 8.7 km away 0.34 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 35 min ago
• Gowdall Ings
  Gowdall Ings · 8.7 km away 0.97 m
  normal range · steady · 35 min ago
• Carlton Bridge Tidal
  River Aire · 8.9 km away -0.31 m
  rises and falls with the tide · 35 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Brayton'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 Brayton

31 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Brayton. The EA has issued 282 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 23 Jan 2026.

• Brayton including properties on Brayton Lane, Doncaster Road, Meadow Croft, Holmefield Close, Moss Green Lane, Baffam Court and Baffam Lane
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2024 0.3 km
• Burn including properties on the A19 Road, West Lane, Park Lane, Barff View, and Common Lane
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2024 1.5 km
• Properties adjacent to Selby Dam
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2021 1.6 km
• Properties around the old shipyards and the Westfield and Holmes areas of Selby, and in Barlby from Landing Lane to the A19 Bridge 2.5 km
• Burn including properties on Burn Lane and Whitings Lane
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 3.5 km
• Burn including properties on West Lane and the A19 Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2024 3.8 km
• Chapel Haddlesey including Millfield Road, Manor Farm Court, Fox Lane and Hirst Road
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 4.7 km
• East Haddlesey including Hirst Road
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 4.8 km
• Properties at Wistow and the surrounding areas including Wistow Lordship 4.9 km
• West Haddlesey including Main Street, Riverside Court, Old House Gardens and River Lane
  10 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 5.2 km
• Properties upstream of Temple Hirst along Main Road including the Nursing Home
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2024 5.3 km
• Temple Hirst including Eastfield Lane and Common Lane
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Feb 2020 5.6 km

Recorded floods near Brayton

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

• 20 Feb 2022 — 2022 February Flood Incident -Storm Dudley, Eunice and Franklin Ordinary watercourse
• 18 Jan 2021 — 2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph Main river
• 15 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis Drainage
• 8 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara Main river
• 7 Nov 2019 — 2019 November Flood Incident Main river
• 25 Dec 2015 — December 2015 Flood Event Main river
• 25 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Flood Event (Ridings Area)
• 25 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Event Main river
• 15 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Surface Water Flooding Yorkshire Other
• 10 Feb 2002 — Lower Aire. Birkin / West Haddlesey Ing Main river
• 10 Feb 2002 — Lower AIre. Eggborough Ings Main river
• 10 Feb 2002 — Lower Aire Kellington Ings Main river

…and 22 earlier recorded floods on the map.

At-risk postcodes in Brayton

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

Low likelihood (49)

Very low likelihood (20)

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.