Does Flimby flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 24 postcodes in Flimby 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 248 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 Flimby

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Flimby watch River Derwent, Wyre River, River Ellen.

• Seaton Mill, Barepot, Workington
  River Derwent · 4.2 km away 0.61 m
  normal range · steady · 34 min ago
• Workington Tidal
  Tide · 5.2 km away 0.20 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 1 h ago
• Harrington Eadie Street
  Wyre River · 8.7 km away 0.20 m
  below normal · rising · 34 min ago
• Bull Gill
  River Ellen · 8.8 km away 0.33 m
  normal range · steady · 34 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Flimby'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 Flimby

9 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Flimby. The EA has issued 195 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 4 Apr 2026.

• Silloth to St Bees Head including Whitehaven town centre, Whitehaven North Beach, Parton, Workington, Flimby and Maryport
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 0.2 km
• Area including North Pier, Maryport Marina and Dock, North and South Quay and Strand Street 3.3 km
• Low lying roads, agricultural land and isolated properties adjacent to the River Derwent at Camerton
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2021 3.5 km
• Low lying roads, agricultural land, commercial and residential properties adjacent to the River Derwent including Glenfield Place, Meadow Edge, Workington Hall Mill, Hall Brow and Curwen Park
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2025 4.4 km
• Low lying areas along the coast from Silloth to St Bees Head including Allonby, Maryport, Flimby, Workington, Parton and Whitehaven
  158 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2026 8.0 km
• Silloth to St Bees including Maryport, Flimby, Workington and Whitehaven
  18 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 8.2 km
• River Wyre at Harrington, Moorclose Road, Church Road, Burnside and Eadie Street areas
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Nov 2025 8.6 km
• Properties in the Gote Road and St Leonards Lane and Close areas of Cockermouth liable to flooding from surface water
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Dec 2015 9.9 km
• Rivers Cocker and Derwent at Cockermouth, Cricket Ground, Trout Hotel and Market Street Car Parks, Hatters Croft
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2025 10.0 km

Recorded floods near Flimby

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

• 9 Feb 2020 — Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 Main river
• 11 Oct 2017 — 11/10/2017 Surface Water Flooding - Crosshow Other
• 5 Dec 2015 — Workington 05_12_2015
• 5 Dec 2015 — Flimby 05_12_2015
• 5 Dec 2015 — Seaton 05_12_2015 Other
• 5 Dec 2015 — Maryport 05_12_2015 Other
• 5 Dec 2015 — Camerton 05_12_2015 Main river
• 5 Dec 2015 — Barepot 05_12_2015 Main river
• 3 Oct 2014 — Recorded flood Main river
• 19 Nov 2009 — Stainburn November 2009 Flooding Main river
• 19 Nov 2009 — Workington to Camerton November 2009 Flooding Main river
• 19 Nov 2009 — Great Broughton November 2009 flooding Main river

…and 11 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Flimby

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (15.9 km away), recorded 0.4 mm in the last 24 hours and 26.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 34 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Flimby

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

High likelihood (12)

Medium likelihood (7)

Low likelihood (5)

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.