Does Pocklington flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 66 postcodes in Pocklington 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 474 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 Pocklington

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Pocklington watch Pocklington Beck, Bielby Beck, Blackfoss Beck, River Derwent.

• Pocklington
  Pocklington Beck · 0.4 km away 0.00 m
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Thornton Lock Structure
  Bielby Beck · 6.1 km away 0.08 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 27 min ago
• Sandhill Bridge
  Blackfoss Beck · 7.9 km away 0.08 m
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Elvington Sluices Structure
  River Derwent · 9.9 km away 5.61 mAOD
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 27 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Pocklington'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 Pocklington

2 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Pocklington. The EA has issued 15 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 5 Jan 2025.

• Properties on and adjacent to Main Street also including properties at Canal Head
  11 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 0.2 km
• Properties in Bielby
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 5.1 km

Recorded floods near Pocklington

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

• 18 Jan 2021 — 2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph Main river
• 15 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis Drainage
• 8 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara Main river
• 7 Nov 2019 — 2019 November Flood Incident Main river
• 25 Dec 2015 — December 2015 Flood Event Main river
• 25 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Flood Event (Hull and East Riding)
• 30 Oct 2000 — Autumn 2000 Event
• 1 Dec 1978 — 1978 Flood Event

At-risk postcodes in Pocklington

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

High likelihood (3)

Medium likelihood (23)

Low likelihood (28)

Very low likelihood (12)

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.