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Does Shipley flood?

Bradford
44postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
11river gauges within 10 km
9years 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 Shipley

Ordnance Survey places 44 postcodes in Shipley 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 673 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High137038
Medium95841
Low22545480
Very low000
All bands44673559

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 Shipley

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Shipley watch Bradford Beck, River Aire, River Worth, Low Moor Beck, River Wharfe.

Distances are from the middle of Shipley'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 Shipley

Two mapped watercourses are about the same distance from the middle of Shipley's at-risk postcodes: Bradford Beck (about 500 m) and the River Aire (about 520 m), so this page cannot say which one is nearer to you.

Distances along the river are from the point on each watercourse nearest the middle of Shipley'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 Shipley

19 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Shipley. The EA has issued 127 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 11 Feb 2026.

Recorded floods near Shipley

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Shipley, 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 4 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Shipley

Shipley gets about 897 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 101 mm; driest May, 56 mm). That is 23% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.0 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.5 km away), recorded 5.7 mm in the last 24 hours and 57.2 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 29 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Shipley

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

High likelihood (13)

BD17 7ADBD17 7AJBD17 7ANBD17 7APBD17 7AZBD17 7TSBD18 2BZBD18 2DDBD18 2DEBD18 2LRBD18 3LABD18 4BEBD2 1AG

Medium likelihood (9)

BD17 7BPBD17 7BTBD18 2AWBD18 2FABD18 3LDBD18 3TPBD18 4BBBD18 4BDBD18 4HH

Low likelihood (22)

BD17 7ABBD17 7BSBD17 7DDBD17 7DFBD17 7DGBD17 7EABD17 7EBBD17 7EDBD17 7EEBD17 7EFBD17 7EGBD17 7EJBD17 7ENBD17 7ETBD18 2AXBD18 2AYBD18 2DABD18 2FBBD18 3BDBD18 3LXBD18 3LZBD18 4BH

Postcode districts

BD2 · 1BD17 · 22BD18 · 21

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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