Bridlington Flood Risk

Rivers and the sea Low a 0.1% to 1% chance in any year

Surface water 2,216 addresses at risk that rivers and sea does not explain — a minimum, not a total

Groundwater Not mapped No national band is published for this source

Reservoirs Not mapped No national band is published for this source

Bridlington has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1.7% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 4.3 km away.

Bridlington has 34,239 residents and 19,486 homes. Ranked 1498 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near Bridlington Right Now?

-0.276 m within its typical range

Gauge: Boynton, Boynton
Distance: 4.3 km from the centre of Bridlington
Typical range: 0 m to 0.7 m
Reading taken: 20 Sept, 14:00 UTC

Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 0.788 m , reached on 6 January 2013.

All gauges on this river

What Does Bridlington's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

1.3% of postcodes in Bridlington sit in Flood Zone 3, the planning band for land with a 1% or greater annual chance of river flooding or 0.5% or greater of sea flooding — and the map that draws it deliberately ignores flood defences.

The flood risk band for rivers and the sea is Low , with 1.7% of homes in a Medium or High band. Unlike the Flood Zone, the band counts the defences that are actually in place, which is why the two can describe the same street differently and both be right.

Flood Zone versus flood risk band: the full comparison

Which Postcode Districts Cover Bridlington?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Bridlington. The band is the one shared by most of that district's postcodes, so it describes the district rather than a single street — enter a full postcode in the checker for one address. A district can cover more than one town, and the district pages linked from the checker are keyed to the town that holds most of its postcodes.

Postcode districts covering Bridlington, with the flood risk band shared by most of each district's postcodes. A district can span more than one local area, so its band is a summary and not a property-level answer.
Postcode district	Postcodes here	Rivers and sea band	Surface water addresses
YO16	611	Low	1,405
YO15	288	Low	811

What Else Is Near Bridlington?

Other places on the Gypsey Race, nearest to Bridlington first.

Filey flood risk 13.1 km away · Not mapped for rivers and the sea

Gypsey Race levels Every gauge and live reading on this river
Flood risk in England How this nation classifies flood risk, and its gaps
What each flood risk level means The annual chance behind each band word