Does Torksey Lock flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 25 postcodes in Torksey Lock 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 591 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 Torksey Lock

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Torksey Lock watch River Trent, River Till.

• Torksey Tidal
  River Trent · 0.7 km away 3.18 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 28 min ago
• Squires Bridge
  River Till · 7.6 km away 1.12 m
  normal range · 28 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Torksey Lock'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 Torksey Lock

12 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Torksey Lock. The EA has issued 260 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 14 Mar 2026.

• River Trent at Torksey including Marton and Newton
  no warning on record since 2006 2.8 km
• River Trent from Cromwell Weir to Gainsborough including The Flood Road, A156, Dunham Road and Gainsborough Road
  192 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 3.0 km
• River Trent at Laneham and Church Laneham including farms nearby
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 3.5 km
• River Trent at Dunham-on-Trent including junction on Low Street and Upper Row to Manor Farm
  10 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 4.3 km
• River Trent at Cottam including Coates, Littleborough and North Leverton with Habblesthorpe
  no warning on record since 2006 4.7 km
• River Trent at Fledborough and Ragnall including The Gables
  no warning on record since 2006 6.4 km
• River Trent at North Clifton and South Clifton including Wheatholme
  no warning on record since 2006 7.2 km
• The River Till and its Tributaries upstream of the Till Washlands
  20 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 7.2 km
• River Trent at Spalford, Wigsley and Harby including properties at North Scarle and Kettlethorpe
  no warning on record since 2006 7.6 km
• The Fossdyke canal from Torksey Lock to Lincoln and the River Till from the Till Washlands. Tributaries may also affect Saxilby, Harby, Wigsley, and Skellingthorpe
  34 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 8.1 km
• Low lying areas around Saxilby and Skellingthorpe
  no warning on record since 2006 8.3 km
• River Trent at Lea and areas around Lea Marshes Main Drain and Humble Carr Drain
  no warning on record since 2006 9.2 km

Recorded floods near Torksey Lock

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

• 2 Jan 2024 — Torksey to Lea January 2024 Main river
• 2 Jan 2024 — Torksey January 2024 Main river
• 2 Jan 2024 — Dunham to Torksey January 2024 Main river
• 2 Jan 2024 — South Clifton January 2024 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Laneham October 2023 Main river
• 18 Jan 2021 — 2021 January Flood Incident - Storm Christoph Main river
• 15 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis Drainage
• 7 Nov 2019 — 2019 November Flood Incident Main river
• 12 Nov 2000 — Lower Trent 12 Nov 2000 Main river
• 1 Feb 1977 — Tidal Trent 1977 Main river
• 1 Mar 1947 — Tidal Trent March 1947 DNL Main river
• 1 Mar 1947 — Tidal Trent 1947

…and 4 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Torksey Lock

Torksey Lock gets about 624 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month June, 67 mm; driest March, 35 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), 1.6 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (7.1 km away), recorded 3.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 29.2 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 43 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Torksey Lock

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

High likelihood (18)

Medium likelihood (5)

Low likelihood (2)

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.