Compare towns by surface-water flood coverage

Explore the share of town land mapped at high or medium surface-water flood risk, grouped by coverage rather than ranked.

NaFRA2 RoFSW v202509 · 6,807 eligible towns

How to read this comparison

These figures measure town land area, not homes affected. Zero mapped high-or-medium coverage is not flood-free: lower-probability flooding is excluded, and the map cannot settle an individual property’s risk.

Eligibility, ordering and limitations

A complete, published controlled present-day RoFSW result for the town. Missing results are excluded, never treated as zero.

We add the High and Medium category areas intersecting each ONS built-up-area boundary. High means at least a 3.3% annual chance; Medium means at least 1% but below 3.3%. Their combined coverage therefore describes mapped land with at least a 1% annual chance. We use present-day mapping, not a future climate-change scenario.

The coverage groups are Kerbside presentation thresholds, not Environment Agency probability categories. Towns are alphabetical without ranks. We retain four-decimal precision for grouping and display a positive share below 0.01% as <0.01%, not zero. Missing controlled results are excluded.

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105 matching towns from 6,807 eligible towns. Alphabetical listing; no ranks.

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Compare towns by surface-water flood coverage
TownHigh / medium land areaCoverage band
KilhamEast Riding of Yorkshire1.17%1% to below 5%
Langtoft (East Riding of Yorkshire)East Riding of Yorkshire9.85%5% or more
LeconfieldEast Riding of Yorkshire6.40%5% or more
Leven (East Riding of Yorkshire)East Riding of Yorkshire2.46%1% to below 5%
Little WeightonEast Riding of Yorkshire0.76%Above 0%, below 1%
Long RistonEast Riding of Yorkshire7.38%5% or more
LundEast Riding of Yorkshire1.04%1% to below 5%
Market WeightonEast Riding of Yorkshire6.89%5% or more
Melbourne (East Riding of Yorkshire)East Riding of Yorkshire1.91%1% to below 5%
Middleton-on-the-WoldsEast Riding of Yorkshire3.87%1% to below 5%
NaffertonEast Riding of Yorkshire2.02%1% to below 5%
Newport (East Riding of Yorkshire)East Riding of Yorkshire3.35%1% to below 5%
North CaveEast Riding of Yorkshire1.87%1% to below 5%
North FerribyEast Riding of Yorkshire2.62%1% to below 5%
North FrodinghamEast Riding of Yorkshire5.23%5% or more
North NewbaldEast Riding of Yorkshire0.75%Above 0%, below 1%
NunkeelingEast Riding of Yorkshire9.52%5% or more
OttringhamEast Riding of Yorkshire6.25%5% or more
PatringtonEast Riding of Yorkshire4.75%1% to below 5%
Patrington HavenEast Riding of Yorkshire3.56%1% to below 5%
PaullEast Riding of Yorkshire3.00%1% to below 5%
PocklingtonEast Riding of Yorkshire3.98%1% to below 5%
PollingtonEast Riding of Yorkshire5.24%5% or more
Preston (East Riding of Yorkshire)East Riding of Yorkshire9.67%5% or more
RawcliffeEast Riding of Yorkshire2.29%1% to below 5%

Environment Agency · NaFRA2 RoFSW v202509. Source details

How is this different from Flood Zone 3?

Surface-water flooding happens when rainwater cannot drain away or soak into the ground. Flood Zone 3 is a separate river-and-sea planning measure. Neither town-wide land percentage tells you whether a particular home will flood; check the exact address.

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Data sources

Dates below distinguish the period represented by the data from when the source was collected and published here. How we use these sources

Risk of Flooding from Surface WaterEnvironment Agency · NaFRA2 RoFSW v202509
Data version
NaFRA2 RoFSW v202509
Source published
17 September 2025
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
as needed
Towns with a published result
6,807

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: 5ebbae90-38ab-4f73-abc7-b515beec4ae8. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.