Does Heanor flood?

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.

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.

• Eastwood
  Beauvale Brook · 1.9 km away 0.24 mASD
  normal range · steady · 2 h ago
• Shipley Gate
  River Erewash · 2.5 km away 1.16 mASD
  normal range · steady · 25 min ago
• Smithy Houses
  Bottle Brook · 6.0 km away 0.29 mASD
  below normal · steady · 25 min ago
• Pinxton
  River Erewash · 7.0 km away 0.07 mASD
  normal range · steady · 25 min ago
• Belper
  Coppice Brook · 8.3 km away 0.07 mASD
  normal range · steady · 25 min ago
• Hucknall
  Baker Lane Brook · 8.6 km away 0.36 mASD
  normal range · steady · 40 min ago
• Wingfield Park
  River Amber · 9.2 km away 0.28 mASD
  normal range · rising · 25 min ago
• Trowell
  Boundary Brook · 9.5 km away 0.34 mASD
  normal range · steady · 25 min ago
• Bulwell
  River Leen · 9.8 km away 0.31 mASD
  normal range · steady · 25 min ago

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.

Flood warning areas near Heanor

21 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Heanor. The EA has issued 455 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 3 Sep 2026.

• Bailey Brook at Langley 0.5 km
• River Erewash at Langley Mill including Shipley Gate
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 1.0 km
• Beauvale Brook and Nether Green Brook at Eastwood 2.0 km
• River Erewash at Jacksdale including B6016 Pye Hill Road
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 3.2 km
• River Erewash at Ironville including Nottingham Lane and Victoria Street
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 4.8 km
• River Erewash at Pye Bridge including the Willows at Alfreton Road and the Sewage Works
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 5.8 km
• River Erewash at Ilkeston including the Depot and Viaduct at Cossall Common and Ilkeston Junction
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 5.9 km
• Bottle Brook at Rawsons Green including properties around Prospect House
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 6.4 km
• Tributaries of the River Erewash including Golden Brook, Beauvale Brook, Bailey Brook, Boundary Brook and Golden Stream close to the border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
  48 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 6.9 km
• River Erewash at Pinxton including the Sewage Works and properties around the ponds
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 7.2 km
• Bottle Brook and tributaries from Denby to the River Derwent at Little Eaton
  106 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jun 2026 7.3 km
• Bottle Brook at Lower Kilburn including Coxbench and Horsley
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 7.9 km

Recorded floods near Heanor

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

• 16 Oct 2023 — Eastwood October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Jacksdale October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Ilkeston October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Langley Mill October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Cossall October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Ironville October 2023 Main river
• 10 Nov 2000 — Lower Trent - 10 Nov 2000 Main river
• 14 Jun 2000 — 20000614 Main river
• 1 Jan 1978 — Erewash 1978 Main river
• 26 Feb 1977 — Erewash 26th Feb 1977 Main river
• 26 Feb 1977 — Erewash 26th Feb 1977_Rejected Main river
• 25 Feb 1977 — Erewash 25th Feb 1977 Main river

…and 11 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Heanor

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (5.5 km away), recorded 1.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 18.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 40 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)

Medium likelihood (4)

Low likelihood (6)

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.