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Does Staveley flood?

Westmorland and Furness
36postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
11river gauges within 10 km
15years with a mapped flood record within 5 km
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Flood warnings in force near Staveley

From the Environment Agency (England). Always check the GOV.UK Check for Flooding service or call Floodline on 0345 988 1188.

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

Ordnance Survey places 36 postcodes in Staveley 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 380 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High21210
Medium148763
Low18259171
Very low22211
All bands36380255

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 Staveley

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Staveley watch River Gowan, River Kent, River Sprint, River Mint, Stock Beck, Trout Beck, Blind Beck, Windermere.

Distances are from the middle of Staveley'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 Staveley

The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Gowan, about 130 m from the middle of Staveley's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Kent about 450 m 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 the River Gowan nearest the middle of Staveley'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 Staveley

16 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Staveley. The EA has issued 522 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 26 Oct 2026.

Recorded floods near Staveley

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Staveley, 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 21 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Staveley

Staveley gets about 1,715 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 209 mm; driest April, 88 mm). That is 47% wetter than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.2 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (5.7 km away), recorded 20.3 mm in the last 24 hours and 115.7 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 24 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Staveley

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

High likelihood (2)

LA8 9LPLA8 9ND

Medium likelihood (14)

LA8 9ANLA8 9JFLA8 9LNLA8 9LRLA8 9LULA8 9LWLA8 9LYLA8 9LZLA8 9NALA8 9NBLA8 9NFLA8 9NWLA8 9PLLA8 9QJ

Low likelihood (18)

LA8 9JQLA8 9LTLA8 9LXLA8 9NELA8 9NGLA8 9NSLA8 9NTLA8 9NULA8 9NXLA8 9NZLA8 9PALA8 9PBLA8 9PFLA8 9PSLA8 9QHLA8 9QRLA8 9QWLA8 9QZ

Very low likelihood (2)

LA8 9JGLA8 9PQ

Postcode districts

LA8 · 36

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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