Market Warsop Flood Risk

Market Warsop 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 Market Warsop cannot flood — this figure covers rivers and the sea only, and surface water flooding is not included. The nearest gauge is 1 km away.

Market Warsop has 6,978 residents and 3,249 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 Market Warsop Right Now?

0.18 m within its typical range
Gauge
Church Warsop, Market Warsop
Distance
1 km from the centre of Market Warsop
Typical range
0.15 m to 0.8 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 1.795 m , reached on 20 October 2023.

All gauges on this river

When Has Market Warsop Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 2 recorded flood outlines covering Market Warsop, the most recent dated 1 January 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 Market Warsop's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

0% of postcodes in Market Warsop 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 Market Warsop'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 Market Warsop?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Market Warsop. 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 districts covering Market Warsop, 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
NG20 172 Low 470

What Else Is Near Market Warsop?

Other places on the River Meden, nearest to Market Warsop first.