Does Maryport flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 56 postcodes in Maryport 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 470 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 Maryport

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Maryport watch River Ellen, River Derwent.

• Bull Gill
  River Ellen · 6.3 km away 0.33 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Seaton Mill, Barepot, Workington
  River Derwent · 7.0 km away 0.61 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Workington Tidal
  Tide · 8.2 km away -0.20 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 2 h ago
• Kingfisher, Cockermouth
  River Derwent · 9.8 km away 0.90 m
  normal range · rising · 31 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Maryport'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 Maryport

9 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Maryport. The EA has issued 196 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 4 Apr 2026.

• Area including North Pier, Maryport Marina and Dock, North and South Quay and Strand Street 0.7 km
• Silloth to St Bees Head including Whitehaven town centre, Whitehaven North Beach, Parton, Workington, Flimby and Maryport
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 3.2 km
• Low lying areas along the coast from Silloth to St Bees Head including Allonby, Maryport, Flimby, Workington, Parton and Whitehaven
  158 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2026 5.0 km
• Silloth to St Bees including Maryport, Flimby, Workington and Whitehaven
  18 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 5.2 km
• Low lying roads, agricultural land and isolated properties adjacent to the River Derwent at Camerton
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2021 5.8 km
• Low lying roads, agricultural land, commercial and residential properties adjacent to the River Derwent including Glenfield Place, Meadow Edge, Workington Hall Mill, Hall Brow and Curwen Park
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2025 7.3 km
• Properties in the Gote Road and St Leonards Lane and Close areas of Cockermouth liable to flooding from surface water
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Dec 2015 9.6 km
• Rivers Cocker and Derwent at Cockermouth, Cricket Ground, Trout Hotel and Market Street Car Parks, Hatters Croft
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2025 9.7 km
• Residential and commercial properties adjacent to the River Derwent at Cockermouth, including Derwent Mills, Derwentside Gardens, Riverside Terrace, Wakefield Road, St Leonard's Close, Gote Road, Spital Ing Lane and Low Road areas
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2015 9.8 km

Recorded floods near Maryport

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

• 9 Feb 2020 — Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 Main river
• 11 Oct 2017 — 11/10/2017 Surface Water Flooding - Crosshow Other
• 5 Dec 2015 — Flimby 05_12_2015
• 5 Dec 2015 — Maryport 05_12_2015 Other
• 5 Dec 2015 — Crosby, Maryport 05_12_2015 Main river
• 19 Nov 2009 — Rose Gill Mill November 2009 Flooding Main river
• 19 Nov 2009 — Great Broughton November 2009 flooding Main river
• 12 Oct 2005 — Rose Gill 12_10_2005 Main river
• 12 Oct 2005 — Maryport 12_10_2005 Main river
• 12 Oct 2005 — Dearham Bridge 12_10_2005 Main river
• 8 Jan 2005 — Dearham Bridge 08_01_2005 Main river
• 7 Jan 2005 — Maryport 08_01_2005 Main river

…and 4 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Maryport

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (14.3 km away), recorded 0.5 mm in the last 24 hours and 26.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 31 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Maryport

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

High likelihood (10)

Medium likelihood (16)

Low likelihood (29)

Very low likelihood (1)

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.