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Does Thorpe Willoughby flood?

North Yorkshire
28postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
7river gauges within 10 km
5tidal gauges within 10 km
14years with a mapped flood record within 5 km
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What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Thorpe Willoughby

Ordnance Survey places 28 postcodes in Thorpe Willoughby 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 297 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High000
Medium000
Low53014
Very low23267241
All bands28297255

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 Thorpe Willoughby

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Thorpe Willoughby watch Selby Dam, River Ouse, River Aire, Roall Dyke, Wheelan Dyke, Aire Washlands, West Bank Pond, River Wharfe, The Fleet.

Distances are from the middle of Thorpe Willoughby'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 Thorpe Willoughby

The nearest watercourse on the river map is Town Dike, about 130 m from the middle of Thorpe Willoughby's at-risk postcodes. It flows into Selby Dam about 290 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 Town Dike nearest the middle of Thorpe Willoughby'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 Thorpe Willoughby

30 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Thorpe Willoughby. The EA has issued 235 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 23 Jan 2026.

Recorded floods near Thorpe Willoughby

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Thorpe Willoughby, 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 17 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Thorpe Willoughby

Thorpe Willoughby gets about 619 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 62 mm; driest March, 40 mm). That is 47% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.3 km from the place centre.

At-risk postcodes in Thorpe Willoughby

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

Low likelihood (5)

YO8 9LSYO8 9LTYO8 9PZYO8 9SEYO8 9UA

Very low likelihood (23)

YO8 9FPYO8 9FXYO8 9FZYO8 9GDYO8 9HJYO8 9LXYO8 9LYYO8 9NDYO8 9NYYO8 9PAYO8 9PBYO8 9PDYO8 9PEYO8 9PFYO8 9PGYO8 9PNYO8 9PQYO8 9PRYO8 9PYYO8 9SNYO8 9TNYO8 9TQYO8 9TS

Postcode districts

YO8 · 28

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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