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Does Stoke-on-Trent flood?

City of Stoke-on-Trent
219postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
8river gauges within 10 km
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What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Stoke-on-Trent

Ordnance Survey places 219 postcodes in Stoke-on-Trent 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 2,723 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High44230115
Medium37395275
Low1382,0981,738
Very low000
All bands2192,7232,128

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 Stoke-on-Trent

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Stoke-on-Trent watch Fowlea Brook, River Trent, Lyme Brook, River Blithe, Ford Green Brook.

Distances are from the middle of Stoke-on-Trent'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 Stoke-on-Trent

The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Trent, about 100 m from the middle of Stoke-on-Trent's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Humber about 263 km downstream. (Trent and Mersey Canal is nearer, about 40 m, but a canal is not followed.)

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 Trent nearest the middle of Stoke-on-Trent'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 Stoke-on-Trent

10 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Stoke-on-Trent. The EA has issued 96 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 23 Oct 2026.

Recorded floods near Stoke-on-Trent

None mapped within ~5 km of Stoke-on-Trent.

No recorded outline within ~5 km of Stoke-on-Trent means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record. Open the recorded-floods map →

Rainfall near Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent gets about 864 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 91 mm; driest April, 53 mm). That is 26% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.4 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (10.6 km away), recorded 8.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 82.4 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 43 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Stoke-on-Trent

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

High likelihood (44)

ST1 3HPST1 3HTST1 3JEST1 5NJST1 6AFST2 9AGST2 9JGST3 3AYST3 3AZST3 3BAST4 1AEST4 1AGST4 1ALST4 1AQST4 1AWST4 1AZST4 1BSST4 1HGST4 1HHST4 1JHST4 1JNST4 1QDST4 1QEST4 2AGST4 2XQST4 2YJST4 4HPST4 4HWST4 7LRST4 7RLST4 7RWST4 8ABST4 8AXST4 8NSST4 9TGST4 9THST4 9TJST4 9TLST4 9TNST4 9TPST6 1NGST6 4NUST6 4PBST6 8BJ

Medium likelihood (37)

ST1 3JBST1 3JDST1 5PEST3 2AHST3 2ELST3 2EUST3 2EWST3 2EZST3 3AXST4 1AHST4 1DXST4 1DZST4 1EAST4 1EGST4 1EHST4 1EZST4 1JPST4 1LEST4 1LPST4 1PRST4 1PUST4 1QGST4 2HUST4 2NLST4 4DNST4 4FAST4 4FTST4 6NBST4 7AYST4 7BBST4 7RRST4 7RXST4 7RYST4 8GHST4 8HHST4 8LJST4 8NU

Low likelihood (138)

ST1 3JAST1 3JFST1 3NHST1 3PBST1 5GPST1 5PJST1 5SEST1 6LEST2 8ATST2 8AUST2 8AYST2 8AZST2 8BEST2 8BHST2 8BPST2 8BSST2 8BUST2 8BWST2 8BXST2 8DDST2 9DHST3 2BFST3 2BJST3 2ETST3 2EYST3 6HPST4 1AAST4 1BLST4 1BUST4 1DJST4 1DQST4 1DRST4 1DSST4 1DTST4 1DYST4 1EBST4 1EDST4 1EEST4 1EFST4 1EJST4 1HLST4 1HNST4 1HPST4 1HSST4 1JBST4 1JFST4 2DFST4 2DHST4 2HSST4 2RPST4 4AAST4 4ADST4 4AHST4 4AJST4 4ALST4 4ARST4 4ASST4 4ATST4 4AUST4 4AWST4 4AXST4 4BTST4 4DPST4 4DQST4 4DRST4 4DTST4 4DUST4 4DXST4 4DYST4 4DZST4 4EAST4 4EDST4 4EEST4 4EFST4 4EHST4 4EJST4 4ELST4 4ENST4 4EQST4 4EZST4 4FEST4 4FFST4 4FGST4 4FHST4 4FJST4 4FLST4 4HBST4 4HEST4 4HFST4 4QBST4 4QXST4 4RUST4 4SYST4 7AWST4 7PUST4 7SHST4 8BEST4 8BXST4 8DGST4 8DHST4 8DQST4 8DXST4 8DYST4 8DZST4 8ERST4 8FAST4 8FDST4 8FJST4 8FNST4 8FQST4 8FRST4 8FZST4 8GFST4 8GSST4 8HSST4 8HZST4 8JJST4 8JQST4 8RSST4 8RTST4 8SWST4 8TDST4 8TEST4 8TXST4 8TYST4 8TZST4 8UBST4 8UDST4 8UFST4 8XDST4 8XJST6 1NDST6 4LYST6 4NDST6 4NEST6 4NFST6 4NPST9 9LG

Postcode districts

ST1 · 16ST2 · 15ST3 · 14ST4 · 163ST6 · 10ST9 · 1

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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