The flood report that keeps watching after you buy — every report comes with free ongoing flood alerts for the postcode (switch them on with a free account), backed by FloodRadar's live network of 3,000+ river gauges.
One report that pulls together what's usually scattered across more than twenty official datasets: the government's long-term flood-risk band, whether the area has actually flooded since 1946, the official warnings issued nearby since 2006, how the rivers around it really behave when it rains, and the monitored storm overflows nearby with their official spill records. It starts with the postcode — then click your exact building on the map and the key assessments re-run for that precise spot. Full coverage is for English postcodes — the history datasets are England-only.
Start with a free preview — the official risk band costs nothing. Unlock the full report for £19 if you want the history and river detail. See a complete sample report first → (opens in a new tab)
The Environment Agency's current assessment of rivers-and-sea flood likelihood for the postcode area — with the number of properties in each band, from High (>3.3% a year) to Very Low.
Source: EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea (NaFRA2). Free in the preview.See where the risk actually sits: the Environment Agency's flood-likelihood cells drawn around the postcode on an interactive map — then click your building and the report re-runs for that precise spot: its own rivers & sea band, surface-water band, planning flood zone and 2050s climate projection. Riverside, one street over, or nowhere near: the map shows it.
Source: EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea likelihood mapping (England).Has this area actually been under water? Checked against every recorded flood outline since 1946 — including repeat events, because a place that flooded twice tells you more than a model.
Source: EA Recorded Flood Outlines (~32,000 mapped extents).Official flood alerts, warnings and severe warnings issued for areas within 10 km — how many, how serious, and how recently.
Source: EA warning history (2006 onwards); warnings are placed by flood-area location.The nearest river gauges, where their levels sit right now against their typical ranges, and — where FloodRadar has a validated rainfall-response model for a nearby gauge (a growing subset of the network) — whether the catchment is "flashy", rising within hours of rain.
Source: FloodRadar's live monitoring of 3,000+ gauges.The monitored sewer storm overflows within 5 km: what each discharges into, how far away it is, how many times it spilled in the latest official year (and for how many hours), and whether any is discharging right now.
Source: EA Event Duration Monitoring returns + the water companies' live feed (England).A date-stamped record of live conditions the day you generate it — useful when a purchase decision, insurance question or tenancy conversation needs a "state of play as of" reference.
Regenerates on every visit to your permanent link.| Report | Price (inc VAT) | Delivery | How you buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| FloodRadar Property Flood-Risk Report | £19 | instant, on screen + save as PDF | direct, no account |
| FCI Residential Flood | £23.40 | ~2 working hours | via search providers |
| Groundsure Flood | £48.60 | turnaround not stated | direct |
| Landmark Flood (Homecheck Flood) | £54 | ~24 hours | via search-provider resellers |
| SAM Conveyancing flood report (resold FCI) | £64 | 2 working hours | direct |
| GOV.UK long-term check | free | instant | area band + depth only, no flood history and no ongoing monitoring |
Prices are the published inc-VAT figures we could verify in July 2026; reseller markups vary and prices move. In that market check, no other UK flood report — in this table or anywhere we looked — delivered instantly or kept monitoring the postcode after purchase.
What the professional searches have that this one doesn't: a professional opinion, professional-indemnity insurance and accreditation/redress schemes. This is a data report — if your conveyancer needs a legal-grade opinion, buy one of those too; this report complements it (and at £19, it's cheap enough to).
Something wrong with your report? Reply to the delivery email and a human will sort it out — refund included if we've got something wrong.
Enter the postcode and see the free preview — the official risk band, no payment, no signup.
Pay £19 by card (Stripe handles the payment — we never see your card details). No account needed.
The full report opens instantly — click your exact building on the map and it re-runs for that precise spot — and a permanent link arrives by email. Revisit, print or save as PDF anytime.
The Law Society's practice note on flood risk — first issued in 2013 and last updated in January 2020 — asks conveyancers to consider five areas: flood risks, flood searches, flood maps and indicators, insurance (including that prospective buyers should investigate whether they can obtain cover on acceptable terms before they agree to buy), and inspection, surveys and valuations.
Where this report helps:
Still professional territory:
FloodRadar does not claim Law Society compliance — this report is the data layer underneath the steps the note describes.
Yes — and we link to it, and the official risk band is free in our preview too. The free check gives you the area's band and depth bands. What it doesn't give you is the history in one place: recorded flood outlines since 1946, the nearby warning record since 2006, live river levels against their typical ranges, and rainfall-response behaviour where modelled. Our report also reads the EA's depth-band layers at the marked point, alongside that history and the ongoing alerts that come with it. That compilation — readable in five minutes, printable for a file — is what you're paying for.
Anyone about to commit to an address: buyers and renters checking before an offer or tenancy, sellers getting ahead of survey questions, and anyone whose insurer or lender has started asking about flood risk.
No — you buy and view the report with no account. The free ongoing flood alerts are the one thing that needs one (it's free too). You pay, the report unlocks, and the permanent link lands in your email. That link keeps working — the live-conditions section refreshes each visit.
Yes — the report is print-formatted; your browser's "Save as PDF" produces a clean document with the sources and generation date on it.
Reply to the delivery email and a human will sort it out — refund included if we've got something wrong.
Full report £19 · instant access · permanent emailed link · see a complete sample first →
14-day money-back guarantee — if it isn't useful, reply to your delivery email for a full refund.
Guides: flood checks when buying a house · what flood reports cost (prices compared) · the free GOV.UK check, explained · free area answers: flood risk by postcode district.
Data: Environment Agency, SEPA and Ordnance Survey / Royal Mail / ONS postcode data, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0 with the required attributions shown on every report. FloodRadar is not an emergency service — always follow official warnings.
