Does Swinefleet flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 27 postcodes in Swinefleet 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 353 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 Swinefleet

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Swinefleet watch River Ouse, River Aire.

• Goole Tidal
  River Ouse · 2.5 km away 3.86 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 44 min ago
• Airmyn Tidal
  River Aire · 5.7 km away 4.34 m
  rises and falls with the tide · 29 min ago
• Blacktoft Tidal
  River Ouse · 7.3 km away 3.74 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 44 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Swinefleet'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 Swinefleet

14 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Swinefleet. The EA has issued 71 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 6 Nov 2025.

• Goole to Whitgift including Old Goole, Swinefleet, Reedness and Little Reedness. Includes isolated farms and rural areas between Goole and Whitgift
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 2.0 km
• Goole including industrial units within Ouse Dock, Aldam Dock, Ship Dock, Railway Dock, Stenhope Dock, South Dock and West Dock
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 2.9 km
• The south bank of the River Ouse from Airmyn to Whitgift and the River Don and Dutch River from Thorne to Goole
  29 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 3.2 km
• Rawcliffe, Rawcliffe Bridge and Rawcliffe Road between Rawcliffe and M62. Includes Rawcliffe Pastures, West Pasture Farm and Percy Lodge. Also includes large areas of Goole bounded by River Ouse, M62 and the docks
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 3.3 km
• Properties on the North Bank of the River Ouse between Saltmarshe and Howdendyke
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 3.5 km
• Swinefleet and Reedness Marshland including Quart Lane, Quay Lane, New Lane, Reading Gate, Old Lane Gate and King's Causeway
  no warning on record since 2006 4.7 km
• The Humber estuary from Faxfleet to Saltmarshe
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 5.3 km
• Airmyn including Bridge Road, High Street, Park Road and Parsons Walk
  no warning on record since 2006 5.5 km
• The tidal foreshore and agricultural land adjacent to the river from the A63 near Selby to the Yokefleet and Blacktoft areas.
  15 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 5.9 km
• Properties in the south and west of Howden, including the Buttfield Road and Langrick Avenue areas
  no warning on record since 2006 6.2 km
• River Trent at Crowle including isolated properties from the M180 to the Humber Confluence
  no warning on record since 2006 6.3 km
• Newland including Wood Lane, Mill Lane and Brier Lane. Includes Brickhill Farm, Mill Hill, Manor Farm and Lodge Farm
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Dec 2015 8.1 km

Recorded floods near Swinefleet

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Swinefleet, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

• 18 Jan 2021 — 2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph Drainage
• 15 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis Drainage
• 8 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara Main river
• 7 Nov 2019 — 2019 November Flood Incident Main river
• 5 Dec 2013 — East Coast Tidal Event 5th December 2013 Main river
• 25 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Flood Event (Ridings Area)
• 25 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Flood Event (Ridings Area)
• 15 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Surface Water Flooding Yorkshire Other
• 31 Oct 2000 — 123 Autumn 2000 Main river
• 30 Oct 2000 — Autumn 2000 Event
• 1 Feb 1995 — 123 February 1995 - Airmyn Main river
• 28 Jan 1995 — 1995 Flood Event Tidal

…and 1 earlier recorded flood on the map.

Rainfall near Swinefleet

Swinefleet gets about 626 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 63 mm; driest March, 37 mm). That is 46% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 0.6 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (10.9 km away), recorded 2.4 mm in the last 24 hours and 26.7 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 29 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Swinefleet

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

High likelihood (1)

Medium likelihood (1)

Low likelihood (1)

Very low likelihood (24)

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.