Does Thorne flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 249 postcodes in Thorne 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 4,864 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 Thorne

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Thorne watch River Don, Green Dyke, River Went, Snaith Ings.

• Fishlake Tidal
  River Don · 2.0 km away 1.59 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 34 min ago
• Fishlake Woodhouse Ings (Temporary)
  Green Dyke · 4.8 km away 0.96 mAOD
  below normal · steady · 49 min ago
• Went Outfall Structure
  River Went · 5.8 km away 1.12 mAOD
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 34 min ago
• Kirk Bramwith Tidal
  River Don · 7.1 km away 1.91 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 34 min ago
• Topham Ferry Bridge
  River Went · 8.0 km away 0.77 m
  normal range · rising · 34 min ago
• Snaith Ings
  Snaith Ings · 9.6 km away 0.37 m
  normal range · falling · 34 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Thorne'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 Thorne

23 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Thorne. The EA has issued 153 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 6 Feb 2026.

• Thorne including Land Ends Road, Selby Road, Waterside and the sewage works
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Nov 2019 1.4 km
• Moorends from Inglemoor Farm to North Common Farm and Wilkinson Avenue, including the sports ground 2.1 km
• Fosterhouses including Pinfold Lane, Millfield Road, Hayes Lane, Geeseness Lane. Wormley Hill including Wormley Hill Lane and Cowick Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Nov 2019 3.5 km
• Fishlake including Trundle Lane, Far Bank Lane, East Field Road, Dirty Lane, Main Street, Church Lane, Grove Road, Pinfold Lane, Sour Lane and Wood Lane
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 3.7 km
• Stainforth including the area bounded by River Don, Doncaster Road, East Lane, Emerson Avenue, Field Road, Oldfield Crescent, the railway line and the M18 motorway
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 4.1 km
• Goole including Rawcliffe Bridge, Johnny Moor Long Lane, Greenland Lane, New Bridge and Bankside 5.4 km
• Braithwaite including Low Lane, Pear Tree Close, Braithwaite Lane, Willow Bridge Lane, Top Lane, Plumtree Hill Road and properties at Stainforth Bridge
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 5.8 km
• Tidal Trent for the wider floodplain between Gainsborough and the Humber confluence, including Doncaster, Wroot, Sandtoft, Eastoft, Goole, Crowle, Scotter and Scunthorpe
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Feb 2020 6.4 km
• Pollington, Eskholme, Marsh Hills, Mawson Green and Pincheon Green
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Nov 2019 6.6 km
• South Bramwith including Bramwith Lane, Hall Lane and Low Lane
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 6.9 km
• Kirk Bramwith including Chequer Lane, Low Lane and Top Lane
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 7.1 km
• Topham Ferry, Sykehouse including Chapel Lane from Topham Ferry House to Sunny Manse
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 7.7 km

Recorded floods near Thorne

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

• 20 Feb 2022 — 2022 February Flood Incident -Storm Dudley, Eunice and Franklin Ordinary watercourse
• 18 Jan 2021 — 2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph Main river
• 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
• 25 Dec 2015 — December 2015 Flood Event Main river
• 25 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Flood Event (Ridings Area)
• 15 Jun 2007 — June 2007 Surface Water Flooding Yorkshire Other
• 8 Nov 2000 — 123 Autumn 2000 Main river
• 7 Nov 2000 — 123 Autumn 2000 Main river
• 6 Nov 2000 — 123 Autumn 2000 Main river
• 1 Feb 1995 — 123 February 1995 - River Went Main river

…and 1 earlier recorded flood on the map.

Rainfall near Thorne

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (7.0 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 10.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 34 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Thorne

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

High likelihood (25)

Medium likelihood (52)

Low likelihood (19)

Very low likelihood (153)

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.