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Does Sherburn in Elmet flood?

North Yorkshire
60postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
9river gauges within 10 km
3tidal gauges within 10 km
13years 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 Sherburn in Elmet

Ordnance Survey places 60 postcodes in Sherburn in Elmet 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 1,104 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High78787
Medium109183
Low43926548
Very low000
All bands601,104718

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 Sherburn in Elmet

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Sherburn in Elmet watch Aire Washlands, River Wharfe, The Fleet, River Ouse, River Aire, Wash Dike.

Distances are from the middle of Sherburn in Elmet'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 Sherburn in Elmet

The nearest watercourse on the river map is Bishop Dike, about 40 m from the middle of Sherburn in Elmet's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Ouse about 9.1 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 Bishop Dike nearest the middle of Sherburn in Elmet'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 Sherburn in Elmet

26 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Sherburn in Elmet. The EA has issued 262 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 23 Jan 2026.

Recorded floods near Sherburn in Elmet

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Sherburn in Elmet, 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 3 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Sherburn in Elmet

Sherburn in Elmet gets about 609 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 61 mm; driest February, 41 mm). That is 48% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.5 km from the place centre.

At-risk postcodes in Sherburn in Elmet

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

High likelihood (7)

LS25 6GTLS25 6PPLS25 6PQLS25 6QRLS25 6QSLS25 6RDLS25 6RG

Medium likelihood (10)

LS25 6DXLS25 6DYLS25 6EPLS25 6GNLS25 6JLLS25 6LTLS25 6PNLS25 6PULS25 6PWLS25 6QT

Low likelihood (43)

LS25 6DULS25 6DZLS25 6ENLS25 6ESLS25 6EWLS25 6FBLS25 6FDLS25 6FNLS25 6GPLS25 6GQLS25 6GRLS25 6GSLS25 6GULS25 6GWLS25 6GXLS25 6GYLS25 6GZLS25 6JHLS25 6JZLS25 6LELS25 6NALS25 6NBLS25 6NFLS25 6NGLS25 6NSLS25 6NWLS25 6NZLS25 6PBLS25 6PDLS25 6PGLS25 6PJLS25 6PLLS25 6PXLS25 6QALS25 6QBLS25 6QDLS25 6QELS25 6QGLS25 6QPLS25 6QQLS25 6QULS25 6QWLS25 6QX

Postcode districts

LS25 · 60

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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