Does BA3 flood?

Yes — parts of the BA3 district carry real flood risk: 27 of its 79 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BA3 postcode district covers Mendip Hills, Radstock, Mendip Central and East, close to Midsomer Norton, Nettlebridge, Wellow, and surrounding villages in parts of Bath and North East Somerset and Somerset.

79 postcodes in the BA3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 27 high, 16 medium, 36 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 BA3 postcodes are at risk?

BA3 2AA up to High BA3 2DE up to High BA3 2JD up to High BA3 3AB up to High BA3 3BG up to High BA3 3BQ up to High BA3 3PB up to High BA3 3PT up to High BA3 4DU up to High BA3 4EN up to High BA3 4GP up to High BA3 4HB up to High BA3 4HF up to High BA3 4HP up to High BA3 4JS up to High BA3 4LB up to High BA3 4NG up to High BA3 4PD up to High BA3 4PL up to High BA3 4PW up to High BA3 4QE up to High BA3 4SE up to High BA3 5BJ up to High BA3 5LU up to High BA3 5RJ up to High BA3 5RN up to High BA3 5TX up to High BA3 2SQ up to Medium BA3 3AD up to Medium BA3 3AH up to Medium BA3 3AJ up to Medium BA3 3AR up to Medium BA3 3AW up to Medium BA3 3ER up to Medium BA3 4NF up to Medium BA3 4PH up to Medium BA3 4TD up to Medium BA3 4TG up to Medium BA3 5AA up to Medium BA3 5HG up to Medium BA3 5LY up to Medium BA3 5SS up to Medium BA3 5TT up to Medium BA3 3AA up to Low BA3 3AE up to Low BA3 3AN up to Low BA3 3EP up to Low BA3 3FF up to Low BA3 3FS up to Low BA3 3FT up to Low BA3 3GH up to Low BA3 3HL up to Low BA3 3JP up to Low BA3 3PJ up to Low BA3 3PL up to Low BA3 3PS up to Low BA3 3QF up to Low BA3 3QG up to Low BA3 3QH up to Low BA3 4NQ up to Low BA3 4PJ up to Low BA3 4PS up to Low BA3 4SN up to Low BA3 4TZ up to Low BA3 5AB up to Low BA3 5BH up to Low BA3 5BL up to Low BA3 5FW up to Low BA3 5HB up to Low BA3 5HP up to Low BA3 5HQ up to Low BA3 5LR up to Low BA3 5SF up to Low BA3 5SY up to Low BA3 5SZ up to Low BA3 5TA up to Low BA3 5TB up to Low BA3 5TD up to Low BA3 5TY up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near BA3

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

34 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (7 at warning level or above), most recently 26 January 2025. 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

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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.