Cleveleys Flood Risk
Cleveleys has a Very low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1.1% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 4.7 km away.
Cleveleys has 11,061 residents and 5,925 homes. Ranked 1844 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Cleveleys Right Now?
Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 1.757 m , reached on 1 January 2025.
Why Are Parts Of Cleveleys In Flood Zone 3 But Rated Low Risk?
17% of postcodes in Cleveleys fall in Flood Zone 3, but the flood risk band for rivers and the sea is verylow. The two maps measure different things: the Flood Zone ignores defences, and the band counts them.
When Has Cleveleys Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 1 recorded flood outlines covering Cleveleys, the most recent dated 12 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 Cleveleys's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
17% of postcodes in Cleveleys 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 Very low , with 1.1% 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.
Cleveleys is one of the places where they disagree most in England: a large share of its postcodes are in Flood Zone 3, yet few of its homes carry a Medium or High band. The gap is the defences — land the planning map must treat as floodplain, behind a barrier that lowers the present-day chance of flooding.
Which Postcode Districts Cover Cleveleys?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Cleveleys. 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: every district here overlaps another place, so the checker may name a neighbouring town for some of these postcodes.
| Postcode district | Postcodes here | Rivers and sea band | Surface water addresses |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY5 | 270 | Low | 359 |
What Else Is Near Cleveleys?
Other places on the Horsebridge Dyke, nearest to Cleveleys first.