Does Penrith flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 69 postcodes in Penrith 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 700 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 Penrith

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Penrith watch Thacka Beck, River Eamont, River Lowther, Dacre Beck, Ullswater, River Eden.

• White House Gardens, Penrith
  Thacka Beck · 0.5 km away 0.20 m
  normal range · steady · 50 min ago
• Watson Terrace Structure
  Thacka Beck · 0.5 km away 0.00 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 35 min ago
• Thacka Beck Reservoir Structure
  Thacka Beck · 1.1 km away -0.01 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 50 min ago
• Eamont Bridge Farm
  River Eamont · 1.5 km away 0.36 m
  normal range · rising · 50 min ago
• Eamont Bridge
  River Lowther · 1.8 km away 0.45 m
  normal range · steady · 50 min ago
• Udford New
  River Eamont · 5.9 km away 0.54 m
  normal range · steady · 35 min ago
• Pooley Bridge
  River Eamont · 6.7 km away 0.38 m
  normal range · rising · 50 min ago
• Dacre Bridge
  Dacre Beck · 6.7 km away 0.25 m
  below normal · steady · 50 min ago
• Pooley Bridge Steamer Pier
  Ullswater · 7.6 km away 1.40 m
  normal range · rising · 50 min ago
• Temple Sowerby
  River Eden · 9.1 km away 0.25 m
  normal range · steady · 50 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Penrith'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 Penrith

6 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Penrith. The EA has issued 38 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 20 Sep 2025.

• Properties in Watson Terrace, Duke Street, Penrith Town Centre, Victoria Road, Glasson Court and Carleton Hall
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Dec 2015 0.1 km
• Properties lying along River Eamont at Eamont Bridge, Old Post Office Row and Eamont Park
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2015 1.6 km
• Properties adjacent to the River Eamont at Eamont Bridge, including the Kemplay Foot, Skirsgill Lane and Southwaite Green Mill areas
  13 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 1.6 km
• Low lying roads, agricultural land & isolated properties adjacent the River Eden at Edenhall
  13 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2025 5.8 km
• Properties on Finkle Street, the B5320 and Heughscar Close
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2015 7.2 km
• Properties on the B5320 between Dunmallard Hill and the river, including the steamer pier
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2021 7.4 km

Recorded floods near Penrith

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

• 9 Feb 2020 — Storm Ciara 09_02_2020 Main river
• 9 Feb 2020 — Stoneybeck Storm Ciara 09/02/2020 Main river
• 9 Feb 2020 — Edenhall Langwathby Storm Ciara 09/02/2020 Main river
• 9 Feb 2020 — Clifton Storm Ciara 2020 Main river
• 9 Feb 2020 — Storm Ciara Brougham Castle 09-02-2020 Main river
• 5 Dec 2015 — Sockbridge Mill 05_12_2015 Main river
• 5 Dec 2015 — Newton Reigny 05_12_2015 Main river
• 5 Dec 2015 — Melkinthorpe 05_12_2015 Main river
• 5 Dec 2015 — Holme Head 05_12_2015 Main river
• 5 Dec 2015 — Edenhall & Langwathby 05_12_2015 Main river
• 5 Dec 2015 — Eamont Bridge & Brougham 05_12_2015 Main river
• 19 Nov 2009 — Sockbridge November 2009 flooding Main river

…and 19 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Penrith

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (2.4 km away), recorded 1.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 19.9 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 1 h ago).

At-risk postcodes in Penrith

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

High likelihood (5)

Medium likelihood (22)

Low likelihood (23)

Very low likelihood (19)

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.