Does Carnforth flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 27 postcodes in Carnforth 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 136 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 Carnforth

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Carnforth watch River Keer, River Lune, River Wenning, Burrow Beck.

• High River Keer
  River Keer · 2.8 km away 0.16 m
  normal range · steady · 30 min ago
• Caton
  River Lune · 6.0 km away 0.66 m
  normal range · just past its peak · 30 min ago
• Skerton Weir Structure
  River Lune · 7.3 km away 0.76 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 30 min ago
• Hornby
  River Wenning · 8.9 km away 0.40 m
  normal range · steady · 30 min ago
• Lancaster Quay Tidal
  River Lune · 9.1 km away 3.83 m
  rises and falls with the tide · 30 min ago
• Burrow Beck
  Burrow Beck · 9.9 km away 0.12 m
  normal range · steady · 30 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Carnforth'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 Carnforth

21 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Carnforth. The EA has issued 161 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 3 Sep 2026.

• Warton Bridge, Galley Hall and Marsh House Farm
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2018 0.9 km
• Warton Grange Farm, Cotestones Farm and Crag Bank
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2018 1.4 km
• The Shore, Red Bank Farm, Sandside Caravan and Camping Park and Bay View Nurseries 2.7 km
• The Shore, Red Bank Farm and Red Bank House 3.6 km
• Lancashire coastline at Hest Bank 4.4 km
• Marine Drive and Poultry Houses
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2014 4.5 km
• Warton, Carnforth, Crag Bank, Bolton-le-Sands, Hest Bank, Bare, Torrisholme, Great Hestham and Heysham Harbour
  16 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 5.2 km
• Station Road, Riverside Close, Ivy Cottage, White Lion Hotel, Church Brow, Denny Beck Beck Lane and Farm
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Dec 2015 5.8 km
• The Boat House, Tithebarn Cottage, Tower House, Church View, Clock House, Forgebank Walk and Mill Lane
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 5.9 km
• Low lying land including Lansil Way, Riverside Industrial Estate and Halton Training Camp
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 6.2 km
• River Lune at Caton, including Aughton Barns, Lanesfoot, Greenup, Ellers Farm and Brow Cottage 6.8 km
• River Lune at Caton, Claughton Terrace, Lunesdale Terrace, Holme Lane, Ball Lane and Low Mill 7.4 km

Recorded floods near Carnforth

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

• 22 Nov 2017 — Church Brow
• 22 Nov 2017 — Borwick Station Lane
• 22 Nov 2017 — Capernwray Road
• 22 Nov 2017 — Carnforth
• 22 Nov 2017 — Midland Terrace
• 22 Nov 2017 — Hatlex Lane
• 22 Nov 2017 — Halton Road
• 22 Nov 2017 — Main Road
• 22 Nov 2017 — Farleton Close
• 22 Nov 2017 — Main Street
• 22 Nov 2017 — Addington Road
• 22 Nov 2017 — 23/11/2017 Main river

…and 23 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Carnforth

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.6 km away), recorded 4.6 mm in the last 24 hours and 17.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 45 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Carnforth

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

High likelihood (11)

Medium likelihood (3)

Low likelihood (10)

Very low likelihood (3)

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.