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Does Oakenshaw flood?

Bradford
24postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
12river gauges within 10 km
6years with a mapped flood record within 5 km
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What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Oakenshaw

Ordnance Survey places 24 postcodes in Oakenshaw 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 106 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High5108
Medium73834
Low125850
Very low000
All bands2410692

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 Oakenshaw

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Oakenshaw watch Low Moor Beck, Blacup Beck, Clifton Beck, Spen Beck, Lands Beck, Batley Beck, River Calder, Bradford Beck, River Colne.

Distances are from the middle of Oakenshaw'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.

The watercourse nearest Oakenshaw

The nearest watercourse on the river map is Toad Holes Beck, about 30 m from the middle of Oakenshaw's at-risk postcodes. It flows into Low Moor Beck about 140 m downstream.

A gauge downstream shows water that has already passed this point; one upstream sees it first. Distances along the river are from the point on Toad Holes Beck nearest the middle of Oakenshaw's at-risk postcodes. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Flood warning areas near Oakenshaw

39 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Oakenshaw. The EA has issued 319 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 11 Feb 2026.

Recorded floods near Oakenshaw

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Oakenshaw, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

Rainfall near Oakenshaw

Oakenshaw gets about 850 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 89 mm; driest May, 54 mm). That is 27% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 0.7 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (7.4 km away), recorded 3.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 31.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 48 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Oakenshaw

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

High likelihood (5)

BD12 7BUBD12 7ERBD12 7HGBD12 7HTBD12 7HX

Medium likelihood (7)

BD12 7AABD12 7ABBD12 7ANBD12 7AUBD12 7DHBD12 7DWBD12 7HS

Low likelihood (12)

BD12 7ADBD12 7AJBD12 7ALBD12 7APBD12 7BXBD12 7DABD12 7DBBD12 7DDBD12 7DJBD12 7DQBD12 7EXBD12 7HH

Postcode districts

BD12 · 24

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.

Flood-risk bands: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.

Recorded Flood Outlines, flood warning areas and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

River levels and rainfall: Environment Agency real-time flood-monitoring data, updated every 15 minutes (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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