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Does Ilkeston flood?

Derbyshire
30postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
11river gauges within 10 km
11years 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 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.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High1616955
Medium62814
Low814629
Very low011
All bands3034499

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.

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.

The watercourse nearest Ilkeston

The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Erewash, about 460 m from the middle of Ilkeston's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Trent about 14 km downstream. (Erewash Canal is nearer, about 380 m, but a canal is not followed.)

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 the River Erewash nearest the middle of Ilkeston'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 Ilkeston

36 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Ilkeston. The EA has issued 629 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 24 Oct 2026.

Recorded floods near Ilkeston

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Ilkeston, 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 10 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Ilkeston

Ilkeston gets about 719 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 72 mm; driest March, 47 mm). That is 38% 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 (5.2 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 40.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 52 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)

DE7 4AZDE7 4BUDE7 4RFDE7 5BPDE7 5BXDE7 5EEDE7 5EPDE7 5RFDE7 5TEDE7 5TFDE7 5TGDE7 5TNDE7 5TSDE7 5TTDE7 5UADE7 8JF

Medium likelihood (6)

DE7 4AWDE7 4BGDE7 4SEDE7 5EQDE7 5UDDE7 8JT

Low likelihood (8)

DE7 4LYDE7 4RGDE7 4SHDE7 5BNDE7 5HXDE7 5TBDE7 5TDDE7 5UE

Postcode districts

DE7 · 30

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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