Other Settlement CLIMATE RISK
Owler Bar is a settlement, part of the North East Derbyshire council area.
Owler Bar inherits its flood band (Medium) from the wider North East Derbyshire council area because the Environment Agency does not publish settlement-level breakdowns for every UK location. Search any postcode in Owler Bar below for the address-level NaFRA2 reading.
Met Office UKCP18 projections estimate around 21 days above 25°C per year across the North East Derbyshire area for the 2021-2040 period - the central scenario under high emissions; lower-emissions paths give lower numbers. Heat exposure within Owler Bar itself is uneven: top-floor flats, west-facing terraces and properties without through-ventilation hold heat well into the night, while ground-floor homes near tree cover or open ground cool faster. The headline 21-day figure is an area average, not a property-level reading.
Annual mean PM2.5 across the North East Derbyshire area is 7.0 µg/m³ - above the World Health Organisation guideline of 5 µg/m³ and within the UK Environment Act 2021 target of 10 µg/m³ by 2040. Within Owler Bar, readings are not flat: postcodes within 200 metres of an A-road or major junction routinely run 30-50% higher during weekday rush hours than residential streets two roads back. Defra's UK-AIR network supplies the underlying figure.
Ground stability in Owler Bar follows the underlying geology more than the postal boundary. The British Geological Survey GeoSure dataset maps clay shrink-swell risk on a 50-metre cell, and properties on the same street can sit in different bands where a clay seam ends mid-road. Pre-1980 housing on clay-rich ground is the most exposed; properties on bedrock or well-drained sandy soils are typically lower-risk. A postcode-level check picks up that variation.
A free postcode check on LocalRisk covers all six hazards for any address in Owler Bar: Environment Agency flood mapping, BGS ground stability, Met Office heat projections, Defra PM2.5, plus coastal erosion and green-space access where relevant. The postcode list below opens an address-level report for each postcode in Owler Bar; the council link at the top of this page returns to the wider North East Derbyshire picture.
Council area level (North East Derbyshire). Search a postcode for detail.