Does Newbiggin-by-the-Sea flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

Ordnance Survey places 40 postcodes in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea 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 462 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 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea watch North Sea.

• Blyth Tidal
  North Sea · 6.3 km away -0.39 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 50 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea'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 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

4 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. The EA has issued 12 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 8 Oct 2024.

• Properties located on roads and streets adjacent to Crawford Street, Hodgsons Road, Croft Road, Regent Street, Union Street, Bridge Street and Princess Louise Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Dec 2013 6.2 km
• Properties at Blyth Quayside and around Battleship Wharf, Wordsell Street and Dale Street in North Blyth, and properties around West Bridge Street and Selbourne Terrace in Cambois
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2013 6.2 km
• Properties at Bothal Village, Sheepwash Bank, Sheepwash Gardens and The Bungalow at Sheepwash
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 6.6 km
• Coastal rivers in South Northumberland including the River Lyne, Sleek Burn and Seaton Burn
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 7.8 km

Recorded floods near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

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

• 5 Dec 2013 — Blyth Sea
• 6 Sep 2008 — Lower River Wanseck Main river
• 1 Jan 1900 — Sleekburn Main river
• 1 Jan 1900 — Newbiggen Sea
• 1 Jan 1900 — Lynemouth Sea

Rainfall near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (1.2 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 5.2 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 35 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

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

High likelihood (11)

Medium likelihood (3)

Low likelihood (25)

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.