Does BA14 flood?

Yes — parts of the BA14 district carry real flood risk: 24 of its 67 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BA14 postcode district covers Southwick, Melksham Without West & Rural, close to Trowbridge, Trowbridge Southwick, Westwood, and surrounding villages in parts of Wiltshire and Somerset.

67 postcodes in the BA14 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 24 high, 10 medium, 33 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which BA14 postcodes are at risk?

BA14 0EF up to High BA14 0FW up to High BA14 6AB up to High BA14 6LE up to High BA14 6NH up to High BA14 6NR up to High BA14 6PA up to High BA14 6PG up to High BA14 6RL up to High BA14 8BR up to High BA14 8BU up to High BA14 8FS up to High BA14 8GD up to High BA14 8HP up to High BA14 8HW up to High BA14 8JS up to High BA14 8LA up to High BA14 8LB up to High BA14 8LD up to High BA14 8RA up to High BA14 9AX up to High BA14 9HH up to High BA14 9LH up to High BA14 9NU up to High BA14 6JR up to Medium BA14 6LQ up to Medium BA14 7AE up to Medium BA14 7BA up to Medium BA14 7BE up to Medium BA14 8AT up to Medium BA14 8BG up to Medium BA14 8HH up to Medium BA14 8HN up to Medium BA14 8LL up to Medium BA14 6JJ up to Low BA14 6JT up to Low BA14 6PE up to Low BA14 6PH up to Low BA14 6QH up to Low BA14 6RS up to Low BA14 7AP up to Low BA14 7AQ up to Low BA14 7AT up to Low BA14 7BG up to Low BA14 7RA up to Low BA14 8BE up to Low BA14 8BN up to Low BA14 8FA up to Low BA14 8GP up to Low BA14 8JQ up to Low BA14 8JU up to Low BA14 8NZ up to Low BA14 8TQ up to Low BA14 9AZ up to Low BA14 9BQ up to Low BA14 9BT up to Low BA14 9DX up to Low BA14 9EZ up to Low BA14 9FD up to Low BA14 9GF up to Low BA14 9HJ up to Low BA14 9LB up to Low BA14 9PA up to Low BA14 9PQ up to Low BA14 9QB up to Low BA14 9RF up to Low BA14 9RG up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near BA14

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

301 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (57 at warning level or above), most recently 1 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

BA13 BA15 BA12 BA16 BA11 BA10 BA9 BA20

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.