York Flood Risk

Rivers and the sea Low a 0.1% to 1% chance in any year

Surface water 8,538 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

York has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 4.5% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 0.3 km away.

York has 139,641 residents and 64,464 homes. Ranked 849 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near York Right Now?

0.662 m within its typical range

Gauge: Viking Recorder, York
Distance: 0.3 km from the centre of York
Typical range: 0.045 m to 1.9 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 5.4 m , reached on 4 November 2000.

All gauges on this river

When Has York Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 46 recorded flood outlines covering York, the most recent dated 19 March 2020.

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 York's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

6.4% of postcodes in York 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 4.5% 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 York?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside York. 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 York, 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
YO31	690	Low	1,875
YO24	671	Low	1,507
YO30	526	Low	1,944
YO10	523	Low	1,243
YO26	413	Low	796
YO1	361	Medium	484
YO23	197	High	645
YO19	28	Low	43
YO32	3	High	1

What Else Is Near York?

River Ouse levels Every gauge and live reading on this river
Flood risk in England How this nation classifies flood risk, and its gaps
What each flood risk level means The annual chance behind each band word