Does Dudley flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 21 postcodes in Dudley 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 205 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 Dudley

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Dudley watch Ouse Burn, River Blyth, River Pont, North Sea.

• Gosforth
  Ouse Burn · 4.7 km away 0.27 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Crag Hall
  Ouse Burn · 6.3 km away 0.06 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Hartford Bridge
  River Blyth · 6.5 km away 0.10 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Woolsington
  Ouse Burn · 7.8 km away 0.02 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Callerton Lane
  River Pont · 9.6 km away 0.05 mASD
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Blyth Tidal
  North Sea · 9.9 km away 0.75 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 32 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Dudley'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 Dudley

12 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Dudley. The EA has issued 103 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 18 Apr 2026.

• Properties around Willowbay Drive, Glamis Avenue, Briarwood Avenue, Killingworth Road, North Lodge, and Jesmond Vale 4.2 km
• Properties around Acomb Crescent, Milford Gardens, Princes Road including Princes Close, Waterbury Road, The Fairway, Burnside Road, Saxilby Drive, Whitebridge Parkway, Charleswood, Fernwood Avenue, Briarwood Avenue, South Gosforth and Jesmond Vale 4.6 km
• Properties around Easedale Avenue, Melton Park, The Fairway, Bridge Park, Fencer Court, Charleswood, Burnside Road, Whitebridge Walk, Celandine Close, and Killingworth Road 4.7 km
• Ouseburn, its tributaries and north bank tributaries of the Tyne estuary
  20 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 4.7 km
• Properties around Woolsington Bridge, The Oval, and Brunton Lane
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2012 6.3 km
• Properties around Foundry Lane, Lime Street and Ouse Street 9.2 km
• Tyne estuary from Wylam to the North Sea coast, including Watergate Car Park at Newcastle Quayside
  70 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2026 9.2 km
• Properties at Main Street, Ponteland Town Centre, Eland Haugh Estate, Paddock Hill, Atholl House, Callerton Lane, Cecil Court, Fairney Close, Mayfair Gardens and Fairney Edge 9.4 km
• Properties located on roads and streets adjacent to Crawford Street, Hodgsons Road, Croft Road, Regent Street, Union Street, Bridge Street and Princess Louise Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Dec 2013 9.4 km
• Properties at Blyth Quayside and around Battleship Wharf, Wordsell Street and Dale Street in North Blyth, and properties around West Bridge Street and Selbourne Terrace in Cambois
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2013 9.6 km
• Properties at Willington Boat Club, Wincomblee Estates in Walker, Newcastle Quayside from Wetherspoon's Pub to Broad Chare, Brama Teams Industrial Park, Ravensworth Road and Clockwork MOT at Clockmill Road
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 9.8 km
• Properties at Kirkley Mill, on the riverside at Fox Covert Lane, Darras Hall and West Road, Prestwick Mill Farm and agricultural land around Prestwick Carr
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 10.0 km

Recorded floods near Dudley

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

• 28 Jun 2012 — Seaton Delaval in June 2012 - SW Drainage
• 1 Sep 2009 — Killingworth
• 17 Jul 2009 — Ouse Burn Main river
• 6 Sep 2008 — Brunton Park Drainage
• 6 Sep 2008 — Ouseburn Main river
• 6 Sep 2008 — Whitebridge Park, Gosforth, surface water Sewer
• 6 Sep 2008 — Vale House, Blagdon Estate, Stannington Main river
• 6 Sep 2008 — Killingworth, North Tyneside Drainage
• 6 Sep 2008 — A189 Roundabout, Newcastle Drainage
• 6 Sep 2008 — Coach Lane, Hazlerigg Drainage
• 30 Jun 2007 — Goathland Avenue Main river
• 30 Jun 2007 — Wheatfield Grove Main river

…and 20 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Dudley

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.1 km away), recorded 1.3 mm in the last 24 hours and 10.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 1 h ago).

At-risk postcodes in Dudley

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

High likelihood (6)

Medium likelihood (3)

Low likelihood (12)

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.