Does Newcastle upon Tyne flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Newcastle upon Tyne

Ordnance Survey places 89 postcodes in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 733 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 Newcastle upon Tyne

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Newcastle upon Tyne watch Ouse Burn, River Pont, River Team.

• Gosforth
  Ouse Burn · 1.4 km away 0.27 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Crag Hall
  Ouse Burn · 1.7 km away 0.06 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Woolsington
  Ouse Burn · 4.7 km away 0.02 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Callerton Lane
  River Pont · 8.5 km away 0.05 mASD
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago
• Team Valley
  River Team · 9.8 km away 0.21 m
  normal range · steady · 32 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Newcastle upon Tyne'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 Newcastle upon Tyne

13 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Newcastle upon Tyne. The EA has issued 102 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 18 Apr 2026.

• Ouseburn, its tributaries and north bank tributaries of the Tyne estuary
  20 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 1.3 km
• Properties around Easedale Avenue, Melton Park, The Fairway, Bridge Park, Fencer Court, Charleswood, Burnside Road, Whitebridge Walk, Celandine Close, and Killingworth Road 1.4 km
• Properties around Acomb Crescent, Milford Gardens, Princes Road including Princes Close, Waterbury Road, The Fairway, Burnside Road, Saxilby Drive, Whitebridge Parkway, Charleswood, Fernwood Avenue, Briarwood Avenue, South Gosforth and Jesmond Vale 1.7 km
• Properties around Willowbay Drive, Glamis Avenue, Briarwood Avenue, Killingworth Road, North Lodge, and Jesmond Vale 2.9 km
• Properties around Woolsington Bridge, The Oval, and Brunton Lane
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2012 3.1 km
• Properties around Foundry Lane, Lime Street and Ouse Street 4.4 km
• Tyne estuary from Wylam to the North Sea coast, including Watergate Car Park at Newcastle Quayside
  70 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2026 5.7 km
• Properties at Derwenthaugh Industrial Estate, Festival Way and Enterprise Park at Dunston, and Whickham Junction at Dunston including Waterside Drive and Cross Lane, and properties at Scotswood Road 5.8 km
• Properties at the Hannington Works on Longrigg Road, Swalwell including J R Adams and Stadium Packing Services, and properties at Toll Bridge Road at Derwenthaugh
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Apr 2024 6.2 km
• Properties and low lying areas around Wood Street, Farriers Way, Lintzford, Riverside Way, The Copse, Bates Lane, Hexham Road, and The Sands Industrial Estate
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2012 6.9 km
• Properties at Willington Boat Club, Wincomblee Estates in Walker, Newcastle Quayside from Wetherspoon's Pub to Broad Chare, Brama Teams Industrial Park, Ravensworth Road and Clockwork MOT at Clockmill Road
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 6.9 km
• Properties around The Pavilion, Hexham Road, and The Covers 7.1 km

Recorded floods near Newcastle upon Tyne

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

• 19 Oct 2023 — Prestwick Carrs Storm Babet October 2023 Ordinary watercourse
• 5 Dec 2013 — Wallsend Riverside Sea
• 5 Dec 2013 — St Omers Haugh, Newcastle Quayside, North Shields Sea
• 5 Aug 2013 — August 2013 Flooding
• 27 Nov 2011 — Newcastle Quayside Sea
• 1 Sep 2009 — Killingworth
• 17 Jul 2009 — Ouse Burn Main river
• 6 Sep 2008 — Brunton Park Drainage
• 6 Sep 2008 — Ouseburn Main river
• 6 Sep 2008 — River Derwent Rural Main river
• 6 Sep 2008 — Whitebridge Park, Gosforth, surface water Sewer
• 6 Sep 2008 — Killingworth, North Tyneside Drainage

…and 24 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Newcastle upon Tyne

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.0 km away), recorded 1.3 mm in the last 24 hours and 10.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 1 h ago).

At-risk postcodes in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

High likelihood (34)

Medium likelihood (13)

Low likelihood (40)

Very low likelihood (2)

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.