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Does Wombwell flood?

Barnsley
27postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
12river gauges within 10 km
8years 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 Wombwell

Ordnance Survey places 27 postcodes in Wombwell 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 634 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High17242172
Medium615393
Low4239197
Very low000
All bands27634462

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 Wombwell

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Wombwell watch River Dove, River Dearne, Knoll Beck, Brook Dike, River Don, Charlton Brook.

Distances are from the middle of Wombwell'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 Wombwell

Two mapped watercourses are about the same distance from the middle of Wombwell's at-risk postcodes: Bulling Dike (about 380 m) and the River Dove (about 440 m), so this page cannot say which one is nearer to you.

Distances along the river are from the point on each watercourse nearest the middle of Wombwell'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 Wombwell

21 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Wombwell. The EA has issued 167 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 31 Aug 2026.

Recorded floods near Wombwell

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Wombwell, 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 1 earlier recorded flood on the map.

Rainfall near Wombwell

Wombwell gets about 616 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month June, 64 mm; driest February, 39 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), 2.3 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (0.5 km away), recorded 1.9 mm in the last 24 hours and 27.1 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 25 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Wombwell

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

High likelihood (17)

S73 0BDS73 0BJS73 0BLS73 0BNS73 0BPS73 0BSS73 0BTS73 0BUS73 0BWS73 0BXS73 0UYS73 8AFS73 8DGS73 8EGS73 8FHS73 8FJS73 8HA

Medium likelihood (6)

S73 0BQS73 0USS73 0UTS73 0UXS73 8HRS73 8SW

Low likelihood (4)

S73 0BGS73 0UPS73 0UUS73 0WD

Postcode districts

S73 · 27

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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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