Does Staindrop flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 23 postcodes in Staindrop 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 188 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 Staindrop

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Staindrop watch River Gaunless, Oakley Cross Beck, River Tees.

• Lowlands
  River Gaunless · 4.5 km away 0.07 m
  normal range · steady · 1 h ago
• Copley
  River Gaunless · 6.2 km away No recent reading
  last reported 10 Sep 2026 05:45
• Ramshaw Mill
  River Gaunless · 6.3 km away 0.04 m
  below normal · steady · 46 min ago
• Oakley Cross Beck
  Oakley Cross Beck · 7.2 km away 0.21 m
  normal range · steady · 46 min ago
• Spring Gardens Dam Structure
  River Gaunless · 7.2 km away 0.50 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 46 min ago
• West Auckland
  River Gaunless · 8.0 km away 0.13 m
  normal range · steady · 46 min ago
• Barnard Castle
  River Tees · 9.1 km away 0.42 m
  normal range · steady · 46 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Staindrop'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 Staindrop

6 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Staindrop. The EA has issued 56 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 11 Feb 2026.

• Properties and low lying areas around The Mill and Haggerleazes Farm 6.2 km
• Properties and low lying areas around Chapel Street, Copeland Road, Darlington road, Front Street, Katrine Walk, Lomond Walk, Montieth Close, New Street, Leven Road, Robson Road, Oakley Grange, Oakley Manor, Oakley Green and Staindrop Road 7.8 km
• Properties and low lying areas around Arnold Street, Bishops Court, Eden Grove, Fieldon Grove, Meadow View, River Walk, Station Road and Toadpool 7.8 km
• Properties and low lying areas around The Nursery, Station Road and Front Street 8.0 km
• River Gaunless and its tributaries
  55 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 8.7 km
• Properties at Deepdale Gardens, Bridge End Flats along The Sills including White Swan Cottage, Banners Mill and Thorngate, including Thorngate Wynd and Thorngate Place
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Feb 2022 9.1 km

Recorded floods near Staindrop

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

• 18 Jul 2009 — Craggwood Caravan Park Main river
• 20 Aug 2004 — The Fallows, Cockfied, unsurveyed Ordinary watercourse
• 20 Aug 2004 — Butterknowle , The Slack unsurveyed Ordinary watercourse
• 20 Aug 2004 — The Slack at Butterknowle Ordinary watercourse
• 4 Jun 2000 — Lowlands Main river
• 4 Jun 2000 — Butterknowle Ordinary watercourse
• 28 Jan 1995 — 1995 Flood Event
• 1 Jan 1900 — Butterknowle Main river
• 1 Jan 1900 — Lowlands Main river
• 1 Jan 1900 — Evenwood Bridge Main river

Rainfall near Staindrop

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (5.2 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 7.4 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 46 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Staindrop

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

High likelihood (4)

Medium likelihood (6)

Low likelihood (13)

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.