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Does Featherstone flood?

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28postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
11river gauges within 10 km
1tidal gauge within 10 km
10years 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 Featherstone

Ordnance Survey places 28 postcodes in Featherstone 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 354 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High25655
Medium01616
Low26282252
Very low000
All bands28354323

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 Featherstone

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Featherstone watch Wash Dike, River Calder, River Aire, River Went, Oakenshaw Beck, Aire Washlands.

Distances are from the middle of Featherstone'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 Featherstone

The nearest watercourse on the river map is an unnamed stream, about 10 m from the middle of Featherstone's at-risk postcodes. It flows into Went Beck about 800 m 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 an unnamed stream nearest the middle of Featherstone'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 Featherstone

25 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Featherstone. The EA has issued 212 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 23 Oct 2026.

Recorded floods near Featherstone

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Featherstone, 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 3 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Featherstone

Featherstone gets about 630 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 64 mm; driest February, 41 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), 2.5 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (7.7 km away), recorded 2.8 mm in the last 24 hours and 25.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 48 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Featherstone

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

High likelihood (2)

WF7 5JWWF7 5JX

Low likelihood (26)

WF7 5BEWF7 5BGWF7 5EGWF7 5EHWF7 5EJWF7 5FPWF7 5HDWF7 5HEWF7 5HFWF7 5HGWF7 5HPWF7 5HWWF7 5HXWF7 5HYWF7 5JLWF7 5JQWF7 5JTWF7 5JUWF7 5JYWF7 5JZWF7 5NPWF7 5NSWF7 5PBWF7 5PJWF7 5WWWF7 6AH

Postcode districts

WF7 · 28

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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