The short answer

Parts of Ashbourne and its surrounding watercourses have mapped flood history, but that does not mean the whole town floods. Henmore Brook and the nearby River Dove matter, while the risk to a particular home depends on its exact position, height and drainage.

This is an area-level explanation, not a prediction that an individual property will or will not flood.

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FloodRadar combines the official risk band, mapped flood history, nearby warning history, river behaviour and sources in a permanent report.

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What the public data says

Recorded flood outlines 1 mapped outline at the lookup point

This location is inside the recorded extent of 1 past flood (most recent: 1960), per EA Recorded Flood Outlines. Absence of a record does not mean a place has never flooded.

Nearby official messages 0 active warnings or alerts

38 flood warnings logged within 25 km since FloodRadar began recording in February 2026.

Nearest monitored river Henmore Brook · 0 km

The Ashbourne gauge is currently low and steady.

Rivers and gauges near Ashbourne

Does this mean it will flood?

No. Official likelihood maps, past flood outlines and nearby gauges answer different questions. A mapped past flood shows where water was recorded during a particular event; it does not prove every property inside the outline flooded. Equally, no mapped record does not prove a place has always stayed dry.

Ashbourne is too large for one town-wide yes-or-no verdict. Use an exact postcode to move from the general local picture to the relevant streets and nearby evidence.

Current context: the nearest rainfall gauge is 1.7 km away and recorded 1.2 mm in the last 24 hours. Live conditions change; they do not alter the long-term likelihood.