Does Oakham flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 20 postcodes in Oakham 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 67 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.

Flood warning areas near Oakham

1 Environment Agency flood warning area lies within 10 km of Oakham.

• Properties near Barleythorpe Brook including Kestrel Road and Nightingale Way, and properties near the River Gwash including Derwent Drive and Kings Close in Oakham 0.5 km

Recorded floods near Oakham

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

• 31 Oct 2000 — Wreake October 2000 Main river
• 10 Apr 1998 — Wreake April 1998 Main river
• 9 Apr 1998 — LNA_1998_April_River Welland Main river
• 23 Feb 1977 — Wreake 1977 Main river

Rainfall near Oakham

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.3 km away), recorded 1.1 mm in the last 24 hours and 11.4 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 32 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Oakham

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

High likelihood (4)

Medium likelihood (4)

Low likelihood (11)

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.