Does Morecambe flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 494 postcodes in Morecambe 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 7,767 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 Morecambe

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Morecambe watch River Lune, Burrow Beck, River Conder, Whitley Beck.

• Lancaster Quay Tidal
  River Lune · 2.8 km away 2.23 m
  rises and falls with the tide · 31 min ago
• Skerton Weir Structure
  River Lune · 4.1 km away 0.71 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 31 min ago
• Burrow Beck
  Burrow Beck · 5.8 km away 0.12 m
  normal range · rising · 31 min ago
• Heysham Tidal
  Tide · 6.0 km away -2.06 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 46 min ago
• Glasson Dock Tidal
  River Lune · 7.8 km away 0.86 m
  rises and falls with the tide · 31 min ago
• Caton
  River Lune · 8.7 km away 0.50 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Galgate
  River Conder · 9.5 km away 0.21 m
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Stoney Lane
  Whitley Beck · 9.7 km away No recent reading
  last reported 10 Sep 2026 14:00

Distances are from the middle of Morecambe'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 Morecambe

26 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Morecambe. The EA has issued 289 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 5 Apr 2026.

• Great Hestham, Torrisholme and Bare 0.6 km
• Marine Road East, Elm Grove, Elms Road, Promenade, Marine Road Central, the Leisure Park and Jetty 0.8 km
• Marine Road West and Sandylands Promenade
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2024 1.8 km
• Low lying land including Lune Industrial Estate, Properties off and Including Lune Street and Lancaster Cricket Club 3.0 km
• Warton, Carnforth, Crag Bank, Bolton-le-Sands, Hest Bank, Bare, Torrisholme, Great Hestham and Heysham Harbour
  16 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 3.5 km
• Low lying land including properties on St Georges Quay, River Street and Damside Street 3.6 km
• Low lying land including Our Lady's Catholic College and properties off and including Lune Street, Earl Street, Greyhound Bridge Road, Morecambe Road and Owen Road
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2018 3.8 km
• Low lying land including properties off and including Damside Street, North Road, Parliment Street, Kingsway, The Ramparts and Aldren Lane, Lansil Industrial Estate and Riverside Industrial Estate
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Dec 2015 4.1 km
• Marine Drive and Poultry Houses
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2014 4.1 km
• Lancashire coastline at Hest Bank 4.3 km
• Low lying land including Lansil Way, Riverside Industrial Estate and Halton Training Camp
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 4.8 km
• The Shore, Red Bank Farm and Red Bank House 5.0 km

Recorded floods near Morecambe

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

• 10 Aug 2020 — Lentworth Drive Main river
• 4 Aug 2020 — Lentworth Drive Main river
• 9 Feb 2020 — Aldrens Lane
• 9 Feb 2020 — Lansil Way
• 22 Nov 2017 — Church Brow
• 22 Nov 2017 — Green Lane
• 22 Nov 2017 — Hatlex Lane
• 22 Nov 2017 — Heysham Road
• 22 Nov 2017 — Willow Lane
• 22 Nov 2017 — Aldren's Lane
• 22 Nov 2017 — St Georges Quay
• 22 Nov 2017 — Blea Tarn Road

…and 53 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Morecambe

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (0.8 km away), recorded 0.5 mm in the last 24 hours and 45.2 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 31 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Morecambe

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

High likelihood (39)

Medium likelihood (37)

Low likelihood (186)

Very low likelihood (232)

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.