Does BA5 flood?

Yes — parts of the BA5 district carry real flood risk: 41 of its 172 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BA5 postcode district covers Wells, Mendip West, Shepton Mallet, Mendip Hills, close to Wookey, Godney, Glastonbury, and surrounding villages in Somerset.

172 postcodes in the BA5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 41 high, 89 medium, 42 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 BA5 postcodes are at risk?

BA5 1AP up to High BA5 1AW up to High BA5 1AY up to High BA5 1BA up to High BA5 1ED up to High BA5 1JT up to High BA5 1JU up to High BA5 1LD up to High BA5 1LE up to High BA5 1LQ up to High BA5 1LS up to High BA5 1LW up to High BA5 1NJ up to High BA5 1NS up to High BA5 1PF up to High BA5 1PG up to High BA5 1PS up to High BA5 1PT up to High BA5 1QN up to High BA5 1QR up to High BA5 1QU up to High BA5 1RW up to High BA5 1RX up to High BA5 1RY up to High BA5 1RZ up to High BA5 1SR up to High BA5 1UH up to High BA5 2DR up to High BA5 2GW up to High BA5 2LB up to High BA5 3AB up to High BA5 3AG up to High BA5 3FN up to High BA5 3HT up to High BA5 3PW up to High BA5 3QH up to High BA5 3QJ up to High BA5 3QL up to High BA5 3QN up to High BA5 3QQ up to High BA5 3RL up to High BA5 1AG up to Medium BA5 1AH up to Medium BA5 1DA up to Medium BA5 1DB up to Medium BA5 1DS up to Medium BA5 1FB up to Medium BA5 1FF up to Medium BA5 1FH up to Medium BA5 1FL up to Medium BA5 1FT up to Medium BA5 1JS up to Medium BA5 1PD up to Medium BA5 1PH up to Medium BA5 1PN up to Medium BA5 1PZ up to Medium BA5 1QE up to Medium BA5 1QF up to Medium BA5 1QH up to Medium BA5 1SE up to Medium BA5 1SU up to Medium BA5 1SW up to Medium BA5 1SY up to Medium BA5 1TE up to Medium BA5 1TG up to Medium BA5 1TH up to Medium BA5 1TJ up to Medium BA5 1TR up to Medium BA5 1TS up to Medium BA5 1TU up to Medium BA5 1TZ up to Medium BA5 1UG up to Medium BA5 1UN up to Medium BA5 1UR up to Medium BA5 1US up to Medium BA5 1UW up to Medium BA5 1XJ up to Medium BA5 1XL up to Medium BA5 2AA up to Medium BA5 2AE up to Medium BA5 2AH up to Medium BA5 2AU up to Medium BA5 2AW up to Medium BA5 2BA up to Medium BA5 2DT up to Medium BA5 2DZ up to Medium BA5 2HB up to Medium BA5 2HP up to Medium BA5 2HS up to Medium BA5 2JR up to Medium BA5 2JU up to Medium BA5 2JX up to Medium BA5 2LA up to Medium BA5 2LD up to Medium BA5 2LE up to Medium BA5 2LQ up to Medium BA5 2PB up to Medium BA5 2PD up to Medium BA5 2PE up to Medium BA5 2PF up to Medium BA5 2PG up to Medium BA5 2PJ up to Medium BA5 2PT up to Medium BA5 2PU up to Medium BA5 2PX up to Medium BA5 2QF up to Medium BA5 2QL up to Medium BA5 2QR up to Medium BA5 2QW up to Medium BA5 2RB up to Medium BA5 2RF up to Medium BA5 2RT up to Medium BA5 2SE up to Medium BA5 2SG up to Medium BA5 2SS up to Medium BA5 2SZ up to Medium BA5 2UD up to Medium BA5 2UH up to Medium BA5 2UJ up to Medium BA5 2UN up to Medium BA5 2US up to Medium BA5 2UT up to Medium BA5 2XN up to Medium BA5 2XU up to Medium BA5 3LF up to Medium BA5 3LN up to Medium BA5 3LT up to Medium BA5 3LU up to Medium BA5 3NG up to Medium BA5 9BR up to Medium BA5 1BB up to Low BA5 1BD up to Low BA5 1BP up to Low BA5 1DT up to Low BA5 1FA up to Low BA5 1FD up to Low BA5 1FJ up to Low BA5 1FR up to Low BA5 1FZ up to Low BA5 1GA up to Low BA5 1GB up to Low BA5 1GP up to Low BA5 1JJ up to Low BA5 1JZ up to Low BA5 1LF up to Low BA5 1LJ up to Low BA5 1NN up to Low BA5 1NP up to Low BA5 1PJ up to Low BA5 1QT up to Low BA5 1QX up to Low BA5 1RU up to Low BA5 1SF up to Low BA5 1SG up to Low BA5 1SL up to Low BA5 1SQ up to Low BA5 1UA up to Low BA5 1UB up to Low BA5 1UP up to Low BA5 2AQ up to Low BA5 2HE up to Low BA5 2HQ up to Low BA5 2PA up to Low BA5 2RH up to Low BA5 2RJ up to Low BA5 2SU up to Low BA5 2UA up to Low BA5 2UB up to Low BA5 2UE up to Low BA5 2UG up to Low BA5 2UR up to Low BA5 3QT up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near BA5

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

14 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (14 at warning level or above), most recently 22 June 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

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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.