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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48 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
AlkboroughNorth Lincolnshire0.85%Above 0%, below 1%
AlthorpeNorth Lincolnshire2.55%1% to below 5%
AmcottsNorth Lincolnshire11.20%5% or more
ApplebyNorth Lincolnshire0.87%Above 0%, below 1%
Barnetby le WoldNorth Lincolnshire3.48%1% to below 5%
Barrow upon HumberNorth Lincolnshire3.68%1% to below 5%
Barton-upon-HumberNorth Lincolnshire3.98%1% to below 5%
Belton (North Lincolnshire)North Lincolnshire7.31%5% or more
BonbyNorth Lincolnshire0.43%Above 0%, below 1%
BriggNorth Lincolnshire8.89%5% or more
Broughton (North Lincolnshire)North Lincolnshire2.25%1% to below 5%
BurringhamNorth Lincolnshire2.90%1% to below 5%
Burton upon StatherNorth Lincolnshire1.28%1% to below 5%
Crowle (North Lincolnshire)North Lincolnshire3.96%1% to below 5%
EalandNorth Lincolnshire4.46%1% to below 5%
East HaltonNorth Lincolnshire8.32%5% or more
EastoftNorth Lincolnshire2.27%1% to below 5%
ElshamNorth Lincolnshire3.73%1% to below 5%
EpworthNorth Lincolnshire6.19%5% or more
Ferriby SluiceNorth Lincolnshire5.21%5% or more
GarthorpeNorth Lincolnshire1.92%1% to below 5%
GoxhillNorth Lincolnshire3.97%1% to below 5%
GunnessNorth Lincolnshire10.00%5% or more
HaxeyNorth Lincolnshire4.33%1% to below 5%
HibaldstowNorth Lincolnshire4.12%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
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Towns with a published result
6,807

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