Does Holbeach flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 249 postcodes in Holbeach 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 5,261 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 Holbeach

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Holbeach watch River Glen.

• Fosdyke Bridge Tidal
  Tide · 8.5 km away -0.41 mASD
  rises and falls with the tide · 31 min ago
• Surfleet Sluice Structure
  River Glen · 9.0 km away 0.84 mASD
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 31 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Holbeach'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 Holbeach

7 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Holbeach. The EA has issued 47 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 7 Feb 2026.

• Holbeach, Fleet, Gedney and surrounding areas including Holbeach St Johns and Sutton St Edmund 4.4 km
• Tidal flooding from the Right Bank of the River Welland in parts of Spalding, Low Fulney and Moulton Common 6.2 km
• Fulney to Fosdyke Bridge including Wykeham, Wragg Marsh, Spalding Marsh, Surfleet Marsh and Moutlon Marsh
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2013 7.5 km
• Wash Frontage and the left bank of the Tidal River Nene from Wisbech to Holbeach St Matthew, including Tydd Gote and Gedney Drove End 8.2 km
• Far extent of tidal flooding from the Wash between Gibraltar point and Admiralty Point and the Tidal River Witham, the Tidal River Welland and the Tidal River Nene
  12 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2007 8.5 km
• Areas near the tidal River Welland, tidal River Nene, and the Wash frontage from Fossdyke Wash to Terrington Marsh
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2025 8.6 km
• River Glen at Surfleet Reservoir during high tide periods
  24 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 9.1 km

Rainfall near Holbeach

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (1.0 km away), recorded 0.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 4.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 46 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Holbeach

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

Medium likelihood (10)

Low likelihood (219)

Very low likelihood (20)

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.