Markington has a long persistent history of flooding. On September 18th 1946, Markington suffered the worst floods since 1931. There had been torrential rain throughout Thursday, continuing the following day resulting in Markington Beck rising rapidly. The village postmaster, Mr. Howard Cureton with the aid of volunteers attempted keep his property safe, but by 7.30am the Post Office defences were breached,. The floodwater entered the house and the shop. All post Office and shop business had to be suspended until 4.00pm. By this time the water level subsided leaving behind a trail of sand and mud. Sadly, the premises, having been recently decorated was now ruined.

Next door, Mr. Archie Ward found the water up as far his back door but did not enter the house. Just further down the street the water was two feet deep.

1966 saw the water rise again. Arthur and Robert Ross ran both the mills in the village, but High Mill was then just being used for storage. Robert's son Ray recounts the day when his father asked him to go up to the cottage at High Mill to clear any remaining furniture, as it had been let to several tenants over the years. To the surprise of his father, Ray quickly returns.

Ray  tells of arriving there only to find the cottage under two feet of water. They returned the next day once the water had subsided.

In more recent times we have had flooding again, in 2007 and 2012. Both times houses were flooded and the high street, the institute car park and the Barrows were under water.