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Does Heanor flood?

Derbyshire
27postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
9river gauges within 10 km
9years 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 Heanor

Ordnance Survey places 27 postcodes in Heanor 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 353 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High1714462
Medium43420
Low617348
Very low022
All bands27353132

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 Heanor

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Heanor watch Beauvale Brook, River Erewash, Bottle Brook, Coppice Brook, Baker Lane Brook, River Amber, Boundary Brook, River Leen.

Distances are from the middle of Heanor'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 Heanor

The nearest watercourse on the river map is Bailey Brook, about 360 m from the middle of Heanor's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Erewash about 1.5 km 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 Bailey Brook nearest the middle of Heanor'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 Heanor

21 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Heanor. The EA has issued 466 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 4 Sep 2026.

Recorded floods near Heanor

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Heanor, 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 11 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Heanor

Heanor gets about 760 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 76 mm; driest May, 52 mm). That is 35% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.1 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (5.5 km away), recorded 0.4 mm in the last 24 hours and 36.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 29 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Heanor

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

High likelihood (17)

DE75 7LENG16 4AANG16 4ADNG16 4AENG16 4AFNG16 4AQNG16 4ARNG16 4AWNG16 4EDNG16 4EENG16 4EFNG16 4EGNG16 4EHNG16 4EWNG16 4FANG16 4HYNG16 4JE

Medium likelihood (4)

DE75 7JTDE75 7LDDE75 7TANG16 4AY

Low likelihood (6)

NG16 4BENG16 4BGNG16 4BNNG16 4BRNG16 4ELNG16 4HP

Postcode districts

DE75 · 4NG16 · 23

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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