Does Gilberdyke flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 90 postcodes in Gilberdyke 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 1,739 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 Gilberdyke

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Gilberdyke watch Market Weighton Canal, River Ouse, Back Delfin, Weighton Lock, Mires Beck, River Foulness, South Cave Beck.

• North America
  Market Weighton Canal · 2.7 km away 0.62 mAOD
  normal range · steady · 29 min ago
• Blacktoft Tidal
  River Ouse · 5.0 km away 3.74 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 44 min ago
• Wholsea Grange
  Back Delfin · 5.3 km away 0.18 m
  normal range · just past its peak · 29 min ago
• Broomfleet Weighton Lock Structure
  Weighton Lock · 5.3 km away 0.44 mAOD
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 29 min ago
• North Cave
  Mires Beck · 6.0 km away 0.12 m
  normal range · steady · 29 min ago
• Welham Bridge
  River Foulness · 6.6 km away 0.58 mAOD
  normal range · steady · 29 min ago
• South Cave Beverley Road
  South Cave Beck · 9.2 km away 0.22 m
  normal range · 29 min ago
• Holme House Farm
  River Foulness · 9.7 km away 0.21 m
  normal range · steady · 29 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Gilberdyke'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 Gilberdyke

12 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Gilberdyke. The EA has issued 226 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 25 Oct 2026.

• The Market Weighton Canal and the River Foulness, including Ellerker Beck and all watercourses to the west of the Humber bridge and the A164
  no warning on record since 2006 2.7 km
• The River Foulness and the Market Weighton Canal and their tributaries
  91 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 3.8 km
• Properties along the River Foulness, the A614 and Drain Lane
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2024 4.6 km
• The Humber foreshore from Broomfleet Island to Blacktoft, including Weighton Lock and Faxfleet
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 4.9 km
• The Humber estuary from Faxfleet to Saltmarshe
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 5.4 km
• Properties on Denmark Rise, Mill Lane, Church Street, Blanshards Lane, Townend Lane and Newport Road are at risk of flooding
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2024 6.0 km
• River Trent at Alkborough Flats including the Sewage Works and Station Road at Whitton
  19 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2025 7.7 km
• Properties on the North Bank of the River Ouse between Saltmarshe and Howdendyke
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 7.9 km
• Properties including those along The Meadows, Water Lane, Barnards Drive, Loyds Close, Annie Med Lane, Beverley Road and Little Wold Lane
  no warning on record since 2006 8.3 km
• The Humber estuary from Hessle Haven to Faxfleet
  78 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 8.5 km
• Properties in the south and west of Howden, including the Buttfield Road and Langrick Avenue areas
  no warning on record since 2006 8.8 km
• The tidal foreshore and agricultural land adjacent to the river from the A63 near Selby to the Yokefleet and Blacktoft areas.
  15 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 9.3 km

Recorded floods near Gilberdyke

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

• 18 Jan 2021 — 2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph Main river
• 15 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis Drainage
• 8 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara Main river
• 7 Nov 2019 — 2019 November Flood Incident Main river
• 25 Dec 2015 — December 2015 Flood Event Main river
• 5 Dec 2013 — East Coast Tidal Event 5th December 2013 Main river
• 25 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Flood Event (Hull and East Riding) River
• 15 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Surface Water Flooding Yorkshire Other
• 30 Oct 2000 — Autumn 2000 Event River

Rainfall near Gilberdyke

Gilberdyke gets about 610 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month July, 61 mm; driest March, 36 mm). That is 48% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.9 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (5.3 km away), recorded 2.4 mm in the last 24 hours and 26.7 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 29 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Gilberdyke

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

High likelihood (66)

Low likelihood (1)

Very low likelihood (23)

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.