Does BA7 flood?

Yes — parts of the BA7 district carry real flood risk: 2 of its 8 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BA7 postcode district covers Castle Cary, Mendip South, close to Lovington, Weston Bampfylde, Bruton, and surrounding villages in Somerset.

8 postcodes in the BA7 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 2 high, 3 medium, 3 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 BA7 postcodes are at risk?

BA7 7PS up to High BA7 7PT up to High BA7 7FS up to Medium BA7 7PN up to Medium BA7 7PU up to Medium BA7 7PF up to Low BA7 7PJ up to Low BA7 7PW up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near BA7

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

Lovington on the River Brue — 1.6 km away, highest on record 4.45m
Weston Bampfylde on the River Cam — 7.4 km away, highest on record 2.86m
Bruton Surgery on the River Brue — 8.4 km away, highest on record 2.69m
Bruton Dam on the River Brue — 9.9 km away, highest on record 10.70m

79 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (75 at warning level or above), most recently 27 January 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Nov 2012 Floods (2012) — about 29.2 km from the centre
North Wessex Brue Parrett Yeo 2009 (2009) — about 2.6 km from the centre
EA112_Alham_Alhampton_1998 (1998) — about 3.5 km from the centre
EA112_Alham_Alhampton_1982 (1982) — about 3.6 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

BA6 BA8 BA5 BA9 BA10 BA4 BA11 BA3

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.