Flood Risk In Lincolnshire

11.5% of homes in Lincolnshire are in a Medium or High flood risk band, across 384,195 dwellings. It ranks 1 of 21 English counties.

Rivers and the sea Medium a 1% to 3.3% chance in any year

Surface water 26,086 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

The county band is the aggregate of its 7 districts: 7,438 homes at High, 36,692 at Medium, 92,745 at Low and 8,552 at Very Low — summing to the 145,427 homes at risk this page opens with.

Towns In Lincolnshire, Ranked By Flood Risk

1 Spalding Medium 81.5% of homes at Medium or High
2 Coningsby and Tattershall High 37.5% of homes at Medium or High
3 Gainsborough Medium 13.2% of homes at Medium or High
4 Lincoln Medium 11.2% of homes at Medium or High
5 Mablethorpe Low 5.3% of homes at Medium or High
6 Washingborough and Heighington Medium 2.6% of homes at Medium or High
7 Ruskington Low 1.7% of homes at Medium or High
8 Horncastle Low 1.6% of homes at Medium or High
9 Grantham Low 1.4% of homes at Medium or High
10 North Hykeham Low 0.8% of homes at Medium or High
11 Bourne Medium 0.7% of homes at Medium or High
12 Louth Low 0.6% of homes at Medium or High
13 Stamford Low 0.3% of homes at Medium or High
14 Sleaford Low 0.2% of homes at Medium or High
15 Deeping St James Very low 0% of homes at Medium or High
16 Bracebridge Heath Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High
17 Market Deeping Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High
18 Waddington (North Kesteven) Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High

Ranked within England only. Each town's figure counts its own homes, so the shares are comparable with each other but not with towns in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Which Rivers Run Through Lincolnshire?

Rivers with a gauged station in one of the towns ranked above. Each river page carries every gauge on it and the live level at each.

River Trent levels 17 gauging stations on this river
River Witham levels 15 gauging stations on this river
River Welland levels 9 gauging stations on this river
River Bain levels 3 gauging stations on this river
River Slea levels 3 gauging stations on this river
River Waring levels 1 gauging station on this river
Ruskington Beck levels 1 gauging station on this river

How Does Lincolnshire Compare With Other English Counties?

Lincolnshire ranks 1 of 21 English counties for the share of homes in a Medium or High flood risk band. That is above the median county, at 1.8%. The comparison covers the 21 shire counties only — the 132 unitary authorities, including Bristol, York and Sheffield, have no county above them and so take no rank here.

A county figure is an aggregate of its districts, and districts differ sharply: a fenland district and an upland one in the same county can sit at opposite ends of the national ranking. Compare the towns above rather than the county total where it matters.

Share of homes in a Medium or High band, from the Environment Agency's national assessment. The method · The national picture