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Does Rothwell flood?

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24postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
11river gauges within 10 km
1tidal gauge within 10 km
11years 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 Rothwell

Ordnance Survey places 24 postcodes in Rothwell 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 269 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High000
Medium000
Low24249233
Very low02020
All bands24269253

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 Rothwell

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Rothwell watch Oulton Beck, River Aire, Aire Washlands, River Calder, Wyke Beck.

Distances are from the middle of Rothwell'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 Rothwell

The nearest watercourse on the river map is Oulton Beck, about 540 m from the middle of Rothwell's at-risk postcodes. It flows into Aire and Calder Navigation about 2.2 km 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 Oulton Beck nearest the middle of Rothwell'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 Rothwell

42 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Rothwell. The EA has issued 369 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 23 Oct 2026.

Recorded floods near Rothwell

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

…and 6 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Rothwell

Rothwell gets about 670 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 66 mm; driest March, 46 mm). That is 42% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.7 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (8.4 km away), recorded 2.8 mm in the last 24 hours and 25.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 34 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Rothwell

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

Low likelihood (24)

LS26 0AULS26 0EGLS26 0QLLS26 0SXLS26 8DGLS26 8FZLS26 8GJLS26 8GQLS26 8JQLS26 8JULS26 8JXLS26 8LBLS26 8LDLS26 8PJLS26 8PULS26 8WPLS26 8WQLS26 8WRLS26 8WTLS26 8WULS26 8WWLS26 8WXLS26 8WYLS26 8WZ

Postcode districts

LS26 · 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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