Does Matlock flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 35 postcodes in Matlock 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 521 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 Matlock

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Matlock watch Bentley Brook, River Derwent, River Hipper.

• Matlock Lumsdale Rd
  Bentley Brook · 1.3 km away 0.36 m
  29 min ago
• Matlock
  River Derwent · 1.5 km away 0.87 m
  normal range · falling · 29 min ago
• Chatsworth
  River Derwent · 8.9 km away 1.28 m
  normal range · 29 min ago
• Holymoorside
  River Hipper · 9.9 km away 0.07 m
  normal range · 29 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Matlock'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 Matlock

8 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Matlock. The EA has issued 46 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 1 Jan 2024.

• River Derwent at Matlock including Matlock Green and Old Matlock
  no warning on record since 2006 0.9 km
• River Derwent at Matlock Bath including High Tor Colour Works and riverside gardens
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 1.9 km
• River Derwent at Darley Dale including Stankirk, Flatts Farm and other isolated properties
  13 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 3.2 km
• River Derwent at Darley Bridge including Bridge Farm
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 3.4 km
• River Derwent at Whatstandwell including Cromford, Lea Wood, Lathkill Lane, Alsop Lane and Lea Lane
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 4.7 km
• River Derwent at Churchtown and Northwood including Harrison Way
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 5.0 km
• Rivers Wye and Derwent at Rowsley including the Sewage Farm, the Wye Farm and the Recreational Ground
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 7.3 km
• River Derwent at Ambergate including properties around Ripley Road
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2023 10.0 km

Recorded floods near Matlock

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Matlock, 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 — Darley Bridge October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Matlock Bath October 2023 Main river
• 2 Feb 1984 — River Wye, February 1984 Main river
• 1 Feb 1970 — Derwent Feb 1970 Main river
• 1 Dec 1965 — Derwent December 1965 Main river
• 1 Dec 1965 — River Wye, December 1965 Main river
• 1 Dec 1965 — 1965 Derwent Matlock & Matlock Bath Main river
• 1 Jan 1965 — 1965 Lower Trent - Duffield Main river
• 1 Dec 1960 — Derwent Matlock Dec 1960 Main river
• 1 Mar 1947 — Fluvial Trent March 1947 Main river
• 1 Jan 1947 — Derwent 1947 Main river
• 1 Jan 1947 — River Amber 1947 Main river

Rainfall near Matlock

Matlock gets about 955 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 104 mm; driest May, 59 mm). That is 18% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 3.2 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (8.2 km away), recorded 1.8 mm in the last 24 hours and 41.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 29 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Matlock

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

High likelihood (19)

Medium likelihood (5)

Low likelihood (11)

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.