Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands) Flood Risk

Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands) has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 0.2% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 3.5 km away.

Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands) has 11,084 residents and 5,388 homes. Ranked 2679 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands) Right Now?

0.178 m within its typical range
Gauge
Upper Tean, Upper Tean
Distance
3.5 km from the centre of Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands)
Typical range
0.039 m to 0.4 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 1.934 m , reached on 6 November 2000.

All gauges on this river

When Has Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands) Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 1 recorded flood outlines covering Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands), the most recent dated 30 November 1977.

Absence of a record is not evidence that a place has never flooded — the Environment Agency states that a lack of coverage does not mean an area has never flooded.

What Does Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands)'s Flood Risk Classification Mean?

0% of postcodes in Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands) 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 0.2% 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 Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands)?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands). 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 Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands), 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
ST10 284 Low 427

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