Does Moorends flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 112 postcodes in Moorends 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 2,371 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 Moorends

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Moorends watch River Don, River Went, Green Dyke, Snaith Ings, River Aire, Gowdall Ings, River Ouse.

• Fishlake Tidal
  River Don · 3.3 km away 1.59 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 34 min ago
• Went Outfall Structure
  River Went · 4.3 km away 1.12 mAOD
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 34 min ago
• Fishlake Woodhouse Ings (Temporary)
  Green Dyke · 6.0 km away 0.96 mAOD
  below normal · steady · 49 min ago
• Topham Ferry Bridge
  River Went · 7.8 km away 0.77 m
  normal range · rising · 34 min ago
• Snaith Ings
  Snaith Ings · 7.8 km away 0.37 m
  normal range · falling · 34 min ago
• Kirk Bramwith Tidal
  River Don · 8.5 km away 1.91 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 34 min ago
• Carlton Bridge Tidal
  River Aire · 8.9 km away -0.31 m
  rises and falls with the tide · 34 min ago
• Gowdall Ings
  Gowdall Ings · 9.4 km away 0.97 m
  normal range · steady · 34 min ago
• Goole Tidal
  River Ouse · 9.6 km away -1.05 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 49 min ago
• Airmyn Tidal
  River Aire · 9.8 km away 3.07 m
  rises and falls with the tide · 34 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Moorends'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 Moorends

25 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Moorends. The EA has issued 140 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 23 Jan 2026.

• Moorends from Inglemoor Farm to North Common Farm and Wilkinson Avenue, including the sports ground 0.2 km
• Thorne including Land Ends Road, Selby Road, Waterside and the sewage works
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Nov 2019 2.0 km
• Goole including Rawcliffe Bridge, Johnny Moor Long Lane, Greenland Lane, New Bridge and Bankside 3.3 km
• Fosterhouses including Pinfold Lane, Millfield Road, Hayes Lane, Geeseness Lane. Wormley Hill including Wormley Hill Lane and Cowick Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Nov 2019 4.2 km
• Fishlake including Trundle Lane, Far Bank Lane, East Field Road, Dirty Lane, Main Street, Church Lane, Grove Road, Pinfold Lane, Sour Lane and Wood Lane
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 4.9 km
• Stainforth including the area bounded by River Don, Doncaster Road, East Lane, Emerson Avenue, Field Road, Oldfield Crescent, the railway line and the M18 motorway
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 5.7 km
• Pollington, Eskholme, Marsh Hills, Mawson Green and Pincheon Green
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Nov 2019 6.1 km
• Tidal Trent for the wider floodplain between Gainsborough and the Humber confluence, including Doncaster, Wroot, Sandtoft, Eastoft, Goole, Crowle, Scotter and Scunthorpe
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Feb 2020 6.5 km
• East Cowick and Lidgate including properties on Dowson's Lane, High Street, Back Lane and Goathead Lane
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Dec 2020 6.5 km
• Braithwaite including Low Lane, Pear Tree Close, Braithwaite Lane, Willow Bridge Lane, Top Lane, Plumtree Hill Road and properties at Stainforth Bridge
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 7.0 km
• The south bank of the River Ouse from Airmyn to Whitgift and the River Don and Dutch River from Thorne to Goole
  29 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 7.3 km
• Topham Ferry, Sykehouse including Chapel Lane from Topham Ferry House to Sunny Manse
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 7.4 km

Recorded floods near Moorends

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

• 18 Jan 2021 — 2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph Main river
• 15 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis Drainage
• 8 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara Main river
• 7 Nov 2019 — 2019 November Flood Incident Main river
• 25 Dec 2015 — December 2015 Flood Event Main river
• 25 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Flood Event (Ridings Area)
• 15 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Surface Water Flooding Yorkshire Other
• 8 Nov 2000 — 123 Autumn 2000 Main river
• 7 Nov 2000 — 123 Autumn 2000 Main river
• 6 Nov 2000 — 123 Autumn 2000 Main river
• 1 Feb 1995 — 123 February 1995 - River Went Main river
• 19 Mar 1947 — 123 March 1947 Main river

Rainfall near Moorends

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (7.7 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 10.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 34 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Moorends

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

High likelihood (1)

Medium likelihood (55)

Low likelihood (38)

Very low likelihood (18)

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.