Does Little Eaton flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 22 postcodes in Little Eaton 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 374 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 Little Eaton

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Little Eaton watch River Derwent, Markeaton Brook, River Ecclesbourne, Bottle Brook, Coppice Brook.

• Derby City
  River Derwent · 4.6 km away 0.69 m
  normal range · rising · 35 min ago
• Derby Bridge Street
  Markeaton Brook · 5.0 km away 0.91 m
  normal range · 35 min ago
• Duffield
  River Ecclesbourne · 5.4 km away 0.35 m
  normal range · rising · 35 min ago
• Smithy Houses
  Bottle Brook · 6.3 km away 0.36 m
  normal range · 35 min ago
• Belper
  Coppice Brook · 6.8 km away 0.63 m
  normal range · rising · 35 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Little Eaton'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 Little Eaton

26 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Little Eaton. The EA has issued 434 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 28 Aug 2026.

• River Derwent at Little Eaton including Duffield and Alfreton Roads
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 0.3 km
• Bottle Brook at Little Eaton including Alfreton Road riverside properties
  no warning on record since 2006 1.0 km
• River Derwent at Duffield Church, Village Hall and other isolated properties
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 2.5 km
• River Derwent at Allestree Ford Lane Bridge and Darley Abbey Park including Haslam's Lane and Ford Lane Caravan Park
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 2.6 km
• River Derwent at the Folly Road area of Darley Abbey
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 2.9 km
• Rivers Ecclesbourne and Derwent at Duffield including Duffield Bridge properties
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 2.9 km
• River Derwent from Rowsley to the River Trent at Shardlow
  128 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 3.0 km
• River Ecclesbourne in Derbyshire including Snake Lane, Duck Island and Wirksworth Road
  41 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 3.2 km
• Bottle Brook at Lower Kilburn including Coxbench and Horsley
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 3.4 km
• Bottle Brook and tributaries from Denby to the River Derwent at Little Eaton
  108 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jun 2026 3.9 km
• River Derwent at Milford including Foundry Lane properties, Riverside Garden Centre and Bowling Green
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 4.1 km
• River Derwent at Racecourse Park and surrounding areas of Chaddesden, including Meteor Centre Park and Ride
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 4.3 km

Recorded floods near Little Eaton

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Little Eaton, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

• 16 Oct 2023 — Kilburn October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Allestree October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Little Eaton October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Coxbench October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Derby October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Darley Abbey October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Duffield October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Denby Bottles October 2023 Main river
• 1 Feb 1977 — February 1977 (Lower Trent) Main river
• 1 Jan 1977 — Bottle Brook 1977 Main river
• 1 Jan 1967 — Ecclesbourne 1967 Main river
• 1 Dec 1965 — Derwent December 1965 Main river

…and 15 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Little Eaton

Little Eaton gets about 745 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 76 mm; driest April, 49 mm). That is 36% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.8 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (6.7 km away), recorded 7.8 mm in the last 24 hours and 42.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 35 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Little Eaton

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

High likelihood (3)

Low likelihood (14)

Very low likelihood (5)

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.