Does Haverigg flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 20 postcodes in Haverigg 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 426 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 Haverigg

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Haverigg watch Poaka Beck, The Yarl.

• Bow Bridge Abbey Road Structure
  Poaka Beck · 8.2 km away 0.12 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 35 min ago
• Butts Beck James Terrace
  Poaka Beck · 8.3 km away 0.02 m
  normal range · steady · 35 min ago
• Dalton Cricket Club
  The Yarl · 8.7 km away 0.14 m
  below normal · steady · 35 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Haverigg'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 Haverigg

5 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Haverigg. The EA has issued 70 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 4 Apr 2026.

• Duddon estuary including Haverigg, Arnaby Marsh, Foxfield Farm, Sandside and Dunnerholme
  11 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2023 3.9 km
• Duddon estuary including Haverigg, Millom Marsh, Foxfield, Sandside and Dunnerholme
  50 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2026 4.2 km
• Duddon estuary including Haverigg, Port Haverigg Holiday Village, Millom, Millom Marsh, Foxfield, Sandside and Dunnerholme
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2023 4.2 km
• Areas of the town adjacent to the Cricket Ground, Football Club, Bow Bridge and Goose Green including Ulverston Road, Queen Street, Littlefields, Beckside Road, Station Road, Market Street, Glenfield and Garden Lea
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2024 8.3 km
• Butts Beck, Fire Station, King Street, Prince Street, Dale Terrace, Nursery Gardens, Meadow Grove, Beckside Rd, Chapel Street, Rawlinson Street, Underwood Terrace at Goose Green
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2019 8.5 km

Recorded floods near Haverigg

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

• 30 Sep 2017 — Millom Flooding - 30 September 2017 Other
• 1 Feb 2002 — Flooding 01_02_2002
• 24 Oct 2000 — Flooding 24_10_2000
• 1 Feb 1997 — Flooding 01_02_1997 Main river

Rainfall near Haverigg

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (7.5 km away), recorded 3.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 33.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 35 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Haverigg

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

High likelihood (10)

Medium likelihood (1)

Low likelihood (2)

Very low likelihood (7)

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.