Does Hogsthorpe flood?
What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Hogsthorpe
Ordnance Survey places 31 postcodes in Hogsthorpe 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 600 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.
| EA likelihood band | Postcodes (worst band) | Properties in the EA dataset | of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | 5 | 55 | 25 |
| Medium | 12 | 139 | 85 |
| Low | 14 | 406 | 333 |
| Very low | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All bands | 31 | 600 | 443 |
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 Hogsthorpe
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Boygrift Tidal
Tide · 7.5 km away 2.46 mAOD
rises and falls with the tide · 37 min ago
Distances are from the middle of Hogsthorpe'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 Hogsthorpe
Two mapped watercourses are about the same distance from the middle of Hogsthorpe's at-risk postcodes: Willoughby High Drain (about 740 m) and Wyche Drain (about 740 m), so this page cannot say which one is nearer to you.
- Willoughby High DrainNext gauge downstream CHAPEL ST LEONARDS GS, about 3.0 km along the river.
- Wyche DrainFlows into Willoughby High Drain about 10 m downstream; next gauge downstream CHAPEL ST LEONARDS GS, about 3.0 km along the river.
Distances along the river are from the point on each watercourse nearest the middle of Hogsthorpe'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 Hogsthorpe
10 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Hogsthorpe. The EA has issued 31 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 22 Oct 2025.
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Chapel St Leonards and Hogsthorpe including the A52, Sea Lane, Maiden Lane and Stone's Lane
2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2017 1.0 km -
Anderby, Thurlby, Mumby, Cumberworth, Helsey and Listoft including Sea Road, Long Lane and Willoughby Road
no warning on record since 2006 2.8 km -
Anderby Creek to Chapel St Leonards frontage including Anderby Road
2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2017 2.9 km -
Ingoldmells and Addlethorpe including Marsh Lane and Southings Lane
2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2017 3.4 km -
Ingoldmells frontage including Roman Bank, Laver Leisure Holiday Home Park and Butlins
3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2017 5.4 km -
Trusthorpe, Sutton on Sea, Huttoft Bank frontage, Sandilands and Roman Bank
2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2017 7.5 km -
Bilsby to Thorpe St Peter including Bonthorpe, Sloothby, Orby, Burgh le Marsh and Irby in the Marsh
no warning on record since 2006 8.0 km -
Skegness including Seathorne, Winthorpe, Lincoln Road, the A158, the A52 and Seacroft
2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2017 8.5 km -
Tidal flooding of areas near the Lincolnshire coastline from Tetney Haven to Gibraltar Point
18 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2025 8.6 km -
Properties near the Little River Lymn and Cowcroft Drain in Croft
no warning on record since 2006 9.9 km
Recorded floods near Hogsthorpe
Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Hogsthorpe, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →
- 5 Dec 2013 — LNA_2013_12_Tidal_Witham_Haven Sea
- 31 Jan 1953 — LNA_1953_01_Lincolnshire Coastline Other
Rainfall near Hogsthorpe
Hogsthorpe gets about 634 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 64 mm; driest March, 37 mm). That is 45% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.1 km from the place centre.
The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (13.2 km away), recorded 3.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 56.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 37 min ago).
At-risk postcodes in Hogsthorpe
Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Hogsthorpe that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.
High likelihood (5)
Medium likelihood (12)
Low likelihood (14)
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.
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.