Does Butterwick flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 33 postcodes in Butterwick 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 678 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 Butterwick

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Butterwick watch Maud Foster/Stonebridge Drain.

• Hobhole Sluice Tidal Structure
  Tide · 5.5 km away -2.16 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 35 min ago
• Cowbridge
  Maud Foster/Stonebridge Drain · 6.2 km away No recent reading
  last reported 25 Oct 2026 15:15
• Sibsey
  Maud Foster/Stonebridge Drain · 7.3 km away 1.83 m
  above typical high · 35 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Butterwick'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 Butterwick

15 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Butterwick. The EA has issued 40 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 6 Nov 2021.

• Areas near the Wash frontage in Lincolnshire, from Gibraltar Point to Kirton Marsh
  19 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2021 3.5 km
• Tidal flooding to the East of the Tidal Witham in Boston and surrounding areas, including Fishtoft
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2013 4.0 km
• Areas near the Witham Haven, from Skirbeck to Hobhole Drain, including Spilsby road and Fishtoft
  no warning on record since 2006 4.4 km
• Tidal flooding in areas to the North of Boston, including Frithville, Fishtoft Drove, Hilldyke and Boston Long Hedges
  no warning on record since 2006 5.8 km
• Waterside properties between Town Bridge and Haven Bridge in Boston including Haven Hall and the Music Centre in Boston
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2019 5.9 km
• Wider waterside properties between Grand Sluice and the Docks in Boston, including Irby Street, Witham Place, Wormgate, High Street, South Terrace and London Road
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2014 6.1 km
• Tidal flooding to the South of the South Forty Foot Drain and the Tidal Witham in Boston and surrounding areas
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2013 6.3 km
• Properties at risk of river flooding from the River Witham and tidal flooding from the sea in the North of Boston to Cowbridge
  no warning on record since 2006 6.4 km
• Gibralter Point to Freiston Shore including Croppers Lane, Grovefield Lane, Cut End Road, Lamb Lane and Sea Lane
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2013 6.4 km
• Properties at risk from the South Forty Foot Drain around Wyberton West Road and Park Road within Boston
  no warning on record since 2006 6.8 km
• Gibralter point to Freiston including the A52, Old Leake, Leake Commonside, Leverton, Benington and Butterwick
  no warning on record since 2006 7.0 km
• Wyberton Marsh to Kirton Marsh including Silt Pit Lane, Wyberton Road and Frampton Roads
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2013 7.4 km

Recorded floods near Butterwick

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

• 5 Dec 2013 — LNA_2013_12_Tidal_Witham_Haven Sea
• 26 Apr 1981 — LNA_1981_04_Stonebridge Drain Main river
• 11 Jan 1978 — LNA_1978_01_Witham_Haven Other

Rainfall near Butterwick

Butterwick gets about 629 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 66 mm; driest March, 36 mm). That is 46% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.7 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (8.7 km away), recorded 3.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 34.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 50 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Butterwick

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

Low likelihood (33)

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.