Does Ilkeston flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 30 postcodes in Ilkeston 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 344 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 Ilkeston

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Ilkeston watch Boundary Brook, River Erewash, Tottle Brook, Beauvale Brook, Golden Brook, River Leen, Day Brook, River Trent, Baker Lane Brook.

• Trowell
  Boundary Brook · 3.1 km away 0.34 mASD
  normal range · steady · 24 min ago
• Shipley Gate
  River Erewash · 4.1 km away 1.19 mASD
  normal range · steady · 24 min ago
• Sandiacre
  River Erewash · 5.2 km away 0.15 mASD
  normal range · steady · 24 min ago
• Wollaton
  Tottle Brook · 5.5 km away 0.44 mASD
  normal range · steady · 24 min ago
• Eastwood
  Beauvale Brook · 6.1 km away No recent reading
  last reported 10 Sep 2026 10:15
• Breaston
  Golden Brook · 7.5 km away 0.34 mASD
  normal range · steady · 24 min ago
• Lenton
  River Leen · 7.9 km away 0.10 mASD
  normal range · steady · 24 min ago
• Bulwell
  River Leen · 8.5 km away 0.31 mASD
  normal range · steady · 24 min ago
• Day Brook
  Day Brook · 9.1 km away 0.03 mASD
  normal range · steady · 24 min ago
• Clifton Bridge
  River Trent · 9.9 km away 0.88 mASD
  normal range · rising · 24 min ago
• Hucknall
  Baker Lane Brook · 9.9 km away 0.36 mASD
  normal range · steady · 1 h ago

Distances are from the middle of Ilkeston'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 Ilkeston

36 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Ilkeston. The EA has issued 616 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 3 Sep 2026.

• River Erewash at Ilkeston including the Depot and Viaduct at Cossall Common and Ilkeston Junction
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 0.7 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 2.1 km
• River Erewash from Kirkby-in-Ashfield to the River Trent at Attenborough
  144 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2026 3.2 km
• River Erewash at Stapleford from the M1 to the playing fields south of Moorbridge Lane and Boundary Brook up to Trowell Road
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 3.3 km
• River Erewash at Stapleford from Crawford Avenue to Sandiacre Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 4.2 km
• River Erewash at Langley Mill including Shipley Gate
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 5.7 km
• River Erewash at Sandiacre including Station Road and the Depot by Bessell Lane
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 5.9 km
• Bailey Brook at Langley 5.9 km
• Beauvale Brook and Nether Green Brook at Eastwood 6.2 km
• Tottle Brook at Wollaton and Beeston including Wollaton Vale 6.4 km
• River Erewash at Long Eaton including properties around Bennett Street
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 7.3 km
• River Leen at Radford including properties around Triumph Road 7.6 km

Recorded floods near Ilkeston

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

• 16 Oct 2023 — Ilkeston October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Stapleford October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Sandiacre October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Cossall October 2023 Main river
• 10 Nov 2000 — Lower Trent - 10 Nov 2000 Main river
• 1 Jan 1978 — Erewash 1978 Main river
• 26 Feb 1977 — Fluvial Trent Feb 1977 Main river
• 26 Feb 1977 — Erewash 26th Feb 1977 Main river
• 25 Feb 1977 — Erewash 25th Feb 1977 Main river
• 23 Feb 1977 — Erewash 23rd Feb 1977 Main river
• 1 Dec 1965 — Derwent December 1965 Main river
• 5 Dec 1960 — Erewash December 1960 Main river

…and 10 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Ilkeston

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (5.2 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 18.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 24 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Ilkeston

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

High likelihood (16)

Medium likelihood (6)

Low likelihood (8)

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.