Filey Flood Risk

Filey has no mapped rivers-and-sea flood risk: neither the national risk assessment nor the planning Flood Zone map covers it. That is not a statement that Filey cannot flood — this figure covers rivers and the sea only, and surface water flooding is not included. The nearest gauge is 13.1 km away.

Filey has 6,624 residents and 3,702 homes. Ranked equal 3078 of 7,114 — the places where the national risk assessment maps no rivers-and-sea exposure for any home, so the position is a tie rather than a low score.

What Is The River Level Near Filey Right Now?

-0.276 m within its typical range
Gauge
Boynton, Boynton
Distance
13.1 km from the centre of Filey
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

When Has Filey Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 1 recorded flood outlines covering Filey, the most recent dated 18 July 2007.

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 Filey's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

0% of postcodes in Filey 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 not mapped here, which means the national assessment finds no rivers-and-sea exposure for Filey's homes rather than a low amount of it. That is a statement about rivers and the sea only: surface water flooding is not included, and it is the larger source nationally.

Flood Zone versus flood risk band: the full comparison

Which Postcode Districts Cover Filey?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Filey. 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 Filey, 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
YO14 213 Low 677

What Else Is Near Filey?

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