Does Riccall flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 29 postcodes in Riccall 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 448 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 Riccall

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Riccall watch River Ouse, Selby Dam, River Wharfe, The Fleet, River Derwent.

• Cawood Tidal
  River Ouse · 4.5 km away 1.27 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 39 min ago
• Selby Westmill Tidal
  River Ouse · 5.3 km away -0.04 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 24 min ago
• Selby Dam Pumping Station Structure
  Selby Dam · 5.3 km away 2.04 mAOD
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 24 min ago
• Nun Appleton Fleet Pumping Station Tidal Structure
  River Wharfe · 6.7 km away 2.17 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 24 min ago
• Nun Appleton Fleet Pumping Station Structure
  The Fleet · 6.8 km away 0.49 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 24 min ago
• Naburn Lock Structure
  River Ouse · 7.0 km away 0.56 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 39 min ago
• Bubwith Bridge
  River Derwent · 8.8 km away 2.79 mAOD
  normal range · steady · 39 min ago
• Bolton Percy
  River Wharfe · 9.3 km away 5.12 mAOD
  below normal · steady · 39 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Riccall'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 Riccall

18 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Riccall. The EA has issued 344 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 23 Jan 2026.

• Properties on the East bank of the River Ouse near Riccall
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2021 0.8 km
• Properties on the south side of Main street in Kelfield
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2015 2.7 km
• Properties at Wistow and the surrounding areas including Wistow Lordship 3.0 km
• The tidal foreshore and agricultural land adjacent to the river in the Cawood, Kelfield, Wistow and Selby areas
  152 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 3.7 km
• Properties in Cawood village including Fostergate, Chestnut Road, Sherburn Street, Great Close, Ryther Road, Kings Street, Church End and Wistowgate
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2015 4.5 km
• Properties in Cawood Park including Ryther Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2024 5.2 km
• Properties on Back Lane in Acaster Selby
  22 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 5.4 km
• Properties around the old shipyards and the Westfield and Holmes areas of Selby, and in Barlby from Landing Lane to the A19 Bridge 5.9 km
• Properties adjacent to Selby Dam
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2021 5.9 km
• Properties on Main Street in Ryther and on Boggart Lane in Ozendyke
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2023 6.9 km
• Naburn Lock Buildings and Lock Cottages
  112 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 7.1 km
• Brayton including properties on Brayton Lane, Doncaster Road, Meadow Croft, Holmefield Close, Moss Green Lane, Baffam Court and Baffam Lane
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2024 7.6 km

Recorded floods near Riccall

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

• 20 Feb 2022 — 2022 February Flood Incident -Storm Dudley, Eunice and Franklin Main river
• 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
• 14 Mar 2019 — 2019 March Flooding Yorkshire Main river
• 25 Dec 2015 — December 2015 Flood Event Main river
• 24 Sep 2012 — September 2012 Flood Event Main river
• 15 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Surface Water Flooding Yorkshire Other
• 30 Oct 2000 — Autumn 2000 Event
• 28 Jan 1995 — 1995 Flood Event
• 21 Feb 1991 — 1991 Flood Event

…and 4 earlier recorded floods on the map.

At-risk postcodes in Riccall

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

High likelihood (24)

Low likelihood (5)

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.